The Tar Heels coach reportedly placed blame solely at his own feet after an embarrassing loss to James Madison.

"An emotional coach Mack Brown told the North Carolina football team that he was walking away from the job after the Tar Heels' embarrassing 70-50 loss to James Madison on Saturday at Kenan Stadium, multiple sources close to the situation have told Inside Carolina," the report read.

Mack Brown takes full blame for the disastrous loss to James Madison. UNC football was taken down 70-50 on Saturday against JMU, an opponent that they were favored by double digits to beat. After the conclusion of the game,

JMU has 418 yards and scored on six of its ten first-half drives. Dukes quarterback Alonzo Barnett has 288 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns, while the JMU defense also returned a blocked punt for a touchdown.

Given UNC's clear struggles on the defensive end, which have been plaguing them all season, and their inconsistencies on offense, fans were calling for the firing of head coach Mack Brown – one of the three active head coaches with a national championship to his name ( Kirby Smart, Dabo Swinney).

The UNC defense was in shambles in the game against James Madison as the visiting team had a lead of 11 points in the first five minutes. The offense tried hard to take the team out of the deficit but an uncooperative defense ended the game in a loss for the team. In the worst defensive shows of all time, the UNC team gave up 70 points.

UNC head coach Mack Brown says it was "embarrassing" to see his Power Four team lose 70-50 to visiting JMU on Saturday. "Embarrassing day. Shocking day.