With nothing about its current football program to celebrate, North Carolina could have taken a social-media victory lap last night following the biggest NFL win from former UNC quarterback Drake Maye.
The only problem? He plays for The Team That Shall Not Be Named.
Ross Martin of 247Sports.com reports this: “According to sources inside the UNC football program, it is a directive from the staff (Bill Belichick) to not tweet/retweet anything Patriots-related . That’s clearly why UNC football has not posted anything from Drake Maye’s electric primetime win over the Buffalo Bills.”
It’s no surprise. Belichick has made it clear that Patriots scouts are not welcome on campus. Belichick has justified his position by explaining that he’s not welcome in New England, even though he’s been ba