When it’s been 240 days since you’ve actually seen the football team on the field, the tendency is going to be to read A LOT into what you saw on Saturday. This also comes into play when you have a new quarterback, new defensive coordinators, a new defensive scheme, and new players all over the field.
Do yourself a favor: breathe.
On Saturday, the Tar Heels opened the 2022 season on the quizzical Week 0 by beating an undermanned Florida A&M team. There’s no doubt that the “will they/won’t they” drama of Friday played some role into what we saw on Saturday, add that with the relatively low stakes of the game and it’s easy to get boiled up over some of the.