If you made it through the Mack Brown 1.0 era, things actually looked pretty familiar on Thursday night. The Tar Heels ground out a win with meager offense and a pretty stout defense, allowing their stars on that side of the ball to shine.
Unfortunately for most folks, that style of football isn’t what they are used to in today’s game, and for the most part the game looked like two mid-level teams trying to get to 1-0 so they have a shot at being able to say they had a decent season. The Tar Heels were on the right side, thanks to.