Mack Brown Ratcheting Up Expectations in 2021 Posted Jan 7, 2021 North Carolina's 2020 football season just concluded and already hype has begun for 2021. That's to be expected for a Tar Heel team that reached the Orange Bowl for the first time and held its own against No. 5 Texas A&M. Although Mack Brown cautioned (Video) there is still plenty of work to do before UNC officially arrives on the national scene. (Inside Carolina)