Being a UNC football fan has been about four decades of hoping for the program to take a step up and at least sniff the lofty levels the men’s basketball program has achieved time and again. Since the football team’s last ACC Title win in 1980, the basketball team has won all but one of its NCAA championships, and it’s a surprise when the team isn’t at least being considered as some sort of player for the national title.
Football, meanwhile, has seen their place on the ladder continue to slip while the ladder itself grows. The league is over twice the size it was in 1980.