Score Predictions
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Podcast: Week 3 LOCKS 🔒 Best Bets, Against The Spread Picks, Moneyline Sprinkles & More! | Cover 3
- Cover 3's pick recap includes North Carolina-Clemson under 43.5. This records the episode's quoted total, not a current line.
- A separate host selection is North Carolina at quoted +145 odds. The supplied excerpt does not identify that selection's opponent; it should not be combined with the North Carolina-Clemson total or treated as a current price.
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Brian Belichick Calling Plays?
- Pick/market: oh look the guy who complains that people insult others is insulting me accusing me of abusing alcohol and cocaine because he wasnt taught how to interact with someone who doesnt share his opinion....
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- Game breakdown: We're under 24 hours out from UNC's kickoff at Clemson.
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Game Breakdown
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- [247] UNC's Melkart Abou Jaoude is questionable, leaving Jaylen Harvey's alignment in play after he moved across the front during the absence. Harvey has seven pressures through two games. If he returns to attacking right tackle, Clemson's Collin Sadler is the projected matchup; Sadler has allowed one pressure and carries a 72.6 PFF pass-blocking grade....
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- [on3] Game breakdown: UNC Football Game Notes for Clemson - University of North Carolina Athletics UNC Football Game Notes for Clemson goheels.com
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Game Notes
- Game breakdown: UNC Football Game Notes for Clemson - University of North Carolina Athletics UNC Football Game Notes for Clemson goheels.com
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UNC vs. Clemson: Matchups & Players to Watch
- UNC's Melkart Abou Jaoude is questionable, leaving Jaylen Harvey's alignment in play after he moved across the front during the absence. Harvey has seven pressures through two games. If he returns to attacking right tackle, Clemson's Collin Sadler is the projected matchup; Sadler has allowed one pressure and carries a 72.6 PFF pass-blocking grade.
- Clemson's Will Heldt leads the Tigers with five pressures, two sacks and four tackles for loss, primarily attacking the offense's left side. UNC left tackle Jordan Hall has started both games and allowed one pressure in each, with a 59.9 PFF pass-blocking grade. The preview identifies this as Hall's strongest test so far, not a repeat of last year's protection result.
- UNC has gained 98 rushing yards off left end at 8.9 per carry; Benjamin Hall accounts for 53 on five carries there. Hall leads UNC with 85 yards on 15 carries and a 78.4 PFF pass-blocking grade among its backs. Clemson's Heldt has a 58.2 run-defense grade, making that edge an area the preview sees as exploitable, not a guaranteed repeat of those rushing averages.
- Clemson receiver TJ Moore leads the Tigers with 11 catches for 134 yards despite the offense's struggles. UNC's Jaiden Patterson has allowed four catches on six targets for 32 yards and forced one incompletion, with a 67.6 PFF coverage grade. The preview expects Patterson to handle Moore; that assignment is a projected matchup, not a confirmed every-snap shadow plan.
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Injuries
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Melkart out…. Welp
- Injury: I know all teams and programs deal with injuries, but it seems like UNC has the worst luck with WHO gets hurt, and when.
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Abou Jaoude Questionable, Washington Out. UNC Availability Report vs. Clemson
- North Carolina defensive end Melkart Abou Jaoude is questionable for Clemson after missing the East Tennessee State game with a right-hand injury. Linebacker Jordan Avinger is also questionable on Wednesday's initial report. Neither designation confirms availability at kickoff.
- North Carolina lists defensive linemen Viliami Moala, Vodney Cleveland and Jimmy-Phrisco Alo-Suliafu as out against Clemson. The report does not provide replacement assignments or expected snap shares for the remaining front.
- North Carolina lists Keeyun Chapman, C.J. Sadler, receiver Carnell Warren and tight end Jordan Washington as out. These are availability designations; the article does not establish an injury for each absence.
- North Carolina offensive lineman Jonah Rodriguez is probable on the first ACC report for Clemson. The article gives no position change, projected workload or confirmation that he will play.
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Quarterbacks
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Friday Night Games
- QB/LB: Oh settle down Gio was the most hated and bashed man in CH for a year.
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- QB: North Carolina's pass rush has seven sacks through two games — a total the Tar Heels needed six games to surpass last season.
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Monday Staff Insider (Roundtable & AMA)
- QB: Barring a meltdown, it's realistically harder to steal snaps from the starting QB than other position players no matter what you show in practice.
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Ohhh no, not buying it.
- QB/RB: All of a sudden the majority of talking heads are beginning to pick Heels over klemson.
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Coaching / Pressers
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Brian Belichick
- DL: Could be self-serving/nepotism, but also could just be Bill felt like Brian was best equipped to be the play caller and he wanted Diaco to focus on DL, which he has been very good...
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Offensive Updates
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- Defense: Two games in, UNC's defense has made life difficult for opposing offenses.
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- Offense: Benjamin Hall leads UNC in carries and rushing yards, but Demon June and Jaylen McGill aren’t far behind.
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Bill Belichick on Jaylen McGill
- RB/LB: far he has looked like the most complete RB in the group, I understand he is still young and learning but he will continue to get more reps.
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Josh Pate
- OL/LB: This will be the biggest test the OL has had this season.
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Defensive Updates
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So let’s recap
- LB: We have a 3 headed monster of Belichick, Diaco, and Belichick for the defense.
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- Defense: North Carolina announced on Thursday that its internal investigation into the football program has concluded, along with announcing that defensive coordinator Steve Belichick…
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- Defense: It’s a fair question though.
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Everything
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Watch: What’s at Stake? - IC Daily
- Intel: A L would be very, very disappointing / respectfully disagree re minimal damage..
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- Intel: The Process | 2026 UNC Football Game 2 | “THE Tar Heel” Live on YouTube NOW : https:// youtu.be/zbbCIZj9JQo
PFF Grades vs. ETSU
- Intel: Expecting to see Dopson continue to add to his snap count as the season rolls onward.
Steve Belichick Resigns
- LB: Regardless of the sport, we Heels fans in eastern NC know very well that about the only time the local tv stations will mention Carolina is if we’re playing ecu or there’s a problem...
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Senate passes Protect College Sports Act...
- Practice: I spent the better part of 30 years working with pro athletes in multiple sports, agents, coaches and a boatload of production, distribution, licensing and finance partners.
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- Intel: With the latest phase of bad press pouring out on Thursday for UNC Football, now is a good time for the program and university to move forward without any heavier drips of negativity.
- Intel: As we do each game week, our VIP members asked UNC Football questions, and we answered each one.
- Intel: Multiple North Carolina football players were involved in a traffic stop on Tuesday night in Chapel Hill that led to the arrest of one Tar Heel.
- Intel: In this week's #UNC Football Show: Opportunity is here for the #TarHeels What to watch for at #Clemson Keys to the game We talk with a Tigers insider
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- Intel: Update: UNC has provided a statement to Inside Carolina about Tuesday's traffic stop: “We are aware of the incident involving UNC football student-athletes Tuesday night in Chapel Hill...