Forgiving Mack Brown for 1997

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. He talked about winning the state championship, truly wanted to beat the rivals down the road at Duke and NC State, and started to bring in talent that made the team…