The impact of a helmet microphone, an embarrassing loss, a historic start, a quarterback’s resurrected image and an inexplicable TD void were part of the weeken

North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina joined the Carolina Panthers on the awful side of football on Saturday. The Wolfpack and and Tar Heels entered play a combined 5-1. They left the field having been clobbered to the tune of 129-85 and 5-3. At the half, the combined scores were 98-28.

While the loss will sting, the amount of money the Tar Heels paid to play the Dukes will be even worse. For a chance to break a UNC record on the road, JMU received a payout of $500,000 to embarrass UNC on its home field, per a contract obtained by the USA TODAY Network.