When Mack Brown returned to Chapel Hill in 2019 after spending a few years on television, he pulled the program out the gutter that Larry Fedora left it in. Over six seasons in the Mack 2.0 era, the Tar Heels have a winning record. It’s inarguable that he restored the program to competency.

Somehow, what happened for UNC against Duke was worse than last week. Not the fact that the Tar Heels merely lost, but it was the “how” of it all.

Paul Finebaum can’t look away at the “train wreck” of Mack Brown and North Carolina. You know when there’s a car crash and you can’t look away at the wreckage? It might be similar to that for the ESPN commentator. The Tar Heels lost 21-20 to rival Duke, blowing a 20-0 lead and falling to 3-2.

After seeing a three-score lead disappear in a devastating loss at Duke, UNC football's Mack Brown and Jacolby Criswell discussed what's next for the Tar Heels.

That's the type of loss that will haunt a coach, and after the game, UNC head coach Mack Brown apparently took it terribly. That's to be expected, but he went as far as to ask his players whether or not he should simply resign. On Monday, Brown let the media know that he made a huge mistake by putting that type of pressure on their shoulders.

Mack Brown's future has even more doubters after a shocking come-from-behind loss to Duke in Durham. The North Carolina Tar Heels held a 17-0 lead going into the second half against the Blue Devils on September 28.