The back story: The moments that turned UNC's 2014 disappointment to 2015's dream

Posted Dec 5, 2015
A few scraps of paper in the preseason, a promise in Charlotte, and a few words in Atlanta — a football season can turn on the smallest of things. North Carolina is nationally relevant for the first time in two decades and has a chance to burst into the College Football Playoff with an upset of No. 1 Clemson tonight. That’s all just 12 months removed from a disappointing 6-7 season. (Greensboro News & Record)

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