Any hopes that North Carolina would “figure it out” were dashed on Saturday thanks to a 34-9 drubbing at the hands of UCF. It was a performance indicative not only of everything wrong in this new era of Tar Heel football, but with Bill Belichick himself. A man who seemingly always had an answer in the NFL is completely lost …
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30; Lopez to start at QB for Tar Heels :: WRALSportsFan.com
By Brian Murphy and Pat Welter, WRAL North Carolina Tar Heels 7 Charlotte 49ers 0 ESPN+ | CHARLOTTE — Bill Belichick’s first road game as North Carolina’s head coach was delayed 30 minutes because of pregame lightning and inclement weather. The teams had 60 minutes of warmups rather than the customary 90 minutes. The game, which was set to start …
Read More »After hot start, Belichick’s Tar Heels struggle
Things started hot for the Tar Heels. It then cooled off, quickly. After taking a 7-0 lead on an opening-drive touchdown during which TCU couldn’t stop the UNC offense, North Carolina has become borderline catatonic when it has the ball. TCU, in contrast, has scored 20 unanswered points. The Horned Frogs lead at the break, 20-7. North Carolina quarterback Gio …
Read More »UNC to SEC realignment isn’t happening anytime soon. With or without Belichick, the Tar Heels have hurdles to clear
A lot of folks have been talking about the North Carolina Tar Heels lately, and not just because of the media circus that Bill Belichick drew when he arrived at a Hilton hotel in Charlotte last week for the ACC’s football media days. There were a handful of stories published last week about the Tar Heels and the one that …
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