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Heel Tough Blog: UNC Confirms Michael Lombardi's Trip to Saudi Arabia
Tar Heel Tribune It may have seemed like an Onion headline but, as the university confirmed on Thursday, it is real. The Tar Heels are looking to the Saudi Arabian government and its Public Investment Fund for help to raise money for the football program. As first reported by Pablo Torre and later confirmed by Brendan Marks and Christopher Kamrani of the Athletic, Tar Heel general manager Michael Lombardi took a trip overseas to Saudi Arabia back in mid-August to gauge the in

Anthony Pagnotta
1 day ago1 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Availability Report - California
After a second bye week in three weeks, the Tar Heels are on their way out west to take on California in an ACC contest, set for tomorrow night, at 10:30 PM on ESPN. Carolina has only played once in the past 27 days, a blowout loss to Clemson, despite Bill Belichick’s insistence that his team is improving. The good news about the time off is that it allowed for some players to get healthy, heading into the back half of the season, where Carolina will play seven straight games

Joshua Marlow
2 days ago2 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Bill Belichick Calls Rumors of Him Looking to Leave "Categorically False"
Inside Carolina Monday was the first time that Bill Belichick, the head coach of the Tar Heels, met with the media following a crazy week of speculation about his job status and future with the program. In his opening comments, Belichick put to rest any reports that he had been looking to leave for another job or a soft landing in television. “I’ll just start with right off the bat, some of the reports out last week about me looking for a buyout and trying to leave here, all

Anthony Pagnotta
4 days ago2 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Veteran RB Medically Retires After 5 Seasons With the UNC Program
Getty Images After seeing a handful of players exit the program earlier this season, the UNC football roster took another hit earlier...

Joshua Marlow
Oct 102 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Reports Now Say Exit Discussions With Belichick Never Happened
Lance King- Getty Images The Bill Belichick saga has been one of the craziest we have seen in the history of sports and we have our...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 92 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Statements Issued by Belichick and Cunningham Amidst Growing Speculation
Lance King- Getty Images After a day filled with reports and speculation on the job status of Bill Belichick, the head coach and athletic...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 82 min read


Heel Tough Blog: "Preliminary Conversations" Have Been Had About Bill Belichick Exit Strategy
Fox Sports The Bill Belichick experiment was one of the biggest spectacles in the history of college football and it may not even last a...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 82 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose Star CB for Extended Period of Time
@thed0cta44- Instagram The bad news for the Tar Heel football program just continues to pour in. According to a report from Inside...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 81 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heel Position Coach Suspended for NCAA Rule Violation
@ballhawk_8- Instagram The bad news for the Tar Heels surrounding Bill Belichick and his coaching staff just continues to roll in....

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 71 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Shut Down Hulu Docuseries
Lance King- Getty Images One of the main focuses of this offseason for Bill Belichick and the front office staff was to get the team...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 71 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Max Johnson Expected to Start Against Clemson
GoHeels.com After a week full of question marks at the quarterback position for the Tar Heels, the team appears as if they have a lean...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 32 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Availability Report- Clemson
For the first time this season, we have an availability report for the Tar Heels prior to gameday courtesy of the ACC. Here is a look at...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 21 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Belichick Non-Commital on Starting QB But Seems to Have a Lean
Mike Watters- Imagn Images Tar Heel head coach Bill Belichick met with the media on Tuesday afternoon to discuss where things sit for the...

Anthony Pagnotta
Sep 302 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Third Player Steps Away from UNC Football
@ For a second straight day and the third time in the last week, the Tar Heels have lost a member of their offense to the transfer...

Anthony Pagnotta
Sep 231 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Second Player Leaves Team Midseason
Bob Donnan- Imagn Images For the second time in the last week, the Tar Heels have had a player leave the football team amidst a...

Anthony Pagnotta
Sep 222 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Gio Lopez Injury Update Post-UCF
Mike Watters- Imagn Images When Gio Lopez went down on Saturday, it appeared that he may have suffered a serious injury, but according to...

Anthony Pagnotta
Sep 222 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC Wide Receiver No Longer With Team
@UNCFootball- Twitter The Tar Heels have been trying to find some consistent threats at the wide receiver position and one of the guys...

Anthony Pagnotta
Sep 161 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Takeaways from First Unofficial Depth Chart
After not releasing a depth chart publicly for the first game of the season, the Tar Heels released an unofficial one on Thursday morning...

Anthony Pagnotta
Sep 44 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Name Gio Lopez Starting Quarterback
@giolopez.7- Instagram All intel from around camp had been pointing to it happening and on Wednesday afternoon, Tar Heels head coach Bill...

Anthony Pagnotta
Aug 272 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heel DL Converting to OL
@peterpesansky- Instagram The Tar Heels are on the verge of closing camp and beginning preparations for the Week 1 meeting with the TCU...

Anthony Pagnotta
Aug 241 min read
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