FB: Duke 21, North Carolina 20

hustleplays said:
I watched Mack's presser and was impressed by his candor, centeredness, accountability and graciousness. The context of his mentioning Carolina's winning 5 in a row was in answer to a question about how his team was feeling. He responded that they were feeling awful, terrible, they had played their hearts out and left it all on the field. But then he said that he told his team, Guys, this is what the Duke players have felt 5 times in a row. Yet, they came back and won this one. This was an empathetic, classy comment. He was reminding his team that in sports you do your best and sometimes you lose. No whining. He went on to say that there are life lessons from sports that are more important than winning or losing games.
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Word on the street in Chapel Hill (where I live) is that after the JMU loss, Mack went to the Athletic Department to resign, saying "I don't need this $%!!", but was talked out of it. Apparently players were texting their parents saying "Coach just quit".

During the pandemic, Mack used to walk his dog in the neighborhood and stop and talk for a while. Incredibly down to earth, nice guy. NCAA champion (just not at UNC - hah). He's right, he doesn't deserve the vitriol from UNC; he's shown he can deliver with the right resources (albeit during a different era - 2005).
 
OldPhiKap said:
That’s where my daughter and I first met sage and Stray, as well as meeting up with devildeac and others.

An image from another DBR poster in attendance:

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That day still boggles the mind. Also if AJ Reed misses that last 19-yarder (how many had he missed in the games leading up to that, felt like 4-5 between FGs and XPs) I think I would have just lost it. That had to be the most nervous and happiest I’ve ever been as a football fan on a gimme chip-shot
 
Is it me, when we have a small crowd the television folks seem to love to show the empty seats? Then we have a sell out and they don’t seem to show the seats on the East side much. I really wanted to see the misery on the faces of the holes’ fans.
 
TheDevilMadeMeDoIt said:
Is it me, when we have a small crowd the television folks seem to love to show the empty seats? Then we have a sell out and they don’t seem to show the seats on the East side much. I really wanted to see the misery on the faces of the holes’ fans.
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most of them were sequestered to the far right on your screen....where the unc band sat. Not their usual large turnout.
 
chrishoke said:
Did it feel more than twice as big as Wally Wade?
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Yes; and despite the mid-90s expansion, the House That Rockne Built, like Wally Wade, still exudes a distinct aura of historic significance to longtime fans as a hallowed cathedral of college football. But by comparison, it's perceptibly smaller and less rowdy than the Swamp in Gainesville and some of the other SEC stadiums at which I've been fortunate to attend games, such as Neyland in Knoxville, Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, and Jordan-Hare at Auburn. Of course, the fact that Duke unexpectedly outplayed the Irish that day may have dampened the customary level of enthusiasm among the home team faithful. It bears mention, however, that the Notre Dame fans and officials and stadium staff we encountered both before and after the game were, without exception, the most genuinely hospitable and welcoming and congratulatory we've ever experienced as visitors.
 
Maged said:
I notice Mack mentioned several times that they won 5 in a row against Duke. I guess he wanted to make it sound like an aberration that they lost this year.

I don't like the guy, I think he's a used car salesman, but I don't want him fired. They are likely to hire someone better.
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He's the 👿 you know.
 
Stray Gator said:
Yes; and despite the mid-90s expansion, the House That Rockne Built, like Wally Wade, still exudes a distinct aura of historic significance to longtime fans as a hallowed cathedral of college football. But by comparison, it's perceptibly smaller and less rowdy than the Swamp in Gainesville and some of the other SEC stadiums at which I've been fortunate to attend games, such as Neyland in Knoxville, Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, and Jordan-Hare at Auburn. Of course, the fact that Duke unexpectedly outplayed the Irish that day may have dampened the customary level of enthusiasm among the home team faithful. It bears mention, however, that the Notre Dame fans and officials and stadium staff we encountered both before and after the game were, without exception, the most genuinely hospitable and welcoming and congratulatory we've ever experienced as visitors.
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It was so weird on the hospitable point. I remember leaving the stadium after the game and when we’d talk to the ND fans, it would be something like “we’re so happy for you, this must mean a lot”. It honestly was both nice and kinda insulting
 
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