UNC started their season with a 31-17 win over South Carolina in Charlotte as Mack Brown hit the century mark as coach of the Tar Heels. Drake Maye looked solid in the first action of his junior season, despite being without his top two receiver options, and the defense looked worlds away from what we saw last year.
The Carolina defense gave the Gamecocks absolutely nothing on the ground, holding them to just 11 yards for the game. Even the much-hyped Spencer Rattler looked rather pedestrian without a touchdown in the loss. Much of the credit for that goes to how the Tar Heel defense played.