Christmas is over and before you know it, UNC football fans can put a bow on a season that was equal parts gifts and coal. The Tar Heels, Coastal Division champions for the last time, can reach 10 wins with a Holiday Bowl victory over Oregon, fourth-place finishers in the Pac-12. The Ducks are reaching for the same milestone and would have something of a homefield advantage in San Diego, or at least time-zone advantage.
Carolina will look a bit different with several starters out of the program and in the transfer portal or opting out for the NFL Draft, plus Phil Longo and Jack Bicknell off to Wisconson, but they have enough talent to get a positive result.