A Heartbreaking Loss to Duke Has Put UNC Football at a Turning Point. What’s Next?

Posted Sep 30, 2024
Throughout it all – the blown leads, the losses as a double-digit favorite, the fan frustration – Mack Brown had always been able to hang his hat on one thing: he beat Duke. Brown hadn’t lost to the Blue Devils since 1989, when old nemesis Steve Spurrier famously took a picture in front of the Kenan Stadium scoreboard. It read Duke 41, UNC 0. (Chapelboro.com)

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