I was not a UNC football fan growing up. We were firmly a basketball family, and a lot of that just had to do with when I grew up. I’m a child of the 80’s, and by the time I was paying attention to sports UNC had already started to sink under Dick Crum. I can tell you stories of watching big games for the basketball team in the 80’s, but not one from football. At all.
That changed under Mack Brown. After a couple of horrid seasons to start his career, Brown brought excitement to UNC football that hadn’t existed before.