Tar Heels evolving into good football team

Posted Oct 2, 2011
They may have lost their head coach, and the NCAA is still breathing down their neck. But despite issues that would have turned many teams into a turmoil-torn wreck, the North Carolina Tar Heels are evolving into a pretty good team. The Tar Heels took another important step in their development Saturday by dispatching with relative ease a very dangerous East Carolina squad on their home field, 35-20. (Fayetteville Observer)

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