By Lee Pace
Brian Hess watches the digital clock tick in the weight room in Kenan Football Center early Tuesday morning. Seven twenty-nine and 25 seconds … twenty-six seconds … twenty-seven seconds. His lips purse around the whistle lodged in his mouth. Twenty-eight, twenty-nine …
At precisely 7:30 a.m., not a whisker early nor late, Hess blows through his mouth and his whistle responds with a loud skirl, calling to order this weight-lifting session for Carolina football. This morning, it's the offensive and defensive linemen, running backs and linebackers gathered in the weight room for 90 minutes of stretching, core work, squats, clean & presses and more.