North Carolina has questions in the trenches as spring practice wraps up

There’s a new starting quarterback, a new offensive coordinator and a number of new faces in big roles on defense, but as North Carolina winds down spring practice with Saturday’s spring game, the Tar Heels are feeling awfully good about the direction of the program. Here are three things to watch in Saturday’s finale.

1. Has the offense picked up where last year’s unit left off?

It’s not that this spring has been that big a change from a year ago. In fact, with Marquise Williams recovering from an injury last spring, this isn’t even Mitch Trubisky’s first year getting first-team reps. But the small tweaks — from the loss of veterans like Quinshad Davis and Landon Turner to longtime assistant…