In order to have a winning season and go to a bowl game, North Carolina needs to win its last three games. That’s doable but they first have to get past Pittsburgh on the road.

Pitt, winners last week against Notre Dame, are the favorites.

“We’ve got to do a great job with our team this week preparing them for Pitt and what they do offensively and defensively, go up there and focus on being 1-0,” UNC coach Larry Fedora said.

Fedora wants the team to focus on one game at a time even though they understand it’s a lot of pressure when each game is a must win. “Give the staff credit because they’ve done a tremendous job of keeping those guys believing in what we’re doing, believing in each other, and continuing to work hard,” Fedora said. “I’m proud of the way our guys approach practice. It’s the same way every day. They don’t get too high with the highs and they don’t get too low with the lows. They go out there and they just work hard every day. We’re seeing some results from it.”

Fedora admits to losing sleep over worrying about various aspects of the season and upcoming games.

“I’m thinking about everything that could possibly happen,” he said. “Do I think that we have to worry about that? This Pitt team just beat Notre Dame and we’re going on the road, our guys are going to know. They’re going to turn the film on, look at the film and they’re going to know. What we’ve been doing is focusing on ourselves. Let’s just be 1-0. Let’s give one more inch. Let’s find a way and let’s do whatever it takes. That’s really what we are locked in on it doesn’t matter who we play each week.”