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Notre Dame Football: 3 reasons the Irish will beat North Carolina in Week 9

By Danny McCormick

Oct 2, 2021; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly and his players wait to take the field before the game against the Cincinnati Bearcats at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 2, 2021; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly and his players wait to take the field before the game against the Cincinnati Bearcats at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 25, 2021; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Sam Howell (7) is sacked by Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets linebacker Charlie Thomas (25) and linebacker Ayinde Eley (10) in the second quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /

3. UNC is winless on the road

North Carolina has not played well away from Chapel Hill. As mentioned earlier the Tar Heels were upset week one at Virginia Tech 17-10. Three weeks later North Carolina battled Georgia Tech on a neutral site in Atlanta. The Yellow Jackets ran the Tar Heels out of the building in a route 45-22.

It is only a small sample size with them only playing two games away from Kenan Memorial Stadium, but North Carolina is a completely different team when you take them out of their Carolina blues.

Notre Dame Stadium was rocking last weekend against USC under the lights. This week will be another night game and should be another rowdy Irish crowd that will not make it easy for North Carolina.

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