Mitch Trubisky
Ratliff Williams took switch and ran with it
Tom Shanahan Jul 18 2018CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- On every kickoff return, Anthony Ratliff-Williams sizes up many moving parts. All at once he must follow the ball, catch it and scan the field for tacklers, looking for running room. That skill takes a special knack, and the North Carolina redshirt junior has...
Quarterbacks led ACC past SEC last season
Tom Shanahan Jan 16 2017To understand how the ACC overtook the SEC in football supremacy in 2016, start with the quarterbacks.For the much of the past season, mock NFL drafts have ranked Mitch Trubisky as the top quarterback prospect. Yet the North Carolina junior was only the ACC’s third-team...
North Carolina offense comes to life
Tom Shanahan Sep 12 2016With North Carolina’s offense coming to life, let us honor the late Gene Wilder with his legendary words from “Young Frankenstein.” They apply to the Tar Heels’ 48-23 win Saturday night at Illinois.“Alive! It’s alive! IT’S ALIVE!” ... Click here for the rest of my Today's U...
North Carolina lets opportunity slip away
Tom Shanahan Sep 4 2016It was a Kirby Smart win for Georgia and a not-so smart loss for North Carolina.For the second straight year, North Carolina, the defending ACC Coastal champion, showed it wasn’t ready to open the season against an SEC East opponent. ... Click here for the rest of my Today's...
North Carolina future in place
Tom Shanahan Aug 22 2016This time six years ago North Carolina widely gained rankings among the top 20 in preseason polls.Optimism ran high in Chapel Hill as the Tar Heels, then coached by Butch Davis, prepared to open against LSU in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta. The ACC hoped for credibility...
North Carolina and NC State ready to break out
Tom Shanahan Apr 26 2016The ACC is puffing its chest over developing football depth in the “basketball” conference and rightly so.Historically, the ACC’s football depth has been under-appreciated and basketball depth has been over-inflated –who is there in the past 25 years beyond Duke and North...