It’s statistically impossible to be having a more ordinary season that sitting at .500 eight games into 2019, but that’s exactly where UNC finds themselves. Anyone who’s been paying attention, though, knows that this season has been anything but ordinary. The Tar Heels finished October tied for first in the Coastal division with a very real chance to play at a probable rematch with Clemson in the ACC Championship.
Most of the players on the roster are going to be playing meaningful football in November for the first time in their collegiate careers. The players who haven’t experienced real November football, as well as the fans who forgot what it was like, are all in for a real treat.