North Carolina and Minnesota college football pick this one here on Thursday North Carolina finished 8 and five in 2023 for head coach m brown who was in his six season and second sent with the school the T Hills returned five starters on offense with seven to the defense the team put up 32 points per game last year with 4.8 yards per Rush attempt the team passed for 297 yards a game on defense they surrounder 29 points per game 4.4 yards per rush they allowed 246 yards passing 7.5 yards per pass step Brown went in the transfer portal replace that Drake May with Max Johnson from Texas C&M Johnson completed 62% of his passes last year for 7.6 yards from pass St Minnesota went six and seven last year for head coach PJ Fleck now in his eighth season uh the team put up 21 points per game sitting 102nd in the nation they rushed for 4.1 yards per carry and struggled at the quarterback position with accuracy defensively they gave up 27 points and allowed 4.7 yards per Rush they allowed 62% completion rate 7.3 yards per pass attempt gold goer returned Playmakers and are experienced on the offensive line Max brommer will start at quarterback he transfers in from New Hampshire after coming off of a year where he completes 64% of his passes 7.5 yards per pass ATT five touchdowns 15 starters back for the Golden Gophers look like they might have found a quarterback North Carolina defense the concern here having to replace the third pick in the NFL draft for quarterback golden gopher's Run game should Thrive here play in the inoda here at plus 2 and a half