Chapel Hill fans will remember Bill Belichick’s first home win as UNC’s head coach for more than just the blowout score. From the opening whistle, the Tar Heels set the tone against Richmond. Freshman Demon June tore free for 148 yards and a score, while quarterback Gio Lopez found his new favorite target, Jordan Shipp, for two touchdowns. But the big moment arrived after the final whistle.

Mitch Mason, UNC’s beloved team chaplain since 2012, has been battling through serious health challenges. Back in 2020, Mason found out he had idiopathic small fiber neuropathy. It’s a rare, incurable nerve disorder that makes it tough for him to even get out of bed without help and has kept him in and out of UNC Hospital. And that was just the start. He’s already been fighting through a neurological

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