Prior to the beginning of the season, it was hard not to feel like incoming freshman quarterback Sam Howell would have a good season for the Tar Heels. Perhaps this feeling was nothing more than wishful thinking, as the team had just gotten done with a disastrous year where we saw four quarterbacks in Chazz Surratt, Cade Fortin, Nathan Elliott, and Jace Ruder all see time on the field. It could be that sometimes gut feelings hit the nail on the head, but I think it’s fair to say that nobody expected this.
Yes, the Tar Heels are still struggling as a whole if we want to be really picky.