UNC absolutely had better QB, RB’s, WR’s, and OL than we did last year. That is factual, watch where their skill positions get drafted next 2 years. LBers were also much better than ours, but that wasn’t saying much, but theirs were still high level in league with Surrat being 1st team All ACC.
Still no excuse for Manny to get pounded like that.
Other than UNC beat down of Miami, the most impressive thing they did was compete with Texas A&M in bowl game with so many players opting out.
They were able to compete as Howell is a stud, and maybe the top returning QB in college.