By Lee Pace
"A tree that is unbending, is easily broken."
Mack Brown was considering the patchwork life that coaching and playing college football had become in the Covid-19 era last week. In front of him and his Carolina football team were two opponents—one, the unbeaten Boston College Eagles with a quarterback-tight end combo not seen in these parts since Brady-to-Gronkowski and, two, the specter of moving a team and support staff 700 miles away under rigorous health and safety protocols.
"We are so much out of routine, and we're all creatures of routine," Brown said as the Tar Heels worked toward their first game since handily dispatching Syracuse three weeks ago.