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North Carolina Tar Heels
Underdogs thrive, the Pac-12 survives and more in a chaotic Week 8
Lovie Smith has the look of a man who has lived a full life. A man doesn’t grow a beard with that many grays unless he has had some real highs (he coached in a Super Bowl) and lows (with Rex Grossman as his QB). Smith, Illinois’ coach, has seen some things — horrible things, …
Clemson Tigers find a way to win ‘ugly game’ vs. unranked North Carolina Tar Heels
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — This was supposed to be like every other Clemson game this season, a blowout win piled onto another blowout win on its easy road back to the College Football Playoff. After all, the No. 1 Tigers went into their matchup against unranked North Carolina as 28-point favorites, and as the team …
