Shaky UNC Run Defense Faces Huge Challenge Against Pitt

Posted Sep 23, 2016
The time is now for the UNC football team, as it enters ACC play this weekend with an important home game against the Pitt Panthers—a physical group that Tar Heel head coach Larry Fedora expects to try to exploit UNC’s struggling run defense from the get-go. Earlier this week, Fedora boldly proclaimed that Pitt is the best team the Tar Heels have faced all season. (Chapelboro.com)

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