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The North Carolina football team suffered a difficult defeat on Saturday as they went down at home against James Madison. This was a pretty bizarre game as the Dukes had already hit the 50-point mark by the time halftime rolled around. It was disappointing to see for Tar Heels fans as the team has had […]

Following North Carolina football’s brutal 70-50 Week 4 loss to James Madison, more chaos ensued with head coach Mack Brown. Inside Carolina reported that Brown was emotional and told his team he was stepping down. However, hours later, a source close to the program stated that Brown had no plans of resigning or quitting his […]

North Carolina Football played the James Madison Dukes in Week 4 and the result shocked everyone. The Tar Heels endured their first loss of the season against the Dukes in a 70-50 beatdown on the Tar Heels. North Carolina football head coach Mack Brown didn’t hold back after his team’s loss. “Embarrassing day,” Brown said, […]

After North Carolina football’s starting quarterback Max Johnson suffered a season-ending injury in the regular-season opening 19-17 win against Minnesota football, head coach Mack Brown watched his team continue to win. Quarterback Conner Harrell led North Carolina to a 38-20 victory against UNC Charlotte and a 45-10 blowout win in Week 3 against NC Central. […]

The North Carolina football program has gotten off to a strong start this season, winning their first two games. While the program’s Class of 2025 recruiting class isn’t locked in yet, the grind doesn’t stop. They’ve already picked up two commitments for the Class of 2026, including a new one that committed to head coach […]

North Carolina football coach Mack Brown has been around for awhile. He knows that an injury to a key player can deeply affect a football team, but he doesn’t want his squad to get down too much. North Carolina football will break in a new quarterback after the program lost gunslinger Max Johnson for the […]

North Carolina football opened their season with a narrow win over Minnesota on Thursday. But after the game, head coach Mack Brown’s excitement almost cost Minnesota’s PJ Fleck a nasty head bruise. The Tar Heels came away with a 19-17 victory. As both coaches embraced, Brown nearly caught Fleck with a headbutt, via Fox College […]

The North Carolina football program started their season with a matchup against the Minnesota Golden Gophers on the road Thursday night. Mack Brown’s team features former Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Max Johnson as their starting signal caller, and Johnson had a solid start in the opening contest. However, the Tar Heels were dealt a tough […]

The North Carolina football program decided to let go of defensive coordinator Gene Chizik after the season came to an end. Now, Mack Brown and the Tar Heels are in the market for a new play-caller on defense, and one rising candidate is Geoff Collins, the former Georgia Tech and Temple head coach, per John […]

North Carolina football will have a new defensive coordinator in 2024. The team announced on Wednesday following Chizik and head coach Mack Brown’s meeting that the two have reportedly agreed to part ways. Despite the split, Mack Brown had nothing but good things to say about the 62-year-old veteran coach. “Gene Chizik is one of […]

Mack Brown had a hard time fending off the West Virginia football squad in their Mayo Bowl loss. He now has to look forward to the future after only getting eight games and failing to get a College Football Playoff spot. It also seems like some decisions have been made. Particularly, regarding Conner Harrell despite […]

Rivalry week in college football can get pretty heated, and that happened when North Carolina football took on North Carolina State football this season. The Tar Heels and Wolfpack battled things out in the last week of the season, and NC State won 39-20. It was a dominant win for the Wolfpack, and head coach […]

The North Carolina football team got out to a hot start this season as they were ranked #10 in the country with a 6-0 record, but two shocking upsets derailed their season a bit. The Tar Heels first went down at home against Virginia, and that is the only power five win on the season […]

Mack Brown, the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels football team, finds himself under the microscope once again. The Tar Heels’ recent performances have sparked doubt and raised questions about their ability to maintain their status as not only College Football Playoff contenders but ACC contenders. It’s a story that has repeated itself […]

Miami (FL) football’s Week 7 game against the North Carolina Tar Heels is an intriguing ACC matchup between two top-25 teams that could significantly impact the conference. But it almost wasn’t after the Hurricanes’ gaffe against Georgia Tech last Saturday. When Miami came into last Saturday night’s game against the Yellow Jackets, they were the […]

North Carolina football coach Mack Brown didn’t hold back in criticizing the NCAA for denying a waiver that would’ve allowed wide receiver Tez Walker to play for the Tar Heels in 2023. Now, the NCAA is hitting back at Mack Brown and seemingly placing some of the blame on the North Carolina football coach for […]

North Carolina football coach Mack Brown called out the NCAA for how it has handled the team’s appeal case for wide receiver Tez Walker to play this season. Walker is a two-time transfer and had his waiver to play immediately denied this past month and will not play in the team’s season opener Saturday against […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels football team, along with Heisman hopeful Drake Maye, is set to engage in one of the premier matchups of Week 1 in the college football season. They are poised to face their cross-state rivals, the South Carolina Gamecocks, at Charlotte, NC’s Bank of America Stadium in a primetime ABC game. […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels football team, who won nine games last year, is coming off their best season since 2015 when they won 11 games. This will be Mack Brown’s fifth season as the Tar Heels’ coach, where he’ll have a Heisman-potential first-round pick of the NFL Draft quarterback at the helm in redshirt […]

North Carolina head coach Mack Brown is blasting the tampering taking place because of name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals for players. Brown is frustrated with coaches and programs which have taken advantage of the NIL space and illegally used it to better their recruiting classes over following the rules. At the 2023 ACC Football […]

The 2022 Holiday Bowl will go down as one of the best bowl games of the year. Unfortunately for the North Carolina Tar Heels, they were on the wrong side of the story that nearly had them as heroes. North Carolina football head coach Mack Brown expressed his disappointment with the game’s outcome mainly because […]

UNC football improved to 2-0 on the season with a win over the Appalachian State Mountaineers on Saturday. Naturally, head coach Mack Brown was hyped after the victory, so much so that he went full Antonio Brown. A video of the the North Carolina Tar Heels’ celebration after the win is now going viral, thanks […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels will be rolling to the 2022 college football season with Drake Maye as their starting quarterback. North Carolina football  head coach Mack Brown announced the decision Monday. Via Adam Smith of Inside Carolina: “Coach Mack Brown made the announcement Monday, naming the redshirt freshman Maye the team’s starter, and thus […]

There are only two schools of thought when it comes to NIL (name, image, and likeness) in college sports. On one hand, there are people who love it, as it allows student-athletes to finally make money legally without hurting their eligibility statuses. On the other hand, there are guys like North Carolina Tar Heels football […]

The Oakland Raiders are set to face off against the Seattle Seahawks in their preseason finale this evening. While the final preseason game of the year may not excite a ton of fans, there are a lot of things the Raiders are still working on that need to be ironed out this week. Jon Gruden […]

The Oakland Raiders have been looking in free agency for running backs who could provide depth on the roster. They may have found what they were searching for in Mack Brown. Oakland announced on Saturday that it has signed veteran running back Mack Brown, who will compete for a roster spot on the Raiders along […]

The Minnesota Vikings are as active as any team going into the offseason despite coming off an appearance in the NFC Championship Game. In their pursuit of quarterback Kirk Cousins, the Vikings have cut back on their spending thus far with free agency around the corner. However, that has not stopped them from adding some depth […]