Barnhart: Football Heels at #14 in early 2009 poll

Posted Jan 13, 2009
The Tar Heels will be underrated in the preseason because of the way they finished. But with nine starters returning on a defense that intercepted 19 passes, North Carolina will compete in the ACC Coastal. Losing junior WR Hakeem Nicks to the NFL is huge. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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