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When quarterback Cameron Sexton was given his second chance as a starter for the Tar Heels this season he won five games and threw for a career-record 1261 yards. Now after announcing he will graduate in May he could look for a second chance as a starter at a Division II school next year.
When quarterback Cameron Sexton was given his second chance as a starter for the Tar Heels this season he won five games and threw for a career-record 1261 yards. Now after announcing he will graduate in May he could look for a second chance as a starter at a Division II school next year.
Read More »12:30 P.M." WEDNESDAY JAN. 14 -- North Carolina quarterback Cameron Sexton informed the coaching staff earlier this week that he will graduate from UNC in May with a degree in communications. Sexton an academic senior who started six games in 2008" has one year of football eligibility remaining and will explore his options for continuing his playing career next season.
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DEC. 27 CHARLOTTE — As soon as North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates unloaded the ball he knew there could be trouble. It was at that moment that Yates could see West Virginia linebacker Pat Lazear jumping wide receiver Cooter Arnold's route for a game-breaking interception.
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Hakeem Nicks spent three years living his dream in Chapel Hill. What's left but to continue The Dream in the National Football League? After a record-setting season and jaw-dropping performance in North Carolina's Meineke Car Care Bowl loss it took Nicks only nine days to announce he would forgo his senior year of eligibility and declare for the NFL Draft.
Read More »11 A.M." MONDAY" JAN. 5 -- Defensive coordinators throughout the ACC just breathed a huge sigh of relief. Hakeem Nicks isn't their problem anymore. After spending three seasons terrorizing collegiate defensive backs and setting nearly every receiving record at North Carolina"" the junior wideout announced Monday that he'll forgo his senior season at UNC for the greener pastures of the NFL.
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6:30 P.M." SATURDAY DEC. 27 CHARLOTTE – During Saturday's postgame press conference" Hakeem Nicks was asked if even he was surprised by one of the ""SportsCenter catches"" he made in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
Read More »6:45 P.M. SATURDAY DEC. 27 CHARLOTTE -- As soon as North Carolina quarterback T.J Yates unloaded the ball he knew there could be trouble. It was at that moment that the offensive and defensive lines parted and Yates finally saw West Virginia linebacker Pat Lazear jumping wide receiver Cooter Arnold's route for a game-breaking interception.
Read More »7:45 P.M. FRIDAY DEC. 26" CHARLOTTE -- It's easy to look at North Carolina's opponent in Saturday's Meineke Car Care Bowl and think that all the Tar Heels have to do to win is shut out the West Virginia offense. But lost in the shuffle resides one of the more fierce defensive units in the nation that relies on a ""3-3 stack defense"" -- three defensive linemen" three linebackers and five defensive backs -- to maximize the speed and athleticism of its players.
Read More »If there are any extra tickets for the 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl on Dec. 27 at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium Ryan Houston wants them. A native of the Queen City Houston will play in front of a home crowd when North Carolina makes its return to the post-season against West Virginia and the sophomore running back is faced with a lot of ticket requests.
Read More »Seven UNC football players named to All-ACC teams Seven North Carolina football players have been named to the 2008 All-ACC team as selected by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Safety Trimane Goddard and wide receiver Hakeem Nicks earned first-team honors while Mark Paschal Kendric Burney and Garrett Reynolds were named to the second team. Calvin Darity and Brandon Tate were honorable mention picks.
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DURHAM — It wasn't pretty and it certainly wasn't easy. But it was a win — one North Carolina desperately needed. A third consecutive loss would have cemented the Tar Heels' end-of-season collapse and ruined any possibility of UNC appearing in a top-tier bowl game come late December.
Read More »8 P.M. SATURDAY NOV. 29 DURHAM - After back-to-back weeks of subpar performances the North Carolina Tar Heels ended their end-of-season swoon Saturday with a 28-20 win at Duke. Sophomore quarterback T.J. Yates looked like his old self against the Blue Devils (4-8 1-7 in the ACC) completing 15-of-19 passes for 190 and three touchdowns.
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Garrett Reynolds heard that N.C. State coach Tom O'Brien proclaimed the Wolfpack ""the best football program in the state"" for the first time Monday. Reynolds craned his neck around in surprise. ""He said that?"" Assured that O'Brien did" in fact say that" the senior offensive lineman gave a little laugh and shrugged.
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Defensive end E.J. Wilson could offer no explanation. He had none for the way his North Carolina team had just gotten outplayed out-hustled — out-everythinged" really — by a supposedly inferior N.C. State team. ""I really thought against our rivals that we'd come out a lot more enthused and we'd play a lot harder than we did"" he said.
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Saturday's game against N.C. State was supposed to provide a resolution at quarterback for North Carolina. With sophomore signal caller T.J. Yates starting again the Tar Heels looked poised to reclaim the offensive prowess it lost last week in an ugly defeat at Maryland. But instead of answers UNC's quarterback situation just got more questions.
Read More »4:20 p.m. SATURDAY NOV. 22 -- North Carolina turned the ball over a season-high six times in a 41-10 loss to in-state rival N.C. State on Saturday. Wolfpack quarterback Russell Wilson took advantage of good field position and a UNC secondary that was often out of position to throw for a career-high 279 yards and two touchdowns.
Read More »Going into its 2008 campaign the largest question mark for N.C. State's football team was the quarterback perhaps the most important position on any team. The Wolfpack had two players on its roster with extensive experience leading an offense but both had turned in mediocre performances in their time at the helm of the offense last season. Coach Tom O'Brien had a quartet of quarterbacks — Daniel Evans Mike Glennon Harrison Beck and Russell Wilson — to choose from. He ended up taking a chance with an inexperienced newbie the redshirt freshman Wilson.
Read More »The silent engine of the North Carolina attack has been the offensive line. Whenever it plays well the running game excels which opens up space for Hakeem Nicks to make plays through the air. Prime examples of this occurred during the impressive performances of the line versus Connecticut and Georgia Tech.
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