North Carolina appears to be standing at a crossroads.
Its 11-win, Coastal Division championship season in 2015 was hailed as the moment when untapped potential had finally been realized. How did the Tar Heels follow that up? With a disappointing 8-5 season, one that featured losses to Duke and NC State despite having the potential No. 1 overall draft pick in the NFL in Mitch Trubisky and several other draft prospects on both offense and defense.
So which direction is North Carolina heading? Andrea Adelson and Jared Shanker have differing opinions.
Adelson: Headed into 2017, there are even more questions surrounding the program given the uncertainty at several key positions, and yet another NCAA investigation into academic fraud that remains unresolved.