{"id":1937594,"date":"2026-10-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1937594"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T14:03:06","slug":"big-plays-and-big-stops-define-tar-heels-big-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1937594","title":{"rendered":"Big Plays And Big Stops Define Tar Heels\u2019 Big Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jordan Shipp Catch at Pitt\" src=\"https:\/\/goheels.com\/common\/controls\/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&#038;image_path=\/images\/2026\/10\/11\/CM1063311010.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Tar Heels danced and chanted in the visitors locker room at Acrisure Stadium before quieting as head coach Bill Belichick began to speak.\u00a0UNC (3-2, 1-1 ACC) had just won 21-17 against No. 25 Pittsburgh, overcoming a 10-point deficit in earning its first ranked victory since 2023 and first on the road since 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goheels.com\/news\/2026\/10\/11\/football-big-plays-and-big-stops-define-tar-heels-big-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tar Heels danced and chanted in the visitors locker room at Acrisure Stadium before quieting as head coach Bill Belichick began to speak.\u00a0UNC (3-2, 1-1&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1937595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1937594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937594","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1937594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1937596,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937594\/revisions\/1937596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1937594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1937594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1937594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}