Doubletake with Matt and Jake

There’s no sugarcoating that 2017 was a disappointing year for the Tar Heel Football team. After finishing 2016 with an 8-5 record they lost six players to the NFL draft, including star quarterback Mitch Trubisky. That is a lot of talent to replace in one season, and while UNC has had consistently good recruiting classes the last few years, the combination of the loss of talent and some losses that could have gone either way, the Tar Heels limped to a 3-9 record, including 1-7 in ACC play.             After missing a bowl game for the first time in his UNC tenure, Larry Fedora is obviously looking for a bounce back season. Quarterback Chazz Surratt has had a whole offseason to prepare as the presumed starter, which makes a huge difference going into the season. Last year there was competition between Surratt and LSU transfer Brandon Harris. Surratt is also going to have a ton of weapons to utilize around him on offense. The defense returns a lot and has a couple o

Every single NBA game you watch there will always be some dude who checks into the game, and you have no clue who he is. But then the game goes on for a while and that guy will start shooting free throws or something. So the camera zooms in on him and shows his name, and you do a double take with your chocolate milk because you realize you actually do know who that guy is. Maybe you saw him play in college but didn’t even know he made an NBA team, maybe he got drafted by Orlando and bounced around teams like Milwaukee and Detroit or something so you just forgot he existed. Whatever the case, it’s always fun to a player and ask your buddy if he knew that guy was still in the league. This NBA season had a lot of those double take moments for me, so I wrote up my list for “All NBA Double Take”  team. This isn’t based on talent, draft position, or literally anything other than my pure shock value that his person is still in the NBA. T.J. McConnell: Guard, Philadelphia 76er