Almost winning a game has Bill Belichick feeling himself.

The embattled North Carolina coach fired back at a reporter who suggested the team has galvanized since Belichick confirmed his commitment to the program earlier this month after reports surfaced he was discussing a buyout during his disastrous first season.

And Belichick even used one of President Donald Trump’s favorite sayings to hammer home his point.

“It’s never been anything but that. Whoever that story came from, it’s already been taken down and everything else,” a stone-faced Belichick said. “It’s just total — as Trump would say —fake news. It’s just a novel. Look, our consistency has been here since the day that Michael Lombardi and I came in and started hiring people and came into the organization in December.

“We g

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