1+ week, 4+ day ago   (431+ words) The 2026 Duke football season is almost here. The Blue Devils get their third season under Manny Diaz underway on Saturday, Sept. 5 against Tulane at Wallace Wade Stadium (3:30 p.m. ET, ACC Network). Duke has posted back-to-back nine win seasons in as many…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (290+ words) Duke football will pay at least $400,000 and receive $250,000 with its 2026 nonconference schedule, according to documents obtained by The Fayetteville Observer/USA TODAY Network through a public records request. The ACC is transitioning to a nine-game league schedule in 2026, leaving the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (75+ words) Wilmington Star-News Upsets coming? 5 Wilmington high school football Week 2 predictions Week 2 of the 2026 North Carolina high school football season has arrived, and several Wilmington-area teams will have little time to prepare. Ashley, Laney and New Hanover have just four days…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (388+ words) CHAPEL HILL — UNC football defensive coordinator Steve Belichick remains on medical leave and it's uncertain if he'll be with the Tar Heels in Ireland. Head coach Bill Belichick didn't provide an update on his son's status Monday, Aug. 24, during a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (908+ words) Before the 1989 college football season began, Steve Spurrier's wife, Jerri Spurrier, gave him a magazine. It was about goals – how to set them and how to achieve them. Spurrier liked the idea and decided he wanted to try it with…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (324+ words) N.C. State football enters its 14th season with coach Dave Doeren hoping to chase double-digit wins with veteran quarterback CJ Bailey and an improved Wolfpack defense. Coming off an 8-5 record, N.C. State brings 50 newcomers into the 2026 season. In the preseason ACC media poll,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1042+ words) GREENSBORO — Phil Ford and Dereck Whittenburg are no strangers to the Greensboro Coliseum, which is now known as First Horizon Coliseum. Ford and Whittenburg, a pair of ACC basketball legends for UNC and N.C. State, missed the official announcement on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (681+ words) Keith Bland still remembers the moment the email appeared in his inbox shortly after taking over as head football coach at Bay High School. The message came from a student he’d never met – CJ Campbell Jr. – a rising junior preparing…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (333+ words) Wilmington Star-News Bill Belichick names UNC football starting quarterback ahead of 2026 season CHAPEL HILL — Wisconsin transfer Billy Edwards Jr. will be UNC football’s starting quarterback against TCU in Ireland. ESPN's Pete Thamel was first to announce the news. The frontrunner…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (154+ words) How do college football fans feel about the N.C. State Wolfpack entering the 2026 season? A survey released by The Fayetteville Observer/USA TODAY Network invited fans to share their predictions before the Wolfpack plays Virginia in Charlottesville to kick off coach…...