Know your nonconference opponent: North Carolina

Throughout the next couple of weeks we’ll be checking in with some of the nonconference opponents facing off against Big Ten teams in 2016 to provide a better idea of what to expect out of the less-familiar opponents on this year’s league slate. We continue now with North Carolina.

Opponent: North Carolina (at Illinois, Sept. 10)

Larry Fedora's Tar Heels will provide a big test for Lovie Smith in just his second game with Illinois.Offseason storyline: Probably the biggest thing that happened for the Tar Heels this offseason had little to do with anything on the field. The football program appeared to be let off the NCAA hook in a new notice of allegations regarding the long-simmering academic…