Mack Brown calls out Dave Doeren for "classless" comment, and Doeren responds

One of the things that makes college football great is heated in-state rivalries.

Sometimes coaches add fuel to the fire of those rivalries very intentionally, other times it just happens naturally.

After the Wolf Pack beat UNC in the final game of the regular season 39-20, Doeren made a rather unsavory comment to his guys in the locker room, surrounded by ACC Network cameras hanging on his every word.

For those that missed that comment from Doeren, here it is.

Today, Mack Brown called out his in-state colleague for the comment, calling it "classless."

"In our last ball game with a rival school after the game, the head coach of that school called our players a piece of shit," Brown shared. clearly disappointed.

"I apologize for that language, but I've never heard something like that before. I'm disappointed. I thought it was classless. It's not true."

"Number one, we didn't play well in the game. We didn't coach well in the game. It's been very well documented and I got that, but you don't call kids a piece of shit. I've addressed it with our team. I apologized to them."

"These kids are one of the top academic groups in America. They got an award for AFCA's top 13. They've won a Coastal Division. They've won a bunch of games. They've been to an Orange Bowl, been to five straight bowls. They represent us....and from me speaking for them and their parents, they really didn't appreciate being called a piece of shit."

"Never heard that before. Very, very disappointing, but, it is what it is."

ACC meetings, and future meetings between the two coaches will surely be worth monitoring even more now with Mack clearly upset with Doeren's choice of words.

The Tar Heels have lost three straight against their in-state rival, and Brown is 2-3 since his return to lead the Tar Heels over the past five meetings.

Stay tuned to The Scoop for the latest.

Dave Doeren has addressed the situation, opening by saying he was not notified there would be cameras in the locker room filming.