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Syracuse football opens its season Saturday at North Carolina after an offseason that included only three days of spring practice and players sitting out of multiple August practices.
Here’s what our football beat writers predict will happen Saturday in Chapel Hill:
Betting line: North Carolina is 22-point favorites over the Orange with a total of 63 points.
Anthony Dabbundo
Achilles’ heel
North Carolina 41, Syracuse 16
The Tar Heels are projected to be the third-best team in the 2020 iteration of the ACC, behind only Notre Dame and Clemson.