Tar Heel Blog Podcast: for North Carolina Tar Heels fans

Lauren welcomes the Athletic's Nicole Auerbach to the show to discuss Week 12 of the ACC as Pitt-UNC battled in a close one, Clemson is in War Machine mode, how Virginia Tech keeps cruising, and more. Subscribe to your favorite ACC team's network to make sure you don't miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another week, another episode of Don’t Punt to Gio, your UNC football podcast on the Tar Heel Blog Podcast. Host Chad Floyd is joined by Al Hood to discuss: Whether or not the Tar Heels need to reach a bowl to consider year one under Mack Brown a success. There’s a lot to unpack there. Vaguely previewing the State game in two weeks without actually previewing the State game in two weeks. Charting Carolina’s path to 6-6. Discussing the ACC’s fairly complicated bowl tie-ins. There are a few chokepoints that make this really interesting, and we explained them to the best of our collective abilities (actually, pretty well). We played bowl committee! Taking turns, we slotted each ACC program in bowl games, based on speculation that they have results in the next two weeks that are almost certainly not going to happen as we imagined. This was a good one. If you enjoyed it, go ahead and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What in Tar Nation is back as Brandon joins Tanya to recap UNC basketball’s win against Gardner-Webb Friday night. The team improved to 3-0 on the season so far, but we definitely have some opinions about how things are going. Discussed in this episode: 9 pm start times are cruel and unusual punishment TV Teddy and High Knees Ref complaints Cole Anthony had an okay-not-great game but still scored almost 30 Praise for Garrison Brooks’ defense Free throw improvement, three-point struggles Was last night a turning point for Christian Keeling getting going? Adjusting expectations for a very young team Basketball has been wild so far, making it hard to know what to expect If you haven’t already, please consider subscribing to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever application you use to listen to podcasts. You’ll be able to stay up to date with What in Tar Nation, Don’t Punt to Gio, and Between the Banners so you don’t miss an episode. We’ll be back to recap the Elon game next week. Until then... Go Heels! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren brings The Athletic's Grace Raynor on to talk about Clemson's standing in the College Football Playoff rankings, and discuss all the upcoming Week 12 games. Will the weekend go "full Coastal" as Georgia Tech faces Virginia Tech? How will Thursday night's UNC-Pitt game shake out? That and more on this week's episode. Plus, Lauren's son makes his picks. Subscribe to your favorite ACC team's feed now to make sure you don't miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Chad Floyd (@Chad_Floyd) is joined by Jake Lawrence (@therealestRJL) to talk about tomorrow night’s road trip to Pittsburgh, PA to face the Pitt Panthers. On the front end, the guys get into a little bit of praise for Pitt’s defense as it has finally come together under Pat Narduzzi. How does Carolina scheme an effective running game into the mix? Can Sam Howell hit on enough deep throws to make the potential lack of a running game a moot point? After being nice to the Panthers on one side of the ball...whew boy you’ve gotta talk about how bad their offense is. So we did that. After some picks, we hit a commercial and run through the College Football Playoff top 25 from Tuesday night, and it devolves into us talking in circles about how the committee...talks itself into circles. If you’re up for it, definitely stick around. No matter what you do, go ahead and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you won’t miss a beat! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By golly, we have a lot to talk about in the first postgame edition of Between the Banners of the 2019-2020 season. Host Chad Floyd (@Chad_Floyd) and Jake Lawrence (@therealestrjl) take an immediate deep-dive into the Tar Heels’ 76-65 win over Notre Dame on Wednesday night. It was Cole Anthony’s show, no doubt, but there was a lot to discuss— both good and bad— from the Heels’ win. As a bonus, Puff Johnson committed to UNC as the fifth member of the 2020 recruiting class, so there’s a little extra bonus content if you stick around. Anthony: my goodness. Leaky Black’s sophomore year Danny Green impression Christian Keeling and Justin Pierce: adjusting to a new role, new league, and new competition. ANDREW PLATEK APPRECIATION! Honestly, Chad gushing over Armando Bacot, and Jake doing the same about Garrison Brooks, both of which are fair. Puff Johnson: what he can bring, where he fits, and are the Heels done with 2020? If you like it, tell us! Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and it WILL BE READ ON THE AIR. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts in order to get immediate postgame content like this one, at least for the games of note. Thanks for listening, and Go Heels! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Football may have been super frustrating this weekend, but college basketball is back this week to improve all of our moods. Brandon joins me to breakdown the Tar Heels’ loss to Virginia Saturday night before we dive into talking about the season ahead for Carolina on the court. Discussed in this episode: Football frustration What went wrong with the defense against Virginia Appreciating Sam Howell and Dyami Brown’s amazing game Does Phil Longo have a red zone problem? It’s basketball season! Excitement over Cole Anthony Leaky Black being a low key sleeper The Large Sons lineup What is the ceiling/floor for this UNC team If you haven’t already, please consider subscribing to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever application you use to listen to podcasts. You’ll be able to stay up to date with What in Tar Nation, Don’t Punt to Gio, and Between the Banners so you don’t miss an episode. Go Heels! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Chad Floyd is joined by Streaking the Lawn's Caroline Darney to discuss the big Carolina/Virginia game on Saturday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Halloween! Lauren and Emily Brand (@sportsbroad) talk about all of this weekend's football games with a spooky twist. Emily and Lauren compare all of this week's games to horror or Halloween movies, and you'll want to know which team embodies Hocus Pocus perfectly. Plus, Lauren's son makes his picks! Make sure you subscribe to your favorite ACC podcast feed to make sure you don't miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Part deux of the basketball preview podcasts is upon us, as host Chad Floyd (@Chad_Floyd) is joined by Jake Lawrence (@therealestrjl) to run through the ACC. Shoutout to Joe Giglio of the News and Observer, as we used the linked rankings to frame our discussion. Discussed: The bottom five is really about who keeps their job, right? Brad Brownell at Clemson and Danny Manning at Wake are firmly on the chopping block. Oh, Virginia Tech is bad again. Hate to see it. Pitt: one of us thinks they’re going to surprise. No offense Joe, but Jake called you his spirit animal in one sentence and retracted it when he heard where you had Georgia Tech ranked. Chad and Jake talking themselves in circles about the top 5 in the ACC— Louisville returns the goods, but overachieved last year. Duke, UNC, and UVA? Well, two of the three have proven capable of winning the regular season title in the last decade. N.C. State, Notre Dame, and Miami: sleepers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the realm of “things that we’re really excited about that completely snuck up on us”, you wouldn’t think basketball season would be one of them! With the advent of the ACC Network, it turns out the Tar Heels tip off a WEEK from tonight, so...its probably high time we start talking about the season ahead. Host Chad Floyd (@Chad_Floyd) is joined by longtime pal Akil Gurupuran (@akillesheel17) to break down the UNC basketball roster in part 1 of a multi-part North Carolina basketball season preview. Discussed: The guys are briefly yet immediately sidetracked by some of the quirks of the new schedule, including a Virginia game on the day of the ACC Football Championship. They agree on their projected starting lineup, which saves some valuable time. Breaking down each player individually: what to expect from Cole Anthony? Christian Keeling as X-factor? Garrison Brooks’ statline will be: _____? After the break, some glowing words about Leaky Black’s potential role, and the versatility of he and Justin Pierce off the bench. We don’t know what to make of no less than five scholarship players, which isn’t great. You found us here, don’t lose us! The season is upon us, this is the first basketball season on the new podcast format and we would hate to have you fly in and right back out. Subscribe on your podcast app of choice and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. It helps promote us so we can continue to do cool things, like buy a subscription to our recording software so we can talk about the roster for longer than 45 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In true ACC fashion, Week 9 was full of wacky football action. The Tar Heel Blog's Chad Floyd joins Lauren to talk about all the games that happened, and discuss how the Coastal is *still* wide open. Oh, and stick around for a talk on what kind of "dad energy" the coaches give off. Subscribe to your favorite ACC feed to make sure you don't miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now that we’ve all had a chance to catch our breaths following UNC’s huge win over Duke on Homecoming, Brandon joins me for another episode of our What in Tar Nation podcast. There is even a little disagreement among the hosts when it comes to the special teams so far this season. Discussed in this episode: The lackluster offense The defense saving everyone’s bacon again Praise for Jay Bateman knowing exactly what Duke was going to call We love the navy uniforms, sorry not sorry The kicking controversy that shouldn’t have been Chazz Surratt! If you haven’t already, please consider subscribing to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever application you use to listen to podcasts. You’ll be able to stay up to date with What in Tar Nation, Don’t Punt to Gio, and Between the Banners so you don’t miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another week, another round of crazy ACC games (especially in the Coastal Division). This episode, Mark Ennis, Host of The Drive on 93.9 The Ville, joins Lauren for all the action. They discuss Louisville-Virginia, Pitt-Miami, FSU-Syracuse, and more. Plus, Lauren's husband describes UNC-Duke in Taco Bell terms, and her son Alex makes his picks. Subscribe to your favorite ACC feed to make sure you don't miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Its been an extremely eventful few days since the Friday episode of Don’t Punt to Gio, so we’re back with some late analysis of Des Evans, some timely analysis of Stephen Gosnell, and some early analysis of the Carolina/Duke game set for Saturday. Host Chad Floyd (@Chad_Floyd) is joined by faithful compatriot Jake Lawrence (@therealestrjl) on this journey. Discussed: The immediate (or maybe not-so-immediate) impact of Desmond Evans on UNC’s 2020 defensive front. Gawking over the defensive line haul for the 2020 class. Stephen Gosnell: its fun to steal toys from your little brother. Chad and Jake actually disagree on something! Stacking in-state numbers versus roster construction becomes a moderately interesting debate. The Duke preview: in year 12 under Cutcliffe, the names change but the general template does not. What can the Heels do to bring home the Victory Bell? You found us. Don’t lose us! Please please please hit subscribe on your podcast app of choice, and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, which I WILL READ ON AIR. We have a basketball show coming later this week, I would love to start it with your commentary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices