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Heel Tough Blog: Can Hampton Win the Doak Walker Award?
The Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee released their list of ten semifinalists for the award that will be given out in early...

Anthony Pagnotta
Nov 21, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heel Linebacker Accepts Invitation to Senior Bowl
The Reese Senior Bowl has started rolling out invites for the 2024 installment of the event and on Friday night, a key member of the Tar...

Anthony Pagnotta
Nov 17, 20231 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Could Mack Brown Be Considering Retirement?
It's something that get talked about each and every offseason, but the Mack Brown retirement conversation is getting started earlier than...

Anthony Pagnotta
Nov 16, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Injury Update After Duke
Mack Brown met with the media on Monday to recap a wild 47-45 victory over the Duke Blue Devils in double overtime on Saturday night....

Anthony Pagnotta
Nov 13, 20231 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Duke Recap
It doesn’t matter how you do it, it’s that you do it. The Tar Heels had so many different chances to put the rival Duke Blue Devils away...

Anthony Pagnotta
Nov 12, 20234 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heel Enter CFP Rankings For First Time This Season
After being left out of the initial College Football Playoff Rankings last Tuesday, the Tar Heels made an appearance in the second...

Anthony Pagnotta
Nov 7, 20231 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Maye Makes Decision on Senior Day
Saturday is expected to be Drake Maye’s final game in Kenan Stadium as the Tar Heels face the rival Duke Blue Devils. The redshirt...

Anthony Pagnotta
Nov 7, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Injury Update After Campbell
For the first time in three weeks, Mack Brown got to do a post-win presser on Monday as he recapped the Tar Heels’ 59-7 beatdown of the...

Anthony Pagnotta
Nov 6, 20231 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Carl Torbush Passes Away at 72
The Tar Heel football program received some somber news about one of their former head coaches. During East Tennessee State’s media...

Anthony Pagnotta
Nov 6, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: ACC Reveals New Schedule Model and Opponents Through 2030
On Monday evening, the ACC revealed its new scheduling model after the latest round of realignment that will start in 2024. In a one-hour...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 30, 20231 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Injury Update After Georgia Tech
For a second straight week, Mack Brown spent a Monday presser trying to explain what happened in another disappointing loss to a subpar...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 30, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Injury Update After Virginia
Mack Brown sat down with the media on Monday in an attempt to explain what happened on Saturday in Kenan Stadium. Prior to getting into...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 24, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Reveal Two Long Term Injuries
Rumors have been rolling in the last couple of days about a significant injury to one of the Tar Heels top receivers. Just prior to...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 14, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Injury Update After Syracuse
Mack Brown made his weekly stop with the media on Monday to discuss the Tar Heels win over Syracuse and the top 25 matchup that looms...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 9, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tez Walker Granted Immediate Eligibility By the NCAA
After missing the first four games of the 2023 season, due to eligibility issues, the NCAA announced on Thursday that wide receiver, Tez...

Joshua Marlow
Oct 5, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels to Role With Two New Kick Returners
On Monday, Mack Brown announced that the starting kick returner George Pettaway is forgoing the remainder of this season and will...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 4, 20231 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Shift 2024 Opener Date
Next year, the Tar Heels will play the return game with the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Minneapolis to begin the season. On Monday, the...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 2, 20231 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heel Running Back to Sit Out the Remainder of 2023 Season
After a week off from the media, Mack Brown set the tone for the Tar Heels return to the field on Saturday at home against Syracuse....

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 2, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tez Walker Will Be Eligible for Bowl Game
This week has been filled with more anger from Tar Heel fans about the Tez Walker eligibility situation after a different two time...

Anthony Pagnotta
Sep 27, 20232 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Injury Update After Minnesota
Monday’s injury report for the Tar Heels was a relatively positive one for the team considering they suffered more attrition on the...

Anthony Pagnotta
Sep 18, 20232 min read
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