Gene Chizik’s troops weren’t as stout as they were last weekend against Minnesota, but they stood firm when it mattered. Carolina avenged the rainy overtime loss at Pitt from 2021 to move to 4-0 with a bye week ahead to lick our wounds.
Here are our grades for UNC’s defense against the Pitt Panthers.
Defensive Line: C+
Tar Heel fans who could hold their breath long enough to scout Pitt in their disaster-class against West Virginia were probably licking their chops to get after Phil Jurkovec and a toothless Panther offense that only put up 130 yards on the ground and 81 yards in the air (with three interceptions!