Some of you kids out there might not remember this, but it is true: there was a time when UNC went an extended period of years without losing to us. NC State’s success against the Tar Heels since the beginning of the Tom O’Brien era may feel normal and just and absolutely a thing we should do forever—and I totally agree--but it was not always this way.
Let us venture back all the way ... to the year 2000. NC State has lost seven straight games to the Tar Heels. As Mack Brown’s UNC teams thrived in the 1990s, Mike O’Cain completely sputtered as Dick Sheridan’s successor, resulting in a long run of futility against those folks down the road.