Bill Belichick's UNC coaching debut ends in blowout home loss to TCU
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Bill Belichick's UNC coaching debut ends in blowout home loss to TCU
Bill Belichick had a "welcome to college football" moment on Monday night, as his North Carolina Tar Heels were blown out by the TCU Horned Frogs, 48-14, to begin the 2025 college football season.
It was a night filled with expectation, celebrity appearances and pure hype at Kenan Stadium, as Belichick’s first taste of being a college football head coach started on home turf in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels were hoping to usher in a new era with a victory to not only notch another first under Belichick’s resume, but get the program heading in the right direction from the jump.
The Horned Frogs had another thing in mind, though, as they were fazed by the screaming crowd of over 50,000, which included the likes of Randy Moss, Michael Jordan, Roy Williams, Lawrence Taylor and many more.
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Of course everyone is asking the same question. How will this affect the relationship between Belichick and Jordon? 😂
It's only the first game and TCU was favored so there is that, it might be the only thing potentially going for him though
But looking at it from my perspective we got Bills age, his girlfriend and his first year in the college game as a coach just spells out disaster
Some people say College is harder than the NFL with all the recruiting and the transfer portal, I don't think Bill committed as much to this as he did the NFL all those years.
He could end up running the table and being a power house, we don't know just yet but I'm willing to bet it's a disaster in UNC
Why am I here?
I really hate to compare the two, but Belichick going to college football might be like Steve Spurrier going to the pros.
Yes, of course there's been countless numbers of hiss poor NFL coaches over the years. But Spurrier was by far the worst I've ever seen. I watched some of the NFL games he coached, and it was like a circus out there. I mean this guy didn't even know some of the NFL rules for crying out loud.
I don't believe Belichick is quite as bad as Spurrier in this "fish out of water" analogy. However because of Belichick's age, I think Belichick closes the gap with Spurrier. His age of 73 is no time to begin an exhaustive new venture such as this.
I've always liked Belichick, but this was a mistake which probably won't end until the season is over. When he should admit this wasn't a good idea and walk away.
Not only is he 73, he has a net worth of $70m. Why on earth would you put yourself into such a frying pan and abuse when your team fails...instead of touring the world like a king with your 50 year younger travelling companion???
If I had his $$$ I'd buy at least 500 acres in Montana on a beautiful trout stream. I'd have a 2500 foot grass strip to fly in and out of my private airport with my gorgeous 1943 Stearman biplane. I would be very hard to find, except for the annual picnic, hiring the Dave Matthews band, who'd play till sunup. Perkdog would have my #, and he'd organize the annual bash, free everything.
How sweet is this...life should be so cool.
They have one of the easiest schedules in the power 4 if not the easiest. They only have one ranked team on the schedule with Clemson. They avoid Miami, Louisville, FSU, And GT, giving them the softest schedule in the ACC. Their out of conference games UCF should be the only challenge. Charlotte or Richmond I will fall out of my chair laughing if they lose either.
They will get more wins than they should from the schedule but they definitely arent running the table
If he keeps starting Lopez over Johnson they might be fighting for a bowl game at best. TCU has the second hardest schedule in the Big 12, but unless they pull another Cinderella season theyre expected to be fighting for a bowl game as well.
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How soon we forget Urban Meyer.
I guess we now know who was primarily responsible for making the Patriots good for many years. It was Brady, not Belichick. Belichick showed at the end of his professional career that he could not work with young players. He’s in the wrong job. He needs to be accepting his Hall of Fame trophy. As a coach, he’s washed up.
Bookies showing Belichick some love this Saturday.
On the road -13.5 point favorite against the Charlotte 49ers.
Jordon might be very happy after the game. She may be heard saying, "Bill darling, I was just kidding about leaving you if you lost this game."
Whatever Belichick does in this college experiment, doesn't affect or diminish at all his record with the Patriots.
But I agree with ya, this college thing, especially at his age, is crazy. Although very likely he wins the game tomorrow.
Yea, Belichick gets credit for his years in New England, but as soon as Brady left, the Patriots went to pot. Toward the end of the Brady era, Belichick had a bad habit of dumping young players for what seemed to be trivial reasons. The manager also had a hard time finding receivers. In one of his last games, Brady had no one who could get open. The last touchdown I saw him throw was to a tackle eligible trick play.
I think Belichick wins this upcoming second game on Saturday,
Easy call.
If they lose to Charlotte he should be fired on the spot.
Hes such a terrible head coach though that its been reported hes banning Pats scouts from practices. All the does is hurt his own players.
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I had read that, just the headline.
i didn't read further about it. Almost seemed like a prank news story, it's that absurd.
I agree with ya. But he won't lose that one.
Agreed but Ill fall out of my chair laughing if they do. App State is solid for what level they are and dominated them last week.
Anything less than 7-5 will be pathetic for UNC with how easy their schedule is
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Can't disagree with ya. I'm basing my call on if Belichick has any of the "past" Bill Belichick still in him. Yes, 73 years old is old for a head coach, especially a new head coach in a new situation such as this. He is way over his head in this thing.
However in this upcoming game, after that brutal loss, i just think he will get the juices flowing again, do some hard core coaching like he used to do, rally his players, and win this game, possibly easily.
As for the games after this one? The answer is blowing in the wind. LOL
Realistically his GF could coach that game and should still win easily the talent gap with UNC and Charlotte is so wide.
Theyll be 2-1 with another HS quality team in Richmond the next week. UCF looked terrible in their opener so they may go 3-1 but can just go ahead and put in that loss against Clemson the next week. Cal, UVA, NC State, Duke can all beat them.
I think theyre probably going to drop at least one they should win. He doesnt look like he wants to be there other than his GF wants him there. Hes going to start losing guys to the transfer portal and preserving their redshirts if they lose faith in him
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