UNC Football: Cognitive Dissonance

In the second game of this season, the Tar Heels defense gave up 40 points in the fourth quarter to Chase Brice and the mighty Appalachian State offense. (I don’t bring that up as a Mountaineer alumni, but to prove a point). A depleted Florida A&M squad was only down two scores at the end of the third quarter in the first game of the season. The Georgia State offense ran collectively for 235 yards. A struggling Notre Dame offense made the Carolina defense look like junior varsity.

The defense has been a liability as highlighted by these indelible marks against it from the early part of this season, and I’ve heard this fact oft-repeated amongst Tar Heels fans both online and off. A gentleman…