All eyes will be on North Carolina this weekend as they travel 142 miles to Charlotte, North Carolina, to take on South Carolina.
The game is known as the Battle of Carolinas and has built quite the hype, with College GameDay choosing to cover this game for week one. The pressure is on for UNC this year with all the talent on the roster, a loaded running back committee, and arguably the best quarterback in College Football with Drake Maye at the helm.
Undoubtedly, UNC enters this meeting with big question marks, one being the status of transfer wide receiver Tez Walker, as his eligibility is still in question by the NCAA. The other is UNC’s defense and if they can fix the glaring issues that have hindered them the last few seasons.
North Carolina will need to do a few things this game to come out victorious, but here are the three key things on the defensive end required to have that outcome.