In Week 4, North Carolina brought in James Madison, and it ended up being the game of the week with 120 points put up and UNC losing 70-50. That was the first time this season that the Heels found their way onto USA Today’s “College Football Misery Index.”
After a brilliant first half that made it look like the misery was behind them, the misery found a way. North Carolina went into the halftime break up 17-0 and was up 20-0 in the third quarter at one point.
That’s when it went downhill as Duke scored 21, unanswered points that led to a 21-20 defeat of the Heels on the road. Arguably, a bigger pain than the blowout the week before. Dan Wolken said it best.
Though all the attention for North Carolina’s face-plant will go toward head coach Mack Brown, consider the plight of defensive coordinator Geoff Collins … At Georgia Tech, Collins was famous for walking around with a cup from Waffle House. Brown’s tenure might be smothered, covered, and peppered at this point.
Time will tell if North Carolina can turn this negative attention around and get back on the winning side. They will get Pittsburgh at home in Week 6 as their next attempt to get their fourth win of the season.
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