Report: As Many As Sixteen North Carolina Football Players To Miss Season Opener?

Take what you’re about to read with about a deer lick of salt, because this is Joe Schad we’re talking about, and Joe Schad’s sources tend to range from “the internet” to “somebody’s cousin” to “somebody else’s scoop,” but via Stewart Mandel, somebody, somewhere is speculating that North Carolina’s going to be down quite a few bodies for Saturday’s season opener:

Again, please note: Right now, we haven’t seen this anywhere else but ESPN, and UNC isn’t commenting on the ongoing investigation. But there it is.