College football's Week 1 winners and losers

Posted Sep 1, 2019
Mack Brown and North Carolina topped South Carolina 24-20 in Brown's first game as a head coach since leaving Texas after the 2013 season. (Though Brown's decision not to punt the ball with 10 seconds left and to give the Gamecocks a shot at throwing the game-winning touchdown was baffling.) UNC will quickly be added into the mix as ACC Coastal contenders. (USA Today)

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