North Carolina plummeted to the absolute rock bottom of Mack Brown's tenure with Saturday afternoon's 70-50 loss, at home, to James Madison. This after the Tar Heels (3-1) entered as 10.5-point favorites against the Sun Belt Conference school that lost its coach and a majority of its impact starters in the offseason.

North Carolina started its third quarterback in four games as Jacolby Criswell took the first snaps against James Madison.

North Carolina looked unprepared and particularly uninterested in defending James Madison. Duke quarterback Alonza Barnett III had 288 passing yards, 64 rushing yards, and 5 total touchdowns in the first 30 minutes of the game.

The Tar Heels trail 53-21 after the first two quarters of play after surrendering the most points a Power Four team has allowed against a Group of Five opponent since 2012

North Carolina endured a disastrous first half on Saturday against James Madison, falling behind 53-21 at halftime. JMU quarterback Alonza Barnett

Tar Heels' head coach Mack Brown names a new quarterback ahead of facing James Madison in Week 4. After North Carolina football 's starting quarterback Max Johnson suffered a season-ending injury in the regular-season opening 19-17 win against Minnesota football,

It has been one thing after another for UNC football through just three weeks this season. First, after winning the quarterback battle this offseason, transfer Max Johnson started the season and playe