{"id":1930704,"date":"2026-09-01T07:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1930704"},"modified":"2026-09-01T08:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:14:29","slug":"unc-snap-counts-from-tcu-win-reveal-numerous-iron-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1930704","title":{"rendered":"UNC snap counts from TCU win reveal numerous iron men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The numbers behind Carolina\u2019s 15\u201310 win over TCU tell a story of two units with a lot of endurance in the rain at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Middle linebacker Derek McDonald (top photo), the ACC linebacker of the week, and cornerback Jaiden Patterson each played all 72 defensive snaps, evidence of just how long UNC\u2019s defense was out there against a TCU offense that leaned on the run and moved the chains often enough to make the Tar Heels earn every stop.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/09\/01\/unc-snap-counts-from-tcu-win-reveal-numerous-iron-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNC snap counts from TCU win reveal numerous iron men<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/09\/01\/unc-snap-counts-from-tcu-win-reveal-numerous-iron-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The numbers behind Carolina\u2019s 15\u201310 win over TCU tell a story of two units with a lot of endurance in the rain at Aviva Stadium in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1930704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1930704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1930705,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930704\/revisions\/1930705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1930704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1930704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1930704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}