Countdown to Kickoff: UNC vs. Illinois

Posted Sep 9, 2016
Once again North Carolina is tasked with overcoming a season-opening loss in a primetime setting and not allowing that defeat to morph into two notches in the loss column. Illinois served as the Tar Heels’ bounce-back game a season ago, although under new head coach Lovie Smith, the Illini are looking for their own program-defining win on Saturday. (Inside Carolina)

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