Tar Heel Hangover: Cautiously optimistic after finally getting a win!

Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty ImagesWelcome back to the Tar Heel Hangover. This is our opportunity to review last week’s games, second-guess all of the key moments, and set the game plan for the week ahead. Having taken the summer off from game analysis to present fun debate topics, it is now time to dive back in to the serious work of the regular season.

The Elevator Speech: What happened last week.

For the first time in over two decades, the Heels won a non-home opener against a Power 5 opponent. It was a hard fought game full of the types of mistakes that one would expect for week 1. Incredibly, after two long seasons of frustration, Carolina was able to finally break through on a national…