Voice of the Tar Heels Jones Angell joins Aaron to preview Saturday’s UNC football home opener against East Tennessee State. There’s a lot of turmoil around the program off the field, but the product on the field has been good so far, with an upset win over TCU to kick off the season. Angell talks about the takeaways from that game, the improvement Carolina’s already shown from 2025, and the expectations for the year to come – higher because the team’s been playing well so far, but lower because they still have a gauntlet of a schedule ahead.

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