CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — When they boarded the plane, Sally Brown cried. It was December 1997, and Sally had worked hard on her husband Mack’s Christmas present. The couple had designed North Carolina’s new football operations building from the ground up, but they’d only been able to use one floor of the building as Mack’s Tar Heels went 10–1 during the 1997 season. The whole thing would be open soon, and Sally wanted to add a special touch to Mack’s office.
So she’d bought him a huge fish tank and had it installed before Mack was to move into the space.