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UNC football’s tough road

With less than three months until the start of the college football season, fans of the North Carolina football team are ready to see if their team can improve on an impressive 2015 campaign.

After losing their first game a season ago — a 17-13 defeat to South Carolina in Charlotte — the Tar Heels rattled off 11-straight wins to win the ACC Coastal Division. But while some regarded UNC as a top-10 team at the end of the regular season, many were concerned about the quality of opponents the team played during that stretch.

That worry proved warranted once the Tar Heels moved onto their two postseason games.