Once a week on our From the Press Box blog, we like to give you an inside look into what North Carolina’s conference foes and rivals are up to.
Here’s a look around the league:
- The Wake Forest football team, which will host the Tar Heels this Saturday, just barely survived a matchup with Liberty in its season opener. The Demon Deacons came out on top 20-17 after falling behind early.
- The Tar Heels will likely need to keep an eye on Wake Forest receiver Michael Campanaro, who powered the Demon Deacons with 96 receiving yards on nine receptions last Saturday.
- The Duke football team passed its first challenge of the season by taking down Florida International, and now it’ll prepare to head out west to play No. 25 Stanford.
- Duke athletic director Kevin White said he thinks things are looking up for Blue Devil football program that hasn’t seen a winning season since 1994.
- North Carolina State will be without cornerback C.J. Wilson for its next three games. The NCAA suspended Wilson for an academic issue.
- Though No. 6 Florida State won its season opener, it also lost one of its top players. Preseason All-America defensive end Brandon Jenkins is out for the season with a Lisfranc injury.
- After losing running back Lamar Miller to the NFL draft, Miami may have found his replacement in Duke Johnson. Johnson had a splashy debut for the Hurricanes, running for 135 yards on just seven carries.
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