Inside Carolina Podcast

Before analyzing the Georgia Tech game, Inside Carolina's Taylor Vippolis and former Carolina linebacker Jeff Schoettmer discuss the loss of UNC WR Tylee Craft after a lengthy battle with cancer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Carolina lost a football game and that seemed like an afterthought with the news of Tylee Craft’s passing after a two year battle with cancer. Inside Carolina’s Jason Staples, Buck Sanders and Tommy Ashley break down how the Tar Heels managed to put themselves in position to win in spite of it all, only to have Georgia Tech pull off a huge play at the end to give Mack Brown’s team its fourth straight loss on an emotional Saturday in Chapel Hill. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sports are all about matchups and for North Carolina, Georgia Tech is, and seemingly always has been, a bad matchup. On Saturday, the Heels look to stop two three game slides - this season’s and this series’ as Tech has beaten Mack Brown’s team three straight times going into this one. Interestingly enough, the Jackets beat three ranked Carolina teams in those games but comes in as a four point favorite this time. Inside Carolina’s Greg Barnes, Jason Staples and host Tommy Ashley break down both sides of the ball and predict the outcome of the game. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sitting at 3-3 with perhaps the toughest game on the schedule coming up, Mack Brown faces a challenge in righting a ship that continues to slide down a path of no return. With the ACC in flux, North Carolina’s positioning in the next round of conference expansion and the direction of the NIL era up for debate, Inside Carolina’s Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley discuss where the program is heading and the importance of turning things around quickly. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With North Carolina’s basketball season around the corner and media days in full swing, Inside Carolina’s beat crew of Adam Smith, Jeremiah Holloway and Evan Rogers join host Tommy Ashley to break down three keys to success for Hubert Davis’s fourth squad. Pace, point guard play and rebounding highlight the discussion as clips from RJ Davis highlight the fast pace approach and the evolution of Elliot Cadeau while Hubert Davis says replacing Armando Bacot is not a one man job. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of 'Shooting It Straight with Justin Jackson,' the crew discusses their first impressions of the UNC Basketball roster. Then, Justin Jackson shared his experience scrimmaging against the Tar Heels this past summer and his thoughts on the newcomers to the North Carolina basketball roster. To close, Justin gives out his prediction for UNC's starting five. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UNC held their annual preseason Media Day last week, bringing the official season start ever closer. In addition to Hubert Davis's first public comments about the upcoming year, players were made available to the press to discuss a wide range of topics that will get Tar Heel fans thinking about what this roster could accomplish. The Coast to Coast Podcast delivers a new episode on the heels of Media Day to break down more recruiting and team news.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Carolina lost its third straight game, this time a 34-24 loss to Pittsburgh in Kenan Stadium. Mack Brown’s team played well enough to be in a tie game in the fourth quarter but could not get critical stops late as Eli Holstein and the Panthers won for the first time ever in Chapel Hill. Buck Sanders, Jason Staples and Tommy Ashley break down the loss as the Tar Heels continue to fall after a 3-0 start to the season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hubert Davis’s fourth year as North Carolina head coach officially kicked off as Carolina Basketball’s media day was held on Friday. Davis spoke to the media to start the day, followed by player interviews on the Smith Center court with everyone from RJ Davis and James Brown. A 30 minute glimpse of practice highlighted the afternoon and after that viewing concluded, Inside Carolina’s Jeremiah Holloway and Evan Rogers joined Tommy Ashley outside the Smith Center to discuss the day. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pittsburgh comes to Chapel Hill in search of its first win in Kenan Stadium. On the other sideline, Mack Brown and the North Carolina Tar Heels are searching for answers following two straight - and very different - losses. Inside Carolina’s Taylor Vippolis joins Jason Staples and Tommy Ashley for this week’s Game Plan as the trio highlights the challenges the Panthers bring to the matchup and how Carolina can counter and have success on both sides of the ball. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As North Carolina’s 2024 season teeters with consecutive losses to James Madison and Duke, Inside Carolina’s Don Callahan joins host Tommy Ashley on this week’s Noon Dish to discuss what matters when it comes to college football recruiting. Callahan and Ashley break down the factors that go into a prospects decision making and how results in season combine with overall program prestige and coaching stability to help shape the process.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Inside Carolina beat crew debut’s Press Coverage - a new show that highlights pressing issues for the Tar Heels week to week during the seasons. This week, it’s Mack Brown’s mantra of ‘Fix It’ when it comes to the problems his North Carolina team faces following two straight losses including last week’s blown 20 point lead to Duke. Adam Smith, Jeremiah Holloway and Evan Rogers join host Tommy Ashley breaking down three trouble spots that needing fixing ahead of Homecoming Weekend against Pittsburgh. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside Carolina's Taylor Vippolis and former Carolina linebacker Jeff Schoettme analyze UNC's loss at Duke that saw Carolina blow a 20 point second half lead, in which the team looked defeated from the moment that Duke scored. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Carolina managed yet another collapse on the field, losing to Duke on Saturday in a manner that continues to pile up the questions with no answers in sight. Leading 17-0 at halftime and 20-0 half way through the third quarter, the Heels could not stop the Blue Devil surge, leaving Mack Brown and his staff facing increasing heat to change the narrative on the field and off. Inside Carolina’s Day After crew of Jason Staples, Buck Sanders and Tommy Ashley attempt to make sense of it all. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sean Moran and Sherrell McMillan join Joey Powell to share their instant reaction to the breaking news that combo guard Derek Dixon has committed to the Tar Heels. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duke and North Carolina was THE game for the two schools for decades - in football. Once the finale every season, the Blue Devils and Tar Heels headed into the offseason with a win or loss stuck in the proverbial craw each year with the football fanbases using those games for days, months and years. Of course, those days are long gone and now, given all that’s transpired since last Saturday, the game itself has not gotten the airplay it needs. Inside Carolina’s Jason Staples, Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley get together for this week’s Game Plan to break down the x’s and o’s of Saturday’s contest and attempt to put into context what this game means for Mack Brown and the Carolina program. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Days after the historic loss to James Madison, questions still remain around the state of Carolina Football. Even with challenges both institutional and cultural, the product on the field last Saturday can only be defined as unacceptable - a thought shared by everyone in and around the program and well as fans across the gamut. Inside Carolina’s Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley on this week’s Next Level to offer his take on the past wild 72 hours and where the program stands heading into a rivalry trip to Durham. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fresh off of a weekend when UNC hosted the top basketball prospect in the '25 class, Sherrell McMillan and Sean Moran join Joey Powell to assess the latest developments in Tar Heel hoops. With a few players' commitments looming and the official start of practice, there was quite a bit to discuss on this episode of the Coast to Coast.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside Carolina's Taylor Vippolis and former Carolina linebacker Jeff Schoettmer analyze UNC's loss against James Madison that saw the Dukes score 70 points and how embarrassing the showing was for Carolina Football. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Madison waltzed into Chapel Hill on Saturday and hung 70 on North Carolina, including 53 in the first half. When it was all said and done, the Dukes celebrated on the Kenan Stadium turf before leaving town with a 70-50 win over the Tar Heels. And despite all that, the game itself was not the story on Saturday afternoon, it was the chaos surrounding the program following Mack Brown’s postgame address to the team that he was done as head coach — which was then walked back. Inside Carolina’s Jason Staples, Buck Sanders and Tommy Ashley discuss the aftermath of an historic loss for the program and all that remains. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices