UNC National Championship Sign Near NC State is MIA

The UNC 2017 National Championship sign 3 miles from where NC State plays is officially missing.

Sign is gone heading into Raleigh on I-40 pic.twitter.com/vo0EZhklpd

— Grant Turinsky (@GTurinsky) February 23, 2018

If you haven’t been following this story, the Department of Transportation granted UNC’s request to put up 2017 National Championship signs in 8 specific places across North Carolina. One of those places was off of I-40 just before Wade Ave and the Carter-Finley sign.

@NCDOT Jen Thompson-If the decision to place the UNC-ch ‘17 MBB Champ sign close to @unccharlotte on 85 was an error with “no ill-will intended”, the decision to place it on I-40 just before Wade Ave and the Carter Finley sign must be a bad joke, right?. @NCStateAlumni @NCState pic.twitter.com/DoTeqlS6O6

— Matthew Murphy (@MurphyMR80) February 19, 2018

The stated goal was to place it where people leaving the airport would see it.

Wolfpack fans found UNC’s location request, which was granted by the DOA, to be a little out of place, considering it was 9.8 miles from the airport.

It was only a matter of time before this sign vanished.

LETS GOOOOOO https://t.co/ZifyypelBG

— Barstool Pack (@BarstoolPack) February 23, 2018

This was the most predictable outcome for that sign. Probably hanging up in somebody’s “man cave” right now. https://t.co/qi0GgWiCL7

— Joe Ovies (@joeovies) February 23, 2018

Surprised this took as long as it did.https://t.co/1tJSX5iXOc

— Marilyn Payne (@marilyn_payne) February 23, 2018

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— Barstool Pack (@BarstoolPack) February 23, 2018

This puppy was up less than a week.

UNC paid $2,000 for each of these signs to be up for a maximum of 2-years.

The DOT made a statement revealing they didn’t take down the sign, so you fill in the blanks.

I by no means am encouraging vandalism or stealing government property which is a felony. With that being said, UNC could have requested a more logical geographical location for their sign that wouldn’t have screamed of an intentional dig at a team they claim not to be their rival.