The North Carolina job is open. Mack Brown was fired on Tuesday, a day after saying he intended to return next season. Turns out, the school wanted to go in a new direction. Brown will still coach the finale against NC State.

Will North Carolina athletics director Bubba Cunningham target a sitting head coach, like Tulane’s Jon Sumrall, or a well-regarded coordinator from a major program, like Georgia’s Glenn Schumann?

N.C. State looks for its fourth straight win in the longtime rivalry, with this one making the Wolfpack bowl eligible. North Carolina is already bowl eligible but is playing its last home game under coach Mack Brown, with the school announcing Tuesday he won't return next year but will coach against the Wolfpack.