What the AP story – or any other dispatch from any other reporter covering the game – didn’t contain was a comment from any UNC player. That’s because North Carolina refused to let the assembled media talk to players after this home loss.

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.

James Madison University only needed two quarters of its game against North Carolina to make history, as the Dukes entered the second half of their Week 4 matchup against the Tar Heels up 53-21. The 53 points tallied through two quarters were the most points JMU football has ever scored in a half,

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

It isn't a basketball score. Although with James Madison entering Saturday a double-digit underdog at North Carolina, the Dukes' point total seems like one. The Sun Belt powerhouse was in Chapel Hill and was destroying Mack Brown's Tar Heels.

Alonza Barnett III’s five touchdown passes led a quick-strike offense that helped James Madison beat North Carolina 70-50 on Saturday for a signature road win under first-year coach Bob Chesney. Barnett threw for 388 yards with no interceptions while also running for 99 yards and two scores for the Dukes (3-0),