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UNC Football: Top takeaways from 41-19 loss to East Carolina

By Brandon Croce

CHAPEL HILL, NC - NOVEMBER 05: General view of the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Kenan Stadium on November 5, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NC - NOVEMBER 05: General view of the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Kenan Stadium on November 5, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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CHAPEL HILL, NC – OCTOBER 28: Head coach Larry Fedora of the North Carolina Tar Heels watches his team play during their game against the Miami Hurricanes at Kenan Stadium on October 28, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Miami won 24-19. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NC – OCTOBER 28: Head coach Larry Fedora of the North Carolina Tar Heels watches his team play during their game against the Miami Hurricanes at Kenan Stadium on October 28, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Miami won 24-19. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

Tar Heels have too many penalties

The refs that have worked the two UNC games to this point have certainly earned their paychecks as the UNC football team has been called for 20 penalties for 189 penalty yards in the first two games. This is much more than the 9 for 75 yards that their opponents have been called for.

The issue of penalties is not something new and as Taylor Vippolis of Inside Carolina tweeted out, the UNC football team has committed significantly more penalties over the past 12 games.

While one or two games could be considered a fluke, the fact that this is something that has been an issue dating back to last year, reflects more on the coaching staff. Hopefully, head coach Larry Fedora works to correct this leading up to next week’s game.

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