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    Heel Tough Blog: 2020 Final Grades
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • 7 days ago
    • 12 min

    Heel Tough Blog: 2020 Final Grades

    One of the best Tar Heel seasons in recent memory is in the book as of Saturday and it’s time for one of our favorite features of the sea...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Stock Report- Bowl Week
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Jan 5
    • 5 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Stock Report- Bowl Week

    The Tar Heels were short handed in Saturday night’s first Orange Bowl appearance in program history, but they gave the No. 5 Texas A&M Ag...
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    Heel Tough  Blog: Orange Bowl Recap
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Jan 3
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Orange Bowl Recap

    For the third time this season and the second straight game, the Tar Heels headed to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami looking to beat a top ten...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Orange Bowl Preview
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 7 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Orange Bowl Preview

    For the first time since 1950, the Tar Heels will be playing in a major bowl game, as the team is set to face one of Mack Brown’s old riv...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Five Most Important Players for Orange Bowl
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Five Most Important Players for Orange Bowl

    The Tar Heel team that is set to take the field on Saturday for the Orange Bowl won’t quite be the same as the one that battled the eleve...
    567 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Three Tar Heels Earn All-American Recognition
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Three Tar Heels Earn All-American Recognition

    The Associated Press released their 2020 All-American teams on Monday morning and for the first time since the 2015 season it has some Ta...
    495 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Javonte Williams Adds His Name to Those Sitting Out Orange Bowl
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Javonte Williams Adds His Name to Those Sitting Out Orange Bowl

    The Tar Heels offense that takes the field next Saturday for the program’s first Orange Bowl appearance ever won’t quite be as powerful a...
    607 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: All-ACC Teams Revealed; Javonte Williams Spurned First Team Honors
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: All-ACC Teams Revealed; Javonte Williams Spurned First Team Honors

    On Tuesday morning the ACC revealed it’s official All-ACC teams for the 2020 football season. Despite the Tar Heels landing the most firs...
    202 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Three Tar Heels Announce They'll Forego the Orange Bowl, Enter Draft
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Three Tar Heels Announce They'll Forego the Orange Bowl, Enter Draft

    Following the Tar Heels win over the Miami Hurricanes, there was some speculation that a group of players would sit out the team’s upcomi...
    753 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Heading to Orange Bowl to Face Texas A&M
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Heading to Orange Bowl to Face Texas A&M

    Following the senior day overtime loss to NC State back on November 24, 2018, the Tar Heels were tasked with finding a new head coach and...
    282 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Stock Report- Week 14
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Stock Report- Week 14

    How the Tar Heels’ 2020 season would be defined was a bit of a mystery heading into Saturday’s meeting with the Miami Hurricanes in the r...
    146 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Miami Recap
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Miami Recap

    The Tar Heels came into Saturday with a chance to come away with a program defining victory and, boy, did they do that in Hard Rock Stadi...
    148 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Miami Preview
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 11, 2020
    • 6 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Miami Preview

    Saturday, the Tar Heels will head to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami with a chance to take another step forward under Mack Brown. If the Tar H...
    106 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Which Tar Heel Semifinalist Has the Best Chance to Take Home an Award?
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Which Tar Heel Semifinalist Has the Best Chance to Take Home an Award?

    Many of college football’s most prestigious awards announced their watch lists on Monday and the Tar Heels four guys who are finalists fo...
    158 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Stock Report- Week 13
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 7, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Stock Report- Week 13

    The Tar Heels regular season home finale went exactly the way they hoped, as they ran away from the Western Carolina Catamounts on the wa...
    81 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Western Carolina Recap
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Western Carolina Recap

    Senior Day in 2020 didn’t have quite the same feel as it has in the past few seasons, but the all fourteen of the senior honorees that dr...
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    Heel Tough Blog: 2020 Senior Day Honorees
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 5, 2020
    • 6 min

    Heel Tough Blog: 2020 Senior Day Honorees

    On Saturday, sixteen Tar Heels are set to play their final game in Kenan Stadium when they face the Western Carolina Catamounts. Let’s ta...
    175 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Western Carolina Preview
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 4, 2020
    • 5 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Western Carolina Preview

    Saturday, the Tar Heels will welcome in-state FCS opponent Western Carolina to Chapel Hill for the final home game of the 2020 season. Th...
    91 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Stock Report- Week 12
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Stock Report- Week 12

    While the Tar Heels did drop their third game of the season on Friday to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, for the second straight season, t...
    160 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Notre Dame Recap
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Nov 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Notre Dame Recap

    For the second time in as many years, the Tar Heels welcomed in a college football playoff contender from the top of the ACC, as they hop...
    205 views1 comment
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