“It should be a lot of fun,” UNC coach Larry Fedora said. “It doesn’t matter what’s going on that is definitely disappointing. But it’s not going to take any luster off of what we do Thursday night. We’re focusing on the next game and we can’t worry about what’s happened in the past. We have to learn from the mistakes, the corrections that we’ve made and just move on.”
This will be Fedora’s first night game in Chapel Hill as coach of the Heels.
“That’s always fun when you turn the lights on, you want to play under the lights,” Fedora said. “The whole thing around Thursday night football now, I mean it’s kind of the thing to do. People go home when they get off work and they watch Thursday night football and it’s college football. All eyes are on you. It should be a lot of fun. I think our guys are jacked up and excited about playing.”
Fedora hasn’t talked to his team about any remaining goals this season. “The only goal that we’re focused on right now is being 1-0. That’s it, just 1-0.”
Bryn Renner will be back at QB.
Black uniforms
Carolina’s all-black uniform is the first installment of the “Tar Pit Series,” which will feature an alternate
uniform or helmet for one game each year. This year’s alternate uniform color has been taken from
the black tar in the Tar Heel logo.
“We wanted to design a uniform that connected our team to The Tar Pit, our name for the student section,” Fedora said. “Make no mistake, Carolina Blue and white will always be our traditional colors. It made sense to have a black-out game this year after the success of last season’s white-out game vs. Virginia Tech (a 48-34 UNC victory).”