“The legend of Bill Belichick’s coaching prowess fades with every lopsided loss without Tom Brady.” For two decades, the question split NFL barbershops and sports talk desks alike: was Bill Belichick the genius who made Tom Brady , or was Brady the engine that made Belichick look untouchable? 6 Super Bowls later, the debate never concluded. Rather, it went dormant. Until Bill Belichick made his college football debut. A 48–14 beatdown courtesy of TCU, and suddenly the skepticism arose once again: maybe Belichick without Brady is just another coach trying to claw out of quicksand.

For Tar Heels faithful, it wasn’t supposed to be like this. A 400-page organizational bible, a 70-player influx, a total rebuild of the coaching staff—Belichick walked into Chapel Hill as the architect of th

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