Is Carolina basketball back? Well, possibly, as the Heels posted two double-digit conference wins with a depleted roster. Is the Tar Heel Blog Podcast back? Yessir. Host Chad Floyd (@Chad_Floyd) is joined by Akil Gurupuran (@akillesheel17) and Al Hood (@albhood) to talk about a litany of happenings in Carolina basketball, and beyond. We start on a somber note, talking about memories of the late Kobe Bryant. The obvious Michael Jordan juxtapositions hit close to home as Carolina fans, but we trie...
Jan 29, 2020•46 min
The North Carolina Tar Heels went into Raleigh and managed to come away with a win, despite NC State being favored and UNC being seemingly very bad for the first time in a long time. To discuss the game (and more), Lauren welcomes Backing the Pack's Steven Muma. Subscribe to your favorite ACC Podcast Network to make sure you don't miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 28, 2020•47 min
Lauren is joined by Brendan Marks of The Athletic to discuss the fallout of the rumors around Justin Fuente to Baylor, ACC legend Luke Keuchly's retirement, and the weekend's upcoming basketball matchups. Can UNC take the rematch with Pitt? What is the deal with Virginia? How will the Duke-Louisville showdown go? Be sure to subscribe to your favorite ACC podcast network to make sure you don't miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Hey guys, we’re back! We apologize for being away so long, but to be very blunt: things haven’t been very enjoyable to discuss. Regardless, Brandon Anderson (@THBBrandon) and Tanya Bondurant (@tanyabondurant) are back with the first episode of What in Tar Nation for the new decade! In this episode we discuss: All of the pain and suffering that has transpired since the loss to Virginia Brandon Robinson’s questionable status following his car accident The preview for UNC vs. Pitt Round 2: can this...
Jan 16, 2020•50 min
SB Nation's Caroline Darney jumps on with Lauren to discuss Clemson's historic win in Chapel Hill, Virginia's struggles, and all things ACC basketball. Subscribe to your favorite ACC podcast network to make sure you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 13, 2020•44 min
The Clemson Tigers are playing in a huge game coming up...CAN THEY WIN IN CHAPEL HILL? Oh, yeah, and they have that little old National Championship game on Monday night. Kelly Gramlich of the ACC Network joins Lauren to discuss the CFP and all the upcoming ACC basketball this weekend. Make sure you subscribe to your favorite ACC team's podcast network so you don't miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 10, 2020•53 min
Welp, there have been a lot of ACC games now, but we still know not a lot. SB Nation's Caroline Darney joins Lauren to discuss the action, including the high-octane ND-Syracuse, the continued struggles of UNC, Duke's extended bench, and Virginia's defense. Don't forget to subscribe to your favorite ACC feed so you don't miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 07, 2020•57 min
The 2019-2020 Carolina basketball is off to a disappointing 8-6 start, and the 13-point home loss to Georgia Tech on Saturday officially has us pressing the panic button. Welcome back to Between the Banners, the UNC basketball pod hosted by Tar Heel Blog! Host Chad Floyd is joined by Al Hood and Joe Carpenter to bemoan the issues, and try to find some positives. Discussed: Well, WTF was that Georgia Tech game? Is this roster inherently flawed, or are injuries the root of the Heels’ struggles? Ca...
Jan 07, 2020•40 min
Happy New Year, ACC Fans! The News & Observer's Joe Giglio joins Lauren to talk about all the Bowl games and the upcoming ACC slate in basketball. Who is the ACC Coastal favorite next season? Will Virginia Tech be a tournament team? All that and more on this week's episode! Be sure to subscribe to your favorite ACC feed to make sure you never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 03, 2020•1 hr 8 min
The North Carolina Tar Heels won their first bowl game in six years, and did so handily. Carolina beat Temple by a modest score of 55-13 in the 2019 Northrup Grumman Military Bowl, so we had to talk about it! Guest Al Hood (@albhood) was on site in Annapolis for the massacre, so he graciously joined host Chad Floyd (@Chad_Floyd) to talk about what it looked like from Maryland. Discussed: The sights and sounds of the Military Bowl, Annapolis, and its small-town feel. Al’s favorite play(s) to happ...
Dec 27, 2019•25 min
Don’t Punt to Gio is back with a vengeance, as its time to put a bow on Mack Brown’s first full recruiting class as head coach at North Carolina. Host Chad Floyd is joined by Jake Lawrence to (yet again) sing Brown’s praises for doing an admirable, if not recently-unprecedented, job of locking up a lot of the top talent in the state of North Carolina. Discussed: Bringing in the headliners, especially in the trenches. The skill position talent: we might not see the returns on it immediately, but ...
Dec 21, 2019•39 min
SB Nation's Caroline Darney joins Lauren to talk about North Carolina (OMG Cole Anthony is hurt) and go in-depth on all of their favorite ACC Network commercials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 20, 2019•1 hr 1 min
After an inconveniently-timed hiatus, Don’t Punt to Gio is back to discuss...well, a lot. Host Chad Floyd is joined by Jake Lawrence, and they get into four main topics: the State win (its still fun to discuss), Carolina’s All-ACC honorees, the Military Bowl vs. Temple, and the coaching carousel. Did Carolina achieve catharsis against State, or was that the beginning? How screwed, exactly, is N.C. State right this second? Congratulations to Charlie Heck, Sam Howell, Dazz Newsome, and Chazz Surra...
Dec 11, 2019•44 min
All the bowl game assignments are out, and the North Carolina basketball team has dropped two straight, so Lauren welcomes back SI Heel Maven's Brant Wilkerson-New to talk all things bowl games and basketball. Subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 10, 2019•49 min
We are about 12 hours outside of another rough game for the Tar Heels. The team went into John Paul Jones Arena and got handed what is becoming a traditional beating against Virginia 47-56. While the merciful thing to do would be not to discuss what happened, we did it anyway. In this episode, we discuss: Armando Bacot’s surprising return to the starting lineup UNC’s shooting woes continue Free throw struggles all but costing the Heels the game Breaking down UNC’s rough schedule against tough de...
Dec 09, 2019•36 min
Tanya Bondurant and I are back for another edition of What in Tar Nation! On this week’s episode, we discuss UNC’s performance in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas. They finished the event with a 2-1 record, beating Alabama and #11 Oregon while falling to Michigan in the second round. Discussed in this episode: UNC surviving Alabama’s hot shooting in the opening game of the tournament Brandon Robinson’s return and the immediate impact that he had against the Crimson Tide The team c...
Nov 30, 2019•47 min
We put all of our takeaways from three games against fairly hapless Carolina basketball foes into one, and tried to project them upon three much tougher opponents. This is episode 28 of the Between the Banners podcast, the UNC basketball show on the Tar Heel Blog Podcast. Host Chad Floyd (@Chad_Floyd) is joined by Jake Lawrence (@therealestRJL) to talk about the Alabama game, and what follows, including: How is Brandon Robinson re-incorporated into the lineup? Does his presence create a trickle-...
Nov 27, 2019•40 min
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
Nov 19, 2019•44 min
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 chokep...
Nov 19, 2019•41 min
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...
Nov 16, 2019•39 min
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 podcastchoic...
Nov 14, 2019•54 min
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 ...
Nov 13, 2019•33 min
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 ext...
Nov 07, 2019•31 min
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! Ex...
Nov 04, 2019•55 min
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
Nov 01, 2019•34 min
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
Oct 31, 2019•51 min
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 go...
Oct 31, 2019•43 min
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 prev...
Oct 30, 2019•43 min
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
Oct 29, 2019•46 min
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 cont...
Oct 28, 2019•42 min
