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.

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

Mack Brown told ESPN on Saturday he’s not resigning and “will be back at work” Sunday following an embarrassing 70-50 loss to James Madison. He said it was an emotional locker room and told the team he blamed himself and would step away if he couldn’t get things straightened out.

Trent Dilfer was hardly surprised when his old quarterback, Hank Brown, made a mostly pristine starting debut for Auburn, avoiding blunders even during stretches where heavy rain was falling. The former NFL quarterback feels it’s one of Brown’s greatest assets: The poise to weigh risk versus reward and avoid costly mistakes.

The Eagles could struggle to score points and to make defensive stops against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown, who missed Week 2 with a hamstring injury, has been ruled out for Week 3,

The Philadelphia Eagles issued their third and final official injury report on Friday in advance of their Week 3 road game against the New Orleans Saints. The Eagles ruled one player OUT: A.J. Brown.