The 2024 Tar Heel football season mercifully comes to an end with a 27-14 loss to the UConn Huskies in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl. The game was really no where near as competitive as the final score would indicate as UConn dominated UNC throughout.
Still, you have to learn a few things from every loss, right? Let’s see.
This team was wholly unprepared to play this game
It was known that there would be plenty of opt-outs, but UConn just played with more energy and more toughness than Carolina. It looked like the Huskies were playing with a purpose with the support of a 95% UConn crowd while UNC only seemed to be getting an effort from the bench players trying to impress and solidify a spot for next season.