Chansky’s Notebook: First Two Are Key

Posted Aug 31, 2018
North Carolina needs to shock the Bears on Saturday. The Tar Heels are winging west to the Bay area for the 2018 opener against Cal, which is favored by a touchdown. Larry Fedora’s seventh UNC team needs to jump out to a fast start. After Cal is a trip to East Carolina, an unknown under coach Scottie Montgomery but, remember, hung 70 points on the Heels there in 2014. (Chapelboro.com)

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