Mack Brown will open the fifth season of his return to North Carolina on Saturday against South Carolina in Charlotte. Expectations around the program suggest even greater potential this fall with intentions of winning the program’s first ACC championship since 1980 and possibly contending for its first-ever invitation to the College Football Playoff. (Inside Carolina)
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"When you schedule a huge game as an opener, it affects your offseason," UNC football coach Mack Brown said on the Gramlich & Mac Lain.