Drake Maye Heisman hopes over? Fans, media react to stunning loss
Drake Maye and the North Carolina Tar Heels fell victim to a classic trap game on Saturday night.
Hosting a hapless Virginia team with 1 win on the year (against an FCS foe, no less), the Tar Heels stumbled and sputtered all night long, eventually falling to the Cavaliers 31-27.
It’s not crazy to think that might be the most embarrassing loss that Mack Brown has ever suffered as a head coach. It also is certainly a death blow to the Tar Heels College Football Playoff hopes and Drake Maye’s Heisman hopes.
Fans and media members on social media were quick to react to Maye’s performance. Yes, he ran for a touchdown, threw for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, but he also had a costly interception late. And, well, Heisman winners don’t usually lose to teams like Virginia.
Here’s some of the reaction to Maye and the Tar Heels after the loss:
Right when we all bought in on UNC, giving them their flowers, praising them, saying they can win the ACC, Drake Maye for Heisman, etc….
They pulled the same UNC type of loss.
— Just Means Less ACC (@FQACC) October 22, 2023
UNC Playoff hopes over.
Drake Maye Heisman hopes over.
Drake Maye escaping scrutiny over.Tisk Tisk Tisk for all of those who overrated him. 🤣 #NFLDraft
— Andrew Jerell Jones, Luke 1:37 (IG:twdbk3) (@sluggahjells) October 22, 2023
WOW VIRGINIA GETS THE UPSET OVER UNC! What a game. Total team win for them. Caleb Williams poor performance last week, Drake Maye this week. Heisman race is shaking up! Penix Jr, JJ McCarthy, and Dillon Gabriel get a huge bump this week
— Gus Johnson Fan Account (@CFBDevotee) October 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/kenzblackwelder/status/1715911074984144932
All Drake Maye Heisman tickets go up in smoke tonight, any UNC playoff futures as well.
— BeatinTheBookie.com®️ (@BeatinTheBookie) October 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/ECG_TWT/status/1715912329521434648
Drake Maye threw a pick in his heisman moment
— Taylor Parks (@t_k_parks21) October 22, 2023
DRAKE MAYE HEISMAN LMAOOOO QB1 OF THE DRAFT LMAOOOO LOSING TO THE WORST TEAM IN THE CONFERENCE LMAOOO
— Nick👽 (@AdamFoxMVP) October 22, 2023
It’ll likely take a monumental effort down the stretch for Maye to earn an invite to New York City for the Heisman Trophy ceremony at this point. Even then, it would likely be as a third- or fourth-place finisher.
What an awful loss for the Mack Brown, Drake Maye and the North Carolina Tar Heels program.
