The most-anticipated opening football game in North Carolina history has everything to do with the presence of legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick, and all of the expectations that come with it.

It has been the biggest offseason story in college football. The first chapter introducing an opponent is about to be written.

The Tar Heels anxiously await TCU for their Monday night matchup at Chapel Hill, N.C., a primetime Labor Day tussle placing Belichick prominently on the college football marquee.

"I enjoy all of it and hope that I can help our players and our coaches and our team perform well by doing my job and giving leadership to the program," Belichick said.

Belichick had a season off in 2024. He parted with the New England Patriots last January and interviewed for vacant jobs to rem

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