Luke DeCock, The News & Observer (Raleigh)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Forget the cut-off sleeves. The alleged football genius got pantsed in his college debut.

North Carolina paid $10 million for Bill Belichick and got sold a bill of goods. The students gave up before the third quarter was halfway over, right after the defense.

It’s certainly possible that this could have gone worse for Belichick and the Tar Heels, but that’s an argument over a matter of degrees. Belichick and his brain trust promised the 33rd NFL team and yes, this was certainly at the level of what the Cleveland Browns annually perpetrate on their fans.

North Carolina gave millions upon millions to a guy who convinced them this would be easy, that his genius would untie knots none of his predecessors could, and his NFL pedi

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