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    Heel Tough Blog: True Freshman Early Enrollees Chances to Make Impact
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Jan 17
    • 6 min

    Heel Tough Blog: True Freshman Early Enrollees Chances to Make Impact

    The Tar Heels signed an 18 person early signing period back in December and over the weekend, twelve of those players are expected to arr...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Who Will Be the Next Tar Heel Football Player in the CFB HOF?
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Jan 14
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Who Will Be the Next Tar Heel Football Player in the CFB HOF?

    Earlier this week, the Tar Heels had their sixth player in program history elected to the College Football Hall of Fame by the National F...
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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...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Chapman Commitment Officially Turns Focus to '22 Trail
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 6 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Chapman Commitment Officially Turns Focus to '22 Trail

    The 2021 early signing period came to a close on Friday evening, as the Tar Heels seemingly wrapped up an 18-man class that ranks 14th in...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Is 2021 Class Wrapped Up?
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Is 2021 Class Wrapped Up?

    The opening of the early signing period was a successful one for the Tar Heels, as Mack Brown and his staff were able to sign an 18-man c...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Early Signees Who Could Have Biggest Impact in 2021
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Early Signees Who Could Have Biggest Impact in 2021

    The Tar Heels signed all 18 of their commits on Wednesday’s opening to the early signing period and this is a group that many, including ...
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    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...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Prospects Who Could Become the First Tar Heel Commit in 2022 Class
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Nov 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Prospects Who Could Become the First Tar Heel Commit in 2022 Class

    With the 2021 class set to produce historic early enrollments and the class already beginning to see some of it’s top players announce th...
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    Heel Tough Blog: 2020-21 Back-Court Preview
    Joshua Marlow
    • Nov 18, 2020
    • 5 min

    Heel Tough Blog: 2020-21 Back-Court Preview

    Last week we took a look at the Tar Heels front-court, and the role they are going to have in the 2020-21 season, which is a week away. N...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Does Javonte Williams Have a Heisman Shot?
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Nov 11, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Does Javonte Williams Have a Heisman Shot?

    Sam Howell began the season as the Tar Heels outside Heisman shot and while he has had a strong sophomore campaign, he is no longer the T...
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    Heel Tough Blog: 2020 Midseason Grades
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Oct 29, 2020
    • 11 min

    Heel Tough Blog: 2020 Midseason Grades

    As hard as it may be to believe, we have hit the “midway” point of the Tar Heels 2020 season. With the game against Western Carolina not ...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Could Wake Forest Cancellation Open Up an Opportunity?
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Could Wake Forest Cancellation Open Up an Opportunity?

    On Sunday, the football program announced that after searching for an opponent to fill this week’s opening in the schedule, they were tur...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Rankings the Possibilities For a New OOC Opponent
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Rankings the Possibilities For a New OOC Opponent

    Shortly after 10:00 AM on Thursday morning it was announced that the Tar Heels opponent for this upcoming Saturday, the Charlotte 49ers, w...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Bold Predictions for 2020 Tar Heels
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Bold Predictions for 2020 Tar Heels

    The 2020 Tar Heel football season is set to begin just 72 hours from now against the Syracuse Orange in Chapel Hill. With that, now is th...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Players Poised to Breakout in 2020-21
    Joshua Marlow
    • Sep 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Players Poised to Breakout in 2020-21

    We’re roughly a month away from the start of basketball practice, assuming that the season starts on time. Last season didn’t go the way w...
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    Heel Tough Blog: #WeWanttoPlay Should Be a Resounding Message to AD's
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Aug 10, 2020
    • 6 min

    Heel Tough Blog: #WeWanttoPlay Should Be a Resounding Message to AD's

    #wewanttoplay. A simple hashtag, but one that means so much right now for a group of college athletes that are just wanting to play the s...
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    Heel Tough Blog: 2020 Breakout Players
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Aug 8, 2020
    • 6 min

    Heel Tough Blog: 2020 Breakout Players

    Thursday was the opening of fall camp for the Tar Heels and that means we are officially in preseason mode. Last year, just prior to fall...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Position Battles to Watch in Camp
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 7 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Position Battles to Watch in Camp

    With fall camp set to get underway in Chapel Hill this Thursday, it’s time to officially head into preseason mode. As we close in on what...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Who Should the Tar Heels Play in Their 2020 OOC Game?
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Aug 2, 2020
    • 5 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Who Should the Tar Heels Play in Their 2020 OOC Game?

    Wednesday’s decision from the ACC regarding the 2020 schedule change has left the Tar Heels with a vacant spot on their new schedule. Whi...
    381 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Ranking Potential Impact of Incoming Freshmen
    Joshua Marlow
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 5 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Ranking Potential Impact of Incoming Freshmen

    Believe it or not, Carolina returned to the practice court earlier this week as they’ve begun their summer portion of their off-season pr...
    645 views0 comments
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