1. Carolina got what it needed in Saturday's 56-0 win over Mercer. Everyone in blue leaves feeling good, a win, and no injuries. Next week's game in Raleigh will be about as important a game as a 5-6 team can have. "This was a home run for us," Mack Brown told Jones Angell on the Tar Heel Sports Network after the game. "Everything we wanted coming into this one, we got."
2. One of the easiest ways to quantify the season Sam Howell has had is by looking at the quarterbacks ahead of him on the single season passing touchdowns list.