Countdown to Kickoff: UNC Football Tries to Pull Out of Tailspin

Posted Oct 5, 2024
UNC wide receiver Nate McCollum needed only one word to summarize the mood of the Tar Heels, whose collective frame of mind as a team has become scrutinized by many armchair psychoanalysts. "Hungry," McCollum said. "Obviously losing, it's not a good feeling, and this is not a program used to losing. But the locker room is great. We're still hungry." (Inside Carolina)

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