A big storyline in Chapel Hill this week has been the “Rude Boy” mentality that the defensive back room has adopted from the famed 1997 defensive backfield. With the “Rude Boy” mentality making a ...

Joey Powell looks back at UNC's historic matchup against the Florida State Seminoles in 1997, during the Mack Brown 1.0 era in Chapel Hill. In Episode 4 of The Backstory, Joey Powell digs into the ...

UNC head football coach Carl Torbush is surrounded by his players after being briefly lifted aloft by them. From left Kareem Ellis and (65) and Allen Mogridge (75) and Derrick DePriest . The Tar Heels ...

No one knew it at the time, 25 years ago. Maybe Dean Smith. Maybe the North Carolina coach had an inkling, even had made the decision. If so, he was keeping it to himself. The Tar Heels reached the ...