That's what one Twitter asked WRALSportsFan's Lauren Brownlow in this week's Twitter Mailbag. The recruiting classes under Mack Brown have been stellar, but Brownlow analyzes why they haven't really lived up to the hype.
HE WAS WITH AND BE. WELL, JUST NOTHING. THE FINAL SCORE. >> UNC FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAS BEEN KNOCKING ON THE DOOR GREATNESS FOR A WHILE. NOW. RECRUITING CLASSES HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT UNDER MACK BROWN GET THE RESULTS OF NOT QUITE LIVED UP TO THE HYPE. LAUREN BROWNLOW ANALYZES WHY THIS PHENOMENON IS HAPPENING IN THIS WEEK'S BROWNLOW MEDAL BACK. >> THIS WEEK I'M GOING TO ANSWER A QUESTION FROM MATT KRAUSE AT MATT KRAUSE IN SEE ON TWITTER ASKED, DO YOU THINK UNC FOOTBALL ACTUALLY IS WAIT FOR IT? A SLEEPING GIANT? YEAH. AND WE'RE GOING THERE EITHER WAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS THAT HOLDS IT BACK DESPITE BEING ABLE TO RECRUIT AND A TOP 20 LEVEL ISN'T A CAMPUS CULTURE THING. I MEAN, CAMPUS CULTURE. I THINK WE CAN'T DENY THE RULE THAT THAT PLEASE. I MEAN, ESPECIALLY LOOKING TO THINGS LIKE THE WAY THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE PAST HAS BEEN RESISTANT TO THINGS LIKE THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE DISRUPTION, IT WOULD COST THE CAMPUS AND YOU CAN'T OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT TAMPA, IT'S NOT THE FRIENDLIEST LACE A TAILGATE IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, IT'S JUST NOT A GREAT TAILGATING PLACE. IT DOESN'T HAVE A DISTINCT BUT TAILGATING CULTURE IN THAT WAY. AND OBVIOUSLY THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM BEING WHAT IT IS, I THINK THAT THERE'S THIS ALMOST THIS ASPECT, THE SORT OF FEELING AMONG CAROLINA FANS WE ARE USED TO FOLLOWING A BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND BY AND LARGE HAS A LOT OF NATIONAL SUCCESS. >> AND YOU'RE ASKED TO SORT OF SUPPORT FOOTBALL PROGRAM IN THE SAME WAY THAT'S NOT HAVING THAT KIND OF SUCCESS. SO IT'S LIKE A CHICKEN AND EGG THING, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SPOILED WITH THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND THEN YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO LIKE, HAVE HOPE FOR FOOTBALL. BUT IT'S ALL GOING TO WORK OUT THE BETTER. I UNDERSTAND FROM A FAN PERSPECTIVE, WHY THAT'S HARD TO SORT OF LEANING TO EMBRACE. SOMETIMES IT'S GOTTEN BETTER. I MEAN, I THINK LIKE WHERE'S THE DOOR THAT SOME THINGS TO IMPROVE THE CULTURE IN THAT WAY? MACK BROWN IS FORCED ON SOME THINGS TO DO THAT. BUT AND IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS RECRUITING AT A TOP 20 LEVEL. I THINK IN TERMS OF BECOMING LIKE A NATIONAL POWER BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO BE RECRUITING
