Football 2017: California at UNC

UNC and Cal have never met in football. It’s a home and home agreement, so the Tar Heel will travel to Berkeley on Sept. 1, 2018.

California is widely regarded as a program currently in a state of disarray. When a school waits until the end of the hiring season to move on from a coach, they generally earn that distinction. Just last year, Carolina benefited from such turnover with a 48-23 win over Illinois.

Sonny Dykes was let go because the athletic department didn’t see him as committed to remaining in Northern California long-term. He had long been tied to jobs in his native Texas and the Southeast at large, and it was finally determined he wasn’t a cultural fit.

Read the rest of the preview on SB Nation’s Tar Heel Blog.