Virtually nothing went right for the UNC football team on Saturday night at NC State, with the host Wolfpack winning a 39-20 contest.
The score wasn’t indicative of how bad the game was, particularly in the first half. While the Tar Heels struggled to get merely a first down, the Wolfpack seemed to pick up first downs with every carry, catch and throw.
Exactly how bad was the game for UNC? All you need to know is in this X by Bryan Fischer, a National College Football Writer at Fox Sports:
North Carolina State has eight scoring drives against UNC and hasn't punted. Quite the destruction in the Triangle and still a ton of time left.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) November 26, 2023
Let’s not take any credit away from NC State, who scored 39 points and racked up 504 yards of offense. The Wolfpack defense held Drake Maye without a completion in the first quarter. Yes – the same Maye who was, at one point, in contention for the Heisman Trophy.
UNC scored three touchdowns in the game, but two of them came in garbage time. Omarion Hampton didn’t come close to 100 yards rushing. The offense, which normally plays respectably despite the defensive meltdown, was hard to watch at times.
Was this Mack Brown’s last game as the Carolina head coach?
If you look at social media, a lot of Tar Heel faithful want him gone. UNC has lost three straight to its greatest football rival, plus shown an inability in responding to adversity against any opponent.
Regardless of whether Brown is on the Tar Heel sidelines for the TBD Bowl Game, let’s take a look at what he had to say after Saturday’s loss: