Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Let’s see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
Today’s edition has several football stories, as the Tar Heels get closer and closer to the N.C. State game this Saturday.
- Sports Editor Brooke Pryor and Assistant Sports Editor Aaron Dodson write about how a trio of freshman football players are anticipating the UNC-State football game.
- Eric Ebron has been getting ready for the State game in his own way as well.
- Brett Friedlander, of the Star News Online, writes about the dual-quarterback system the Tar Heels have been using.
- GoHeels.com writer Robbi Pickeral talks about the improvements that wide receiver Bug Howard has made this season, specifically becoming a threat in the red zone.
- The North Carolina No. 11 women’s basketball team opens up the season with an exhibition game against Carson-Newman tonight at 6 p.m.
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