University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: September 23
September 23, 2016 | General
Football
The Tar Heel run defense will be tested...The Coastal race really begins on Saturday at Kenan Stadium...Switzer and Pitt's James Conner have a longtime friendship...The Panthers are trying to improve their passing game...The offense is on a roll:
Saturday's uniform:
Good stat here:
UNC running back Elijah Hood has averaged 5.8 yards *after contact* per carry in 2016, best of any Power-5 RB.
— PFF College Football (@PFF_College) September 22, 2016
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Basketball
Some very interesting quotes from Kennedy Meeks in this Adam Lucas column...Reggie Bullock appeared on a Pistons podcast...The Tar Heels had some fun at conditioning:
Olympic sports
Women's soccer waxed Virginia Tech and here are the highlights:
Volleyball came back to beat NC State and here are the highlights:
Today's games
Women's tennis is at the Furman Fall Classic. Field hockey hosts Syracuse at 6 p.m. Men's soccer hosts Boston College at 7 p.m.
Long read
Need something to kill some time at work on Friday? Or perhaps something to listen to on the way to Chapel Hill tomorrow for the football game? How about the latest Carolina Insider podcast, in which Jones Angell and Adam Lucas talk to Mack Brown, look back at the Brown era and preview the game with the Panthers. Here's the iTunes link.
