Every year, on National Signing Day, college football coaches talk about their desire to “put a fence around” their local recruiting territory and the importance of signing as many elite in-state prospects as possible.
It went from a movie we’ve seen before to a record-breaking hit. The Tar Heels shook off what has become a traditional slow start at Pitt and turned their best three quarters of football this season into Carolina’s first 4-0 record since Mack Brown was 46 in his 10th season at UNC and its first win in the Steel City since 2017 when Drake Maye was in the ninth grade.