Let’s get this out of the way first: if Carolina had won on Friday night it would have been an outright robbery. Carolina deserved to be down 21-0 with how well Wake Forest played and how poorly Carolina did. Even if Carolina got a last play, it would have been a Hail Mary with a very low chance of success.
But they should have had that chance.
The error a lot of people are making here, though, is just focusing on the officials’ error on the final play. As you’re about to see, the 3rd down play prior to the end of the game was an even bigger factor, as were a litany of mistakes that Carolina makes as well as the officials.