Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Let’s see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- Assistant Sports Editor Daniel Wilco writes that the North Carolina football team’s special teams unit was stout in the Tar Heels’ 27-19 win against N.C. State last Saturday.
- Heading into a homecoming game matchup against Virginia this weekend, coach Larry Fedora wants the Tar Heels to remember the ECU game and not take their opponent lightly, Harold Gutmann of the (Durham) Herald Sun writes.
- Joedy McCreary of The State (S.C.) writes that the UNC football team’s two-game winning streak has turned its season around, and a bowl may be on the horizon for the Tar Heels.
- Thomas Todd of SBNation.com writes that the North Carolina men’s basketball team is prime to contend Duke and make a run at the ACC crown.
- Last but not least, John Dell of the Winston-Salem Journal previews the basketball team’s season, which begins officially this Friday, writing that the Tar Heels appear to have all the tools.
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