Needless to say, the North Carolina Tar Heels are ready to get back on the field against an opponent. As of writing, it has been 19 days since a 31-6 victory over Syracuse.
As Max noted last week, it was like a mini offseason for Carolina. This is something head coach Mack Brown spoke about during his press conference this week, and there are pros and cons to this double bye week:
The positives are the the young guys that missed spring practice, or didn’t get as much work this summer, have had an extra week to work.