Open Week Comes At A Good Time For UNC Football

Posted Oct 8, 2019
With UNC off this week after beating Georgia Tech on Saturday, coach Mack Brown declared Sunday and Monday as mandatory off days. It's been nearly 10 weeks since preseason camp began. “I told them to ‘get away, go do your school work, make sure you act right and stay out of trouble, but no weights, no conditioning, no football,’” Brown said. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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