A look at how five-stars in the 2022 class are performing:

So we have Jalen. And we have Jae’lyn. What could we label such a tandem?

(This is for ease in text purposes in my Tar Heel game chat group, also…it’s still the off-season and there’s not much else to do.)

0-3 Wahoos hosting the Mighty Wuffies tonight. UVA has marched across the 50, but Pack D then stiffened. This could be a close game.

I've been a long-time lurker on this board, but finally have a reason to post after my family and I went to the game in Pittsburgh this past weekend. Never in my life have I encountered a more despicable fan base with as many s**t talking meathead fans as the Panthers had. Seriously, you would have thought they were a National Championship contender. Between the racist things that I heard directed toward Omarion, drunken fans threatening other UNC fans, and I will never step foot in that stadium again.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference and its television partners announced the following football game times and networks for Oct. 7.



Saturday, Oct. 7

• Boston College at Army, Noon ET on CBS Sports Network – previously announced
• William & Mary at Virginia, Noon ET on ACC Network
• Marshall at NC State, 2 p.m. ET on The CW Network
• Wake Forest at Clemson, 3:30 p.m. ET on ACC Network
• Virginia Tech at Florida State, 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC or ESPN – network designation after the games of 9/30
• Syracuse at North Carolina, 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC or ESPN – network designation after the games of 9/30
• Notre Dame at Louisville, 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC
• Georgia Tech at Miami, 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network

ACC Notes

• Through the first four weeks of the season, the ACC has six teams at 4-0 overall – Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina and Syracuse – the most among any conference in all of FBS.
• The six ACC teams to start the season at 4-0 tied the SEC in 2012 for the most teams in a Power 5 conference to start 4-0 in a single season in the AP Poll Era (since 1936).
• ESPN announced on Saturday, Sept. 23, that College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will broadcast live for the first time from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina for Week 5.
• The nationally ranked and undefeated Duke Blue Devils (4-0) will host Notre Dame (4-1) on Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. on ABC’s “Saturday Night Football”.
• With two more games announced for ABC and another one for ESPN for Week 6, the ACC will have four games on ABC’s “Saturday Night Football,” as well as 22 appearances on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 over the first six weeks of the season.
• In total to date, 15 ACC contests are scheduled for national ABC broadcasts, while the ACC Network will also feature 21 games.
• Of the 15 full national ABC telecasts, 12 different league programs will be featured.
• In Week 1 of the 2023 season, the ACC captivated the national audience, averaging 5.1 million viewers – more than double all other conferences in the highest average per game viewership for the week.
• Overall, the ACC was part of three of the top seven most-watched games for Week 1.
• Through Week 2, the ACC had three home broadcasts with 4M+ viewers – no other conference had more than one.
• Tickets are on sale now for the 2023 ACC Football Championship Game at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 2023 ACC Football Championship Game will feature the top two teams based on the highest winning percentage in regular-season conference play.

I'm making this thread so as not to muck up the OOTB UNC Other Sports thread. I know @uncboy10 and @WhatTheHeel? (?) are runners. I don't run nearly as much as I used to. In high school, I ran track for two years and cross country for one. Don't mistake this to mean I was fast or anything.... those two sports didn't have tryouts or cuts

I've been inspired to:
1. Break my high school 5K PR of 20:55
2. Break 20:00 on a 5K
3. Any further improvements I can do from there.

I believe my mile PR is 5:45.

Random running question @uncboy10, do you find running in cold weather is exceedingly more difficult and more uncomfortable than running in warm/hot weather? For me, running in cold weather is terrible. I have much less stamina and I start to get that effect where you taste blood in the back of your throat (hopefully others know this phenomena and I'm not just dying) lol.

From ESPN...

ESPN has announced the network schedule for the inaugural ACC/SEC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Challenge, a multi-night event that matches men’s and women’s college basketball teams from two of the top conferences, the ACC and the SEC.

The ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge will take place over consecutive days Tuesday, Nov. 28 and Wednesday, Nov. 29, while the ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge is slated for Nov. 29 and 30. Both men’s and women’s Challenge events will feature games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network and SEC Network.

The Men’s Challenge features a total of eight teams in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Men’s Basketball Top 25 –Duke (No. 2), North Carolina (No. 15) and Miami (No. 18) from the ACC, and Tennessee (No. 8), Arkansas (No. 14), Kentucky (No. 17), Texas A&M (No. 19) and Alabama (No. 22) from the SEC.

The marquee ESPN matchups on Tuesday, Nov. 28, include 2023 Final Four participant Miami at Kentucky (7:30 p.m.), followed by Alabama – the overall top seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament, hosting Clemson (9:30 p.m.). On Wednesday, Nov. 29, Tennessee travels to Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels (7:15 p.m.), followed by Duke at Arkansas (9:15 p.m.).

2023 ACC/SEC Men’s Basketball Challenge (Nov. 28-29):

* Rankings based on ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25

Just a heads up, with the Tar Heels off this weekend, there will not be any media availability all week. Our next opportunity will be next Monday in advance of the Syracuse game.

A few notes: The team will practice Tuesday-Thursday / Players can go home after that for a couple of days, but must be back Sunday for practice.

After this weekends win at Pitt, I was excited to see what the national media would say about our team. I was a bit disappointed that our win took a backseat and teams like Dook, FSU etc are getting all the press about being 4-0. It seems that the media is wary of jumping on board with UNC Football this year due to our letdown last year and years past. I watched a video about UNC from a popular site saying that we are the same team as last year!? Anyone watching this team vs last years team can clearly see the difference and much higher ceiling we have now..
I have come to the conclusion that we are in the absolute perfect spot flying under the radar. Being ranked 15 is just low enough to be overlooked and not get over-hyped by the media for the next two weeks.
Going into the bye week, we have shown we can win games with Offense, Defense or Special Teams with plenty to improve upon during the off week without the spotlight.
Drakes Heisman hopes have slightly diminished but are very much alive and will only get better as the year progresses.
Not having a game next week and being an afterthought this week will allow the team to turn inward and work on improving without the hype machine getting in the way and help keep the chip on their shoulder. We are in a perfect position to move into the top ten and start getting media attention just as we should be rounding into form in 3-5 weeks and in position to push for a championship at years end.
Wondering if you guys are annoyed by the lack of attention as I was or have the feeling that we’re flying under the radar in a good way?