Tar Heel fans were as calm as they could reasonably hope to be this weekend on account of a bye. Plenty of fingernails have already been chewed through with closer-than-expected wins over App State and Georgia State. What would happen when a real top-25 team comes to town?
Preseason #5 Notre Dame should have been the perfect bogeyman, but the Irish have not been off to the best start. Nobody will fault them for losing to Ohio State in Columbus, but the Marshall loss at home had folks taking notice.
Notre Dame righted the ship with a win over Cal, but were in the same shoes Carolina wore in Boone—sweaty and nervous.