Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference:

Game of the week

TCU at North Carolina, Monday, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)

TCU again will be the opposing team for the debut of a high-profile coach. The Horned Frogs will play at North Carolina in six-time Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick's debut as a college coach. It will be the last game played nationally during Week 1, in primetime, and the only one on the Labor Day schedule. The Frogs were coming off a national championship appearance when they opened the 2023 season with a 45-42 loss at home to Colorado in coach Deion Sanders' first game with the Buffaloes .

TCU went 9-4 last year after winning its last four games, making that the longest streak any Big 12 team brought into this season. The Frogs have back quarterback J

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