UNC football preview: Top storylines for Tar Heels in 2024 season

Posted Aug 21, 2024
Here are three main storylines for UNC Football entering the 2024 season. How will North Carolina handle its quarterback situation? For the first time since Mack Brown returned in 2019, UNC will start a season without Sam Howell or Drake Maye as its quarterback. Will Omarion Hampton or Geoff Collins’ defense be the Tar Heels’ keys to success? (Fayetteville Observer)

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