UNC's Jeff Schoettmer balances football with course load
Jeff Schoettmer arrives at the Kenan Stadium Football Center at 9:30 a.m. sharp. For the North Carolina linebacker, that’s sleeping in.
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Jeff Schoettmer arrives at the Kenan Stadium Football Center at 9:30 a.m. sharp. For the North Carolina linebacker, that’s sleeping in.
The frustration was evident in Brice Johnson’s eyes as he sat slumped outside the North Carolina locker room.
Khris Francis doesn’t know when he’s going to take the field, and even when he does take the field — and positions himself for the carry — there’s no guarantee the ball will find its way into his arms.
It could’ve been more challenging, more topsy-turvy — a disaster, even.
RALEIGH — Freshman receiver Ryan Switzer corralled the backward pass from Bryn Renner, rolled out to the right and flung up a high-arching lob that settled nicely into the hands of Quinshad Davis for a touchdown.
Kareem Martin had already seen it happen once this year.
Late Night with Roy, the North Carolina basketball teams’ annual celebration of the start of the season, included heartfelt tributes, dancing, entertaining skits, some poor acting and a Blue vs. White exhibition game that ended in a 50-50 tie Friday.
Peter Matischak’s back is facing goal, his eyes focused on the red and white sphere whizzing toward him. It’s not moving as quickly as it used to, like it did when he played in Germany or South Korea or at Seton Hall, where he broke scoring records and where he’s now enshrined in the school’s hall of fame.
Depth — it left in the middle of the night two years ago, in February, when Larry Drew II decided he would transfer.
The myth goes that American settlers in the late 1800s would arrange their wagons in a circular pattern to defend against attacks — although many contend the circles were formed to contain livestock.
Eric Ebron got so close and yelled so loudly that his voice was picked up by the referee’s microphone.
The saying has been “smart, fast and physical.” Those are the pillars — the foundation of Larry Fedora’s football coaching philosophy.
Amber Munerlyn charged into the Fetzer Field box with a reckless abandon — the kind of aggression you wouldn’t normally see out of a person who had her teeth knocked in a couple of weeks ago, who still had a splint holding her jaw together, who dentists strongly suggested shouldn’t even be on a soccer field.
Teachers became students, the classroom became a practice field and Larry Fedora was the professor.
T.J. Logan didn’t want to be redshirted. His coaches never discussed it with him, and he never brought it up.
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Two deep passes. Two mistakes. Two reasons why, after a week of rallying, tackling and self-reflection, the North Carolina defense couldn’t fully savor its improved performance this week.
It’s like moving a couch, Vic Koenning said. Someone has to push. Someone has to pull. And Koenning is getting tired of doing all of the heavy lifting.
Larry Fedora has never been to Blacksburg, Va. He’s heard Lane Stadium has a great game day atmosphere, and he knows all about coach Frank Beamer’s legacy and Bud Foster’s nationally ranked defense.
Spring exhibition matches are nothing new. When coach Mike Fox was a player himself in the late ‘70s, the North Carolina baseball team hosted the New York Yankees for a matchup every other preseason.
DURHAM — If Anson Dorrance has one flaw as North Carolina women’s soccer coach, it’s delivering an inspiring halftime speech with his team already well in the lead.