University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: October 7
October 7, 2014 | General
Football
Carolina will try to correct some little things in preparation for Notre Dame...Larry Fedora isn't interested in much sightseeing in South Bend...The recap of yesterday's press conference:
Basketball
An early emphasis in practice has been pushing the Tar Heel pace...A best/worst case top 25 with Carolina slotted sixth...Reggie Bullock wants an increased role for the Clippers...Ty Lawson had 14 points and six assists in his preseason debut...Wayne Ellington scored seven points in his first preseason game for the Lakers...From the Bucks:
Did we just become best friends!?! pic.twitter.com/6KVqlAOkha
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) October 6, 2014
Olympic sports
Chaniel Nelson is the ACC volleyball player of the week.
Today's games
Men's soccer hosts Campbell at 7 p.m.
Tar Heels in the NFL
Hakeem Nicks is wearing pink Jordans in October...A good SportsCenter feature on Giovani Bernard.
Tar Heels in MLB
The Tigers are regretting not trading for Andrew Miller this year...You think this would've been a pretty good pitching rotation in 2009? Who would've pitched the midweek games? The more amazing thing might be that even without Porcello and Bumgarner (who signed but didn't attend due to being picked in the first round), the Diamond Heels still made it to Omaha.
Absurd coulda-been 2009 @DiamondHeels rotation: sr Warren, jr White, sophs Harvey, Bumgarner, Porcello. #5MLBers #recruiting #development
— Adam Lucas (@jadamlucas) October 6, 2014
Long read
A very unique first-person look at the parachute jump into Kenan Stadium on Saturday. Much different perspective to actually see them jump out of a perfectly good airplane:
