Now Chapel Hill is turning into Peyton Place. Seems Matt Kupec, who is in the conversation for being the best UNC quarterback of all time, got divorced, started dating Tyler Hansbrough’s mother and turned fundraising trips in his position as the vice chancellor for university advancement into personal trips with Tami Hansbrough to see her son Ben play basketball.

Confronted with information that Chancellor Holden Thorp learned, Kupec chose to resign his position rather than undergo the scrutiny. Tami Hansbrough, a major gifts officer at UNC, is on administrative leave.

Thorp said, “It was difficult because Matt has been such a great person for the university and has raised billions of dollars for us, but I had to share with him what we had been finding and it didn’t look good and that it’s likely that this sort of personally driven travel was unacceptable, and we are going to need to do a pretty thorough investigation of it.”

In a released statement, Kupec said, “I have been privileged to have worked with incredibly talented faculty, students, administrators and staff. I have worked with gifted Chancellors. But most of all, I have been fortunate to work with a score of passionate alumni and friends who love this University and who have paved the way through their generosity to make Carolina a true gem. I will miss you all but in my heart I will always be a part of the Carolina family.”

Of course Tami Hansbrough is the mother of Tyler Hansbrough, who is in the conversation for the best Carolina basketball player of all time. The Kupec-Hansbrough Carolina royalty would be enough of a Peyton Place without the improper use of University funds angle.

Here’s my list of the top 10 quarterbacks in Carolina history, not necessarily in order but not far off either: Matt Kupec, TJ Yates, Chris Kupec, Darian Durant, Chris Keldorf, Danny Talbott, Jason Stanicek, Ronald Curry, Mark Maye and Mike Thomas.

Oddly enough, Scott Stankavage, the only UNC QB other than Yates to take snaps in an NFL game, doesn’t make the top 10. Talbott was a backup to Sonny Jurgensen for the Redskins but never got in a regular season game. Also, Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice, perhaps the greatest Tar Heel of all time, was considered a halfback although he threw 25 touchdowns during his college career.

Here’s my list of the top 10 basketball players in Carolina history, again not in order but not far off either: Tyler Hansbrough, Phil Ford, Lennie Rosenbluth, Charlie Scott. Walter Davis, James Worthy, Larry Miller, Michael Jordan, Antwan Jamison and Billy Cunningham.