Paul Finebaum can’t look away at the “train wreck” of Mack Brown and North Carolina. You know when there’s a car crash and you can’t look away at the wreckage? It might be similar to that for the ESPN commentator.

When Mack Brown returned to Chapel Hill in 2019 after spending a few years on television, he pulled the program out the gutter that Larry Fedora left it in. Over six seasons in the Mack 2.0 era, the Tar Heels have a winning record. It’s inarguable that he restored the program to competency.