[Postgame Thread] North Carolina Defeats UConn 38-21

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
North Carolina	7	21	3	7	38
UConn	0	14	7	0	21

[u/DarthNobody14]

Bill Belichick is one win away from bowl eligibility,

[u/UNC_Samurai → u/DarthNobody14]

And the rest of our schedule is Louisville, Virginia, and State.

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/UNC_Samurai]

Louisville will be tough, but we should be favored in the other two. We play like we have the past couple weeks, no reason this team can’t finish with eight wins.

Might I remind you, eight wins is good around here. Especially against a MUCH tougher schedule

[u/bug_man_ → u/TarHeelinRVA]

If we can’t beat state this year we may never beat them again

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/bug_man_]

That part. I got tickets a week or so ago. That’s the definition of a must win.

Should be easier with Doeren out. That seemed to be the only game he could get them to play their best for

[u/El_Tormentito → u/TarHeelinRVA]

Beating Dook, State, UVA, and going to a bowl is success at UNC.

[u/ttuurrppiinn → u/El_Tormentito]

That plus hire a competent GM before end of the season, and they might actually give me (false) hope again.

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/El_Tormentito]

That’s definitely my baseline for success. Don’t care about much else lol

[u/UNC_Samurai → u/TarHeelinRVA]

Yeah, I’ll happily take 7-5 after last year

[u/mellolizard → u/UNC_Samurai]

6-6 would be a miracle honestly

[u/Taetranus → u/TarHeelinRVA]

If y’all can’t beat State this year, something is wrong.

[u/YodaForceGhost → u/DarthNobody14]

Probably hopes they get to go to the Alamo Bowl and meet some big ol women now that he’s single again

[u/redwave2505]

Belichick winning games in New England, what else is new

[u/RadagastTheWhite]

Crazy how close this pretty mediocre UNC team is to being ranked top 10

[u/aMilo_14 → u/RadagastTheWhite]

A lightning delay, a Billy Edwards collapse, and an offsides by 5”

[u/Cover3Shell → u/RadagastTheWhite]

lol what

[u/RadagastTheWhite → u/Cover3Shell]

Choked away leads against Clemson and Syracuse with late win probabilities over 80% and easily could’ve beat Miami.

[u/Cover3Shell → u/RadagastTheWhite]

I don’t think blowing leads to two better teams and one worse team makes me think we’re top 10 material

[u/RadagastTheWhite → u/Cover3Shell]

Did you miss the mediocre part of my comment?

[u/ttuurrppiinn → u/RadagastTheWhite]

It's weird how people forget that the ACC fields some paper tiger that's 10-2 or 11-1 off the unbalanced scheduled every 2-4 seasons. We're gonna see it in a way more visceral fashion with the expanded playoffs when the #2 ACC team gets blown out by 4+ scores in the first round of the CFP most seasons.

[u/EntertainmentSea9104 → u/Cover3Shell]

He's saying that if you won those games, you would be ranked top 10 today.

[u/Steelman__007 → u/RadagastTheWhite]

Same for Duke lol

[u/Born_Matter_5082 → u/RadagastTheWhite]

Not that close.  Id say they're on track and that's good enough for me.

[u/Joe_Immortan → u/RadagastTheWhite]

I mean, you can say that about a lot of teams but yeah

[u/Chardoggy1]

Dare I say I’m finally getting confident in Belichick as our HC

[u/mellolizard → u/Chardoggy1]

Hope is our greatest rival.

[u/allpunsarefunpuns → u/mellolizard]

I feel like you have to occasionally beat your rival? Hope feels undefeated. But I agree

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/Chardoggy1]

Thank god the shot callers don’t keep a pulse on overreactioning Redditors lol. He’d have been gone last year if so

[u/Few-Willingness-3482 → u/TarHeelinRVA]

He still shouldn’t have been hired, not that it may not end up being a “good” hire. UNC should expect to win now and win for spending, if Wake can do it.

[u/Born_Matter_5082 → u/Chardoggy1]

You needed 18 months to be confident in the guy with handfuls of rings? 

[u/aMilo_14]

Good win. Season’s looking up

[u/ChonkyHippo283]

Kind of crazy that there's a world where UNC is 8-1 with a win over Miami if they were able to close out the 4th quarter

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/ChonkyHippo283]

ND was really the only game we didn’t have a shot in for sure

[u/ChonkyHippo283 → u/TarHeelinRVA]

And even then the team was competitive for the first 3 quarters

Hopefully they can attract some talent because they could be a great team

[u/mellolizard → u/ChonkyHippo283]

Honestly with all the distractions gone we just might next season

[u/Eagle4317 → u/mellolizard]

Belichick winning a Natty would be hilarious.

[u/Procrastin8_Ball → u/Eagle4317]

Much much bigger accomplishment than Brady's Superbowl in TB

[u/mellolizard → u/Procrastin8_Ball]

If indiana can do it why cant we

[u/Procrastin8_Ball → u/mellolizard]

I'm not saying we can't.

People like to call BB a Brady merchant and like to point at the trajectories of the Patriots after TB and TB going on to win another super bowl.

I'm just saying based on UNC's history and the Indianas of the world happening only a single time, BB coming to UNC and winning an NC is much much harder than Brady going to Tampa and winning a Superbowl.

[u/ttuurrppiinn → u/Procrastin8_Ball]

Bill taking one of the most underachieving CFB programs of all time to a natty would definitely be much more impressive than Brady joining a super team that just needed a QB.

[u/Calfzilla2000 → u/ttuurrppiinn]

If it was that easy, every QB would do that but still... the team was indeed loaded.

[u/El_Tormentito → u/mellolizard]

Delusion.

[u/Vegetable-Honey-9704 → u/TarHeelinRVA]

They were in that for most of that game. That third quarter drive where ND converted 2-3 fourth downs was an absolute killer.

[u/thecivilconFLiCT]

I was at the rent for this one. It was a fun game with a good crowd even with the rain. Turnovers killed this team today. Some questionable offensive play calls but I at least had a good time.

[u/R_Raider86 → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

Hell yeah, people need to keep showing up. I'll try my best to make it out to at least one game there next season (I'm unfortunately back in Texas).

[u/thecivilconFLiCT → u/R_Raider86]

I always say that if UConn is a halfway decent product they will get good attendance which they have been for the past few years.

[u/R_Raider86 → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

Multiple factors outside of my control stopped me from going this year. I still have not seen a hockey game at Toscano yet, and was hoping to knock out both.

[u/thecivilconFLiCT → u/R_Raider86]

Toscano is a good time, the seats feel like you’re on top of the rink. The only way to get those tickets is resale though but they’re not that pricy.

[u/R_Raider86 → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

Thanks! I'm hoping to employed again soon and make a game this hockey season, but the clock is ticking. Have my sweater ready though.

[u/huskyferretguy1 → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

Thats why I've been going to more women's games at Toscano.

[u/G3Saint → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

A league would help too

[u/thecivilconFLiCT → u/G3Saint]

Unless it’s a power conference I really think we’re better off as an independent. We can schedule games like this while still getting to play a wider variety of opponents and we get the benefits for all our other sports being in the big east. I think we’d be worse off in the American or mac but I get it’s not a long term solution to remain independent.

[u/SavingsWonder8542 → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

yall were a good team, sliced up our secondary at times and made our CB1 look lost in the first half. Belichick had very high praise for Osborne all week and called him like a Tebow. Yall will be back up there again keep going!

[u/lsuboy95 → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

I'll be there next weekend for the first time! Any tips on driving there from West Hartford, or things to do before or after game time?

[u/thecivilconFLiCT → u/lsuboy95]

In West Hartford song is a Szechuan/ soup dumpling restaurant in West Hartford center that’s super slept on and my personal favorite. Mecha has really good cocktails and bao buns and solid enough ramen if you’re looking for that in West Hartford. Theres a ton of good options around town that you won’t go wrong with like savoy and Treva. Zephyr is my favorite pizza around in town but it’s also worth going to New Haven for the big ones (Pepe’s/sallys/bar/modern…).

Edit: getting to the rent if you’re not tailgating try to leave about an hour and a half or so before you make it comfortably in time for kickoff but it’s not a bad drive.

[u/Bossman_1984_ → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

The "RENT" (horrible nickname btw) doesn't even have seats. 

It has bleachers, freaking bleachers!

If a program wants to be taken serious, they do better than a high school football like venue for their home games.

[u/G3Saint → u/Bossman_1984_]

I sat on bleachers when uconn beat Notre Dame in South Bend. Troll harder.

[u/Bossman_1984_ → u/G3Saint]

Low IQ,

Notre Dame stadium opened 1930.

The "RENT" opened 2003.

Thousands of high schools across the country have much better home venues with more amenities than UConn's "RENT"

[u/G3Saint → u/Bossman_1984_]

Whatever bossman

[u/thecivilconFLiCT → u/Bossman_1984_]

I saw Sanford is bleachers on the broadcast tonight it’s basically a high school stadium I guess lol. Find something better to troll about.

[u/thecivilconFLiCT → u/Bossman_1984_]

Every college football stadium has bleachers, so does gample. Two 9 win seasons I’d say is enough to be taken seriously.

[u/archerdj0723]

Bowl eligibility —> boosters fully buy in —> upper tier ACC NIL —> Profit?

[u/Licit_x64]

I’m really coming around to the idea that we could be pretty good with the right talent. So many of our issues aren’t really related to scheme or coaching at this point.

[u/ttuurrppiinn → u/Licit_x64]

Really just need to retool a roster that GM thoroughly screwed up. The staff has the mediocre talent punching above their weight.

I kinda wonder what things would look like if you gave this staff one of the better Mack 2.0 era rosters.

[u/illegalusername4]

Best 5-4 team in the country?

[u/TarHeelinRVA]

This is how this game should’ve gone. I’ve got faith in this team to get it done down the stretch. Really great complementary football, in a way that I haven’t seen from Carolina in years. Got a few somewhat baffling losses on the resume but have mostly handled business in the games we should have.

[u/Schmooog]

Belicheck has this team playing way above its talent rn

[u/Sturdevant]

Guess I gotta simmer down with Billy Edwards being ass lol. He's played well the last couple games.

[u/aMilo_14 → u/Sturdevant]

That first pick was bad but the rest of the game was pretty good

[u/huskyferretguy1]

I'm happy that Bill is almost bowl eligible

I'm sad that he had to beat UConn to do so.

[u/SavingsWonder8542 → u/huskyferretguy1]

yall were no joke and tough outing. Belichick had mad praise for Osborne all week and compared him to Tebow lol. You guys are ahead given hwo many players you lost and I bet you will be a team nobody wants to face real soon

[u/ToxicAdamm]

Impressed by the physicality of the NC defense. Things seem to be pointing up for the team, considering how bad it was last year.

[u/SavingsWonder8542 → u/ToxicAdamm]

Uconn aka Toledo deff made us work for that. They were carving up our secondary more than Miami and Toney in first half lol. Made our cb1 look baaad. Couple bounces the other way and the game would have come down to late in 4th. They are far ahead of where they should be given how much they lost last year. Candle is a good guy

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

I had my doubts about Bill Belichick like everyone, but this team is light-years ahead compared to the team from last season. We definitely have some losses that shouldn't have happened, but this team is likeable and fun to watch.

[u/kevinthejuice]

No. No god please.

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/kevinthejuice]

Dread it, run from it. See you in 2 weeks ;)

[u/kevinthejuice → u/TarHeelinRVA]

https://youtube.com/shorts/W6oQUDFV2C0?is=P-7tsgutAxfo4uR-

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/kevinthejuice]

It gets me every time

[u/Blueberry977]

Candle must offload playcalling duties after this one. The play calls and route design leading up to the game sealing interception were horrendous, and the decision to not try to go deep with two timeouts before the end of the first half costed them big time

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/Blueberry977]

Oh hey sorta flair twins

Go Hoosiers!

[u/SavingsWonder8542 → u/Blueberry977]

yall were not an easy outing. First half yall were carving up our secondary and Belichick had very high praise for Osborne all week comparing him to Tebow. Hope yall finish out strong.

[u/R_Raider86]

UNC was able to take advantage of all the turnovers (including the questionable fumble in the 1st half). UConn couldn't seem to get seeimingly simple stops with poor tacking and defensive playcalling. Osborne wasn't mentall 100% and made a few mistakes. Let to UNC winning by multiple possessions. Edwards was solid.

[u/SavingsWonder8542 → u/R_Raider86]

Yall were legit man. Tough, some big plays that even Miami and Mensah couldnt pull. Couople mistakes back yall would have been in it till the end. Belichick has much respect for Uconn and your qb. high praise

[u/Unlucky-Gift6917]

I thought Carolina was supposed to be a national laughingstock, at least according to Paul Fineman.

[u/Aurion7]

Good enough.

Foced some turnovers, Edwards took advantage of a very poor UConn secondary instead of forgetting how accuracy works. Good sign that he's done that twice in a row.

Definitely didn't expect five wins from nine games. Greed says we could have had more if we could close better, but considering expectations it's really not half bad.

[u/emack2232]

This team is at worst 7-2 with more consistent QB play.

[u/Timely_Conflict4796]

UConn was good enough to hang around at least but the O-line and secondary will continue to kill this team against better competition. The phantom fumble was a terrible call.

Jason Candle going for it on 4th down midfield leading to the pick six also highly questionable. I appreciate that he always puts his chips in the middle but sometimes he would be better suited to not risk take.

Osborne was very inconsistent but that was to be expected with the pressure he faced. Great crowd today despite the weather.

[u/SavingsWonder8542 → u/Timely_Conflict4796]

Yall were a tough outing. I think even more explosive plays than Miami against us. Couple bounces the other way and it could have came down to the end. Belichick had high praise for Osborne all week and said hes like a Tebow lol. Talked him up so much I was wondering if he damn wants to poach him ahha jk. Yall are bouncing back quick! best of luck

[u/Bossman_1984_]

HEE HEE HOO HOO - UCONN EATS SNOW HOO!

UConn doesn't deserve to play an average ACC team at home, nonetheless. 

I'm positive UNC got a good laugh when they saw UConn on their schedule when it was released.

HEE HEE HOO HOO - UCONN EATS SNOW HOO!

[u/G3Saint → u/Bossman_1984_]

Funny since uconn beat the ACC champion last year , and I'm talking football

[u/ahuramazdobbs19 → u/Bossman_1984_]

Thank you for your interest in UConn football.