Miami #6
Clemson #10
Pitt #22
SMU #25

It is a full week, with all 17 ACC teams playing.

Friday night, 3-1 (1-1) Syracuse heads to Sin City to take on the Runnin' Rebels, who have their most football press ever right now. UNLV is 4-0, with wins over two Big 12 teams and 1 future Pac team. Plus there is the sexy tale of the starting QB quitting because he was not paid promised NIL. UNLV HC Barry Odom is not likely to remain at UNLV long. Last year was his 1st there, and UNLV finished 9-5.

On Saturday, 1-3 (0-1) Wake travels to 3-2 (0-1) Moo. Both badly need a league win.

4-1 (1-0) SMU goes to 4-1 (1-0) Louisville. The Cards think they can be in the hunt for the ACC CCG right to the end of season. The Ponies are hungry to remain undefeated in ACC play. This could be a very good game. Brohm is a very good HC, and Lashlee is growing toward that.

Somewhat surprising BC (4-1, 1-0) goes to Charlottesville to take on another surprise: 3-1, 1-0 UVA. It seems that BC QB Castellanos will play, but he may not be fully ready to go. The winner of this game will be in great position to finish the season well.

Back in the Top 10 Clemson (3-1, 2-0) gos to Doak to face the still struggling Seminoles (1-4, 1-3). And even Cal could have beaten FSU with a couple plays going right. The ACC needs for Clemson to win BIG. BY 3 scores or more.

The Hokies (2-3, 0-1) will be at Stanford (2-2, 1-1). Turkeys invading the home of a Tree. This is the kind of game Pry needs to save his job.

5-0, 1-0 Dook heads to Bobby Dodd where the 3-2, 1-2 Jackets hope to get their season turned around.

Late night we have 5-0, 1-0 Top 10 Miami at Berkeley. The ACC needs the Canes to win that one more convincingly than FSU got the W over Cal. The Bear QB is a Miami native.

As Mack Brown noted at the outset of his postgame presser today, UNC WR Tylee Craft went to the hospital this morning, and he badly needs prayers from anyone who prays. Craft was supposed to be at the game today, but he was taken to the hospital instead. Brown, who got emotional when notifying the media, found out about it after the game.

I am here, Chelsea and Bryant will be here later.

Is it me or does Marcus Allen always seem lost when the ball is thrown his direction? No idea the ball was right there. SMH already

PITT 34, UNC 24
OCT. 5, 2024
KENAN STADIUM, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
• Carolina is 3-3 overall, 0-2 in the ACC.
• Mack Brown is 110-76-1 as head coach of UNC. Brown is 285-152-1 all-time and is the
winningest active head coach in the FBS.
• A Tar Heel has rushed for at least 100 yards in each of the first six games for the first time
since 1983, the only other time that has happened in UNC football history.
• UNC is the only FBS program with a 100-yard rusher in each of the first six games.
• UNC is 12-6 all-time against Pitt, including 7-2 at Kenan Stadium.
• UNC is 0-2 in the ACC for the first time since 2017.
• UNC has lost three regular-season games in a row for the first time since 2019.
Offense
• Omarion Hampton led the Tar Heels in rushing yards for the fifth time this season, gaining
106 yards on 23 carries.
• Hampton has rushed for at least 100 yards in five of UNC’s six games this season, making
him and Don McCauley the only Tar Heels who have rushed for at least 100 yards in five
games in multiple seasons.
• Hampton scored his 30th touchdown as a Tar Heel and his 28th rushing touchdown, tying
Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice and Amos Lawrence for ninth on UNC’s all-time rushing
touchdown list.
• Hampton passed Justice for ninth on UNC’s all-time rushing list. Justice rushed for 2,634
yards from 1946-1949, while Hampton has 2,669 rushing yards in the last two seasons.
• This was Hampton’s 14th career game with 100 or more rushing yards, tying Natrone Means
for seventh on UNC’s list of games with 100 or more yards.
• Jacolby Criswell was 24 for 45 for 269 passing yards and a touchdown. Criswell’s 48-yard
completion in the fourth quarter was the longest of his career, surpassing a 47-yard
completion against Georgia State in 2021.
• Criswell had a passing touchdown for the fourth straight game.
• Nate McCollum had 10 catches for 128 reception yards. He is the first Tar Heel with 100
reception yards in a game this season. The 128 yards are the most by a Tar Heel since Tez
Walker had 162 against Duke in 2023.
• McCollum’s 10 catches were the most by a Tar Heel since Tez Walker had 11 against Virginia
last season.
• Tight end John Copenhaver caught his third touchdown pass of the season and eighth of his
career.
• JJ Jones surpassed 1,500 career reception yards (1,512).
• Carolina had one player rush for 100 yards, one player pass for 200 yards and one player
with 100 receiving yards for the first time since the Duke game last season.
Defense

• Kaleb Cost’s 84-yard interception return for a touchdown is the seventh-longest
interception return in UNC history and the longest since Brian Walker returned an
interception for 100 yards against San Diego State in 2014.
• Cost’s pick-six is the first by a Tar Heel since Storm Duck had an interception return for a
touchdown against Temple in the 2019 Military Bowl.
• It was UNC’s first defensive touchdown since Trey Morrision returned a fumble for a
touchdown against Duke in 2021.
• It was Cost’s second interception of the season and career (also one against NC Central).
• Amare Campbell tied a career high with eight tackles. Those eight tackles led all Tar Heel
defenders.
Special Teams
• Noah Burnette tied Clint Gwaltney for fourth in field goals at UNC with 43 career field goals.
• Burnette is 43 for 51 on field goal attempts as a Tar Heel, including 9 for 10 this season.
• Burnette tied Thomas Moore for seventh at UNC with 113 PATs.
Opponent
• Pitt’s Desmond Reid made 11 catches for 155 yards. Reid is the first opponent with at least
10 catches since Virginia’s Malik Washington had 12 in 2023. It was the most receiving yards
by an opponent since South Carolina’s Xavier Legette had 178 in 2023.

I’m not an expert and I don’t get paid millions but … on a 4th down pass play. You should have your receiver be PAST the line to gain when they catch the ball or am I watching a different sport ?

Just watched the 18min vid from the start of practice… super fun.

Sure, it was a lot of warm-up full court drills but it shows the players who’re comfortable and adept to push pace:

EC is automatic and oozes confidence.
Ian Jackson is almost as good - super efficient.
RJ looked good giving it up too
And Hubert’s son, Elijah, kept it moving fast too.

Hard not to get excited for the season!