North Carolina (6-5) entered Saturday as winners of three straight. It ran into the hungrier—and in all honesty better—Boston College Eagles (6-5), who trounced the visiting Tar Heels, 41-21.
This loss is frustrating for a handful of reasons. In terms of on the field reasons, North Carolina had no answer for BC’s balanced attack, combined with a complete inability to move the football offensively. Quarterback Jacolby Criswell tallied three interceptions and the unit went without an offensive touchdown until 2:09 remaining in the fourth quarter. Bad, bad football.
Then there’s the narrative we endured all week, hearing of Mack Brown’s rumored return in 2025 propped by his team’s resurgence from a lowly group earlier in the year to a winning football team.