[...] ury break in the Elite Eight, taking advantage of North Carolina playing without point guard Kendall Marshall. The result was an 80-67 win as two-point favorites. This team has two stars in guard Tyshawn Taylor and power forward Thomas Robinson, but also a solid supporting cast. Coach Bill Self already has a national title from 2008, won over Calipari’s Memphis Tigers in an overtime thriller [...]

[...] artbreaking games at the start of the year to the North Carolina Tar Heels and Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, but after that, things really started to turn around. Virginia survived a challenge from a bad Idaho Vandals team, and it came out from there and beat teams like the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Miami Hurricanes which it probably had no business winning. From there, the team pulled [...]

[...] t champs, the Louisville Cardinals up against the North Carolina State Wolfpack. Head Coach Charlie Strong has done a fantastic job with the Cardinals in his first two years at Louisville. He has transformed a team that was a train wreck under Steve Kragthorpe's direction and made it a team that is perennially expected to be in a bowl game. Freshman QB Teddy Bridgewater is going to be thro [...]

[...] voCare Independence Bowl on December 26th, as the North Carolina Tar Heels try to beat the NCAA football betting lines against the Missouri Tigers. It has been a rough two seasons for the Tar Heels. They had a slew of off the field problems that took them from a team that was expected to contend for the ACC title two years ago to one that had to dismiss Head Coach Butch Davis just before the s [...]

[...] now, he is headed to Tobacco Road to be with the North Carolina Tar Heels. That being said, this is still a squad that is going to have a shot to finish out the year ranked in the Top 25 with a win, something that would be a great complement to the Conference USA title that they picked up a few weeks ago against the Houston Cougars. Though most know the Golden Eagles for their defense, they d [...]

[...] E BOWL, Shreveport, La. Missouri (-4 1/2) versus North Carolina: Missouri, which faced a number of solid teams in the Big 12, including Oklahoma State, Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas A&M, should be a much bigger favorite over North Carolina, from the lesser regarded ACC. Mizzou has a Sagarin Rating of 85.47, nearly 12 points higher than the Sagarin Rating of 73.68 for North Carolina. So layi [...]

[...] in a row versus East Carolina. Bets and Pieces: North Carolina is 7-3 ATS its last 10 games against Clemson. GEORGIA TECH (6-7 SU, 5-6-1 ATS, 11 RS, 46 RL) By the Numbers (2000-2010) SU: 87-75 ATS: 67-63-4 HF: 21-23-2 HD: 7-8 AF: 13-11-1 AD: 21-13-1 Sportsbook Buster: The Yellow Jackets are 34-24-2 on the road, since 2000. Sports Betting Angle: Georgia Tech has covered six of [...]

[...] Meineke Bowl North Carolina vs Pittsburgh -3 4:00pm ESPN NC Emerald Bowl USC -9 vs Boston College 8:30pm ESPN BC [...]

NCAA Pick: North Carolina at North Carolina State The North Carolina Tar Heels have covered the spread 17-6 {73.9} so far this season. In the last seven encounters, North Carolina is five and two against the spread. In their last three starts, the Tar Heels defense has been near perfect limiting their opponents to 33.5 percent from the floor. The Wolfpack of  North Carolina State owns a pathet [...]

[...] Eugene Turner (born May 17, 1952 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina) is the offensive coordinator for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers. He has also served as head coach of the Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders, and as offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, and Miami Dolphins. He is the brother of former University of Illinois head football co [...]

[...] AFC with a 92.0 QB rating this year. The former North Carolina State standout finished the year with 3,388 yards passing, 22 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Rivers' solid play this year made the loss of Drew Brees, who left for New Orleans as a free agent in the offseason, a little bit easier to swallow. The Chargers' receiving corps is led by tight end Antonio Gates (71 receptio [...]