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Clemson Suffering From One Heel of a Ridiculous Streak in Chapel Hill

By Ray HollomanJan 21st 2009 – 12:00PM

Long ago, this stopped being merely a streak. Streaks are what happens when you defy the odds long enough to become noticeable. A NFL team wins seven in a row. That's a streak. You flip a coin and get heads half a dozen times consecutively. That's a streak. Alex Rodriguez dates a woman whose age is lower than a Tiger...

Clemson Suffering From One Heel of a Ridiculous Streak

By Ray HollomanJan 21st 2009 – 12:00PM

Long ago, this stopped being merely a streak. Streaks are what happens when you defy the odds long enough to become noticeable. A NFL team wins seven in a row. That's a streak. You flip a coin and get heads half a dozen times consecutively. That's a streak. Alex Rodriguez dates a woman whose age is lower than a Tiger...

Tar Heel Injury Update

By James ConklinOct 9th 2006 – 8:21AM

The North Carolina offense is banged up after returning home from a tough trip to Miami where they lost 27-7.Freshman wide receiver Hakeem Nicks suffered a high ankle sprain (see photo on right) on a beautiful 37 yard reception in the first half and did not return to the game. Nicks is listed as doubtful for this week's...

UNC-Miami Pre-game Ponderings

By James ConklinOct 7th 2006 – 8:14AM

As the Tar Heels prepare to face Miami at noon, here are a few pre-game questions that have been running through my head: What's the over/under on the number of banners that will be flying over the stadium supporting the removal of coaches John Bunting and/or Larry Coker? Will the Tar Heel defense surrender fewer...

Tar Heels' Key to Success vs. Miami

By James ConklinOct 6th 2006 – 1:28PM

After the Tar Heels' last on-field performance at Clemson which resulted in a 52-7 drubbing by the Tigers, I've decided that there's just one key to success this week for the Tar Heels as they travel to Miami:COMPETE!I use the word "success" rather than "victory," because success this week will not be measured with a win...

Background on TarHeels

[[Image:Tar Heel postcard.jpg|200px|thumbnail|Postcard published during the American Civil War showing the image of a Tar Heel from the [http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/civilwar/index.html?list=Commemoration North Carolina Archives] ]]

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