In most other scenarios, North Carolina wide receiver Jordan Shipp’s comments following a 38-10 drubbing on Oct. 4 vs. Clemson could be dismissed as a predictable empty platitude after a loss.

“You just got to stick together,” he told reporters. “You know, tune everything else out.”

In the Tar Heels’ case, however, tuning out the noise around them probably is critical to them turning around a disappointing 2-3 season. But the problem is the noise is a 24-hour circus North Carolina athletic brass welcomed into the program’s own facility.

The latest act in this bizarre carnival came in the late hours of Wednesday, Oct. 8, when ringleader/athletic director Bubba Cunningham and main attraction/head coach Bill Belichick pulled up in the clown car that is X — that’s the platform formerly kn

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