My confidence proved erroneous @HeelYeah2012 . The line has barely budged all weekend. Still at -3.5 for TCU. Really surprised at how little movement in the line this weekend. Maybe there will be a little more movement as we get closer to game time.
UNC Football Catch-all | Bill Belichick Era underway
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Anyone read the new ESPN article today?
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I wouldn’t call this a hit piece necessarily but it doesn’t exactly paint the start of Belichick’s tenure and our off-season in general in a particularly great light.
'It's made for television': How North Carolina has changed in nine months under Bill Belichick
From enlightening and exhilarating to chaotic and tumultuous, there hasn't been anything boring about Belichick at UNC.
I wouldn’t call this a hit piece necessarily but it doesn’t exactly paint the start of Belichick’s tenure and our off-season in general in a particularly great light.
I thought it was very fair and consistent with what we were hearing at the time. Transitions are always rough but this particular one was always going to have a steep learning curve. It does seem like the ship has been steadied now.Anyone read the new ESPN article today?
'It's made for television': How North Carolina has changed in nine months under Bill Belichick
From enlightening and exhilarating to chaotic and tumultuous, there hasn't been anything boring about Belichick at UNC.
I wouldn’t call this a hit piece necessarily but it doesn’t exactly paint the start of Belichick’s tenure and our off-season in general in a particularly great light.
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If we lose tonight and the season doesn't go well then I would expect the national sports media to go after Belichick and UNC 24/7 with ridicule or perhaps worse. If we do well or better-than-expected (like a win tonight) then all of the talk about his girlfriend and other unpleasantness will likely fade as talk switches to our on-field success.Anyone read the new ESPN article today?
'It's made for television': How North Carolina has changed in nine months under Bill Belichick
From enlightening and exhilarating to chaotic and tumultuous, there hasn't been anything boring about Belichick at UNC.
I wouldn’t call this a hit piece necessarily but it doesn’t exactly paint the start of Belichick’s tenure and our off-season in general in a particularly great light.
It’s still a little puzzling to me that Belichick didn’t have a more organized plan out of the gate for putting together a staff and rebuilding the roster. To your point though coaching transitions are usually tricky anyway, especially when the program needs a top to bottom reset.
The bit about the staff recruiting Jariel Cobb hard and then turning around and telling him he should transfer after spring practices was tough to read, but that’s the unpleasant underbelly of the sport these days. We’re definitely not the only program that is essentially cutting players.
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Heels on top , Right ?
Definitely agree. If we look good as the season progresses then the negativity will naturally die down. If we struggle, the media and the detractors will continue to go right back to the same talking points about the girlfriend, etc.
Also worth noting that it’s very possible that TCU ends up being the 2nd best team we face all season after Clemson. A loss tonight (even if it looks ugly) isn’t necessarily the end of the world, but obviously would only add fuel to the fire.
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I think that the most realistic expectation for how UNC football will go under Belichick is that he raises the floor of the program considerably by sole virtue of the fact that we will now finally be disciplined, detail-oriented, and tough to go along with being generally more talented than ~75% of the teams on our schedule in any given year. I don't really think he's going to be here long enough to considerably raise the ceiling necessarily, but I do think that the infrastructure, institutional investment, and overall foundation of the program will hopefully be elevated for the future and for the next coach.
I do think, though, that it is imperative that we win and win now. We don't really have a lenient runway or a honeymoon period anymore. With how fickle recruiting and the transfer portal are these days, I don't think that UNC can really afford to go 6-6 or 7-5 this year. I stand by my preseason prediction of 8-4.
I do think, though, that it is imperative that we win and win now. We don't really have a lenient runway or a honeymoon period anymore. With how fickle recruiting and the transfer portal are these days, I don't think that UNC can really afford to go 6-6 or 7-5 this year. I stand by my preseason prediction of 8-4.
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I think they need to go at least 8-4 for the season to be considered a good one.
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So pretty similar to about 80% of every other preseason expectation for UNC football,
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Sometimes, we forget that winning/losing is actually one of the least important aspects of sports. It's about how we push ourselves to be more than we were before, and how we get back up after we've been knocked down.
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Once unthinkable, now reality: UNC QB Max Johnson’s storybook comeback
UNC quarterback Max Johnson overcame a devastating leg injury that required multiple surgeries last season. On Monday, Johnson was thrown into the fire at Kenan Memorial Stadium, and what once seemed impossible became a reality as he returned to game action for the Tar Heels.
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Good article by Greg, putting things into perspective.
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Greg: A Bad Loss in Perspective
Bill Belichick's opening loss as UNC's head coach provided a dose of reality while also highlighting the potential of what's ahead.
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“The good news is that eyes will remain glued to the Tar Heels, for intrigue more than anything else. The ACC’s new multi-media revenue policy is now in effect, which will split media revenue into two pots: 40% will be distributed equally to each member of the ACC and 60% will be distributed based on viewership. Of the 60% portion, 75% will be shared based on football and 25% on men’s basketball.Good article by Greg, putting things into perspective.
Greg: A Bad Loss in Perspective
Bill Belichick's opening loss as UNC's head coach provided a dose of reality while also highlighting the potential of what's ahead.
“Early ESPN ratings returns had UNC-TCU viewership at 6.1 million, which is roughly double what a typical UNC-Duke basketball game draws. That’s key revenue generation for an athletic department that’s now all-in on football, regardless of the outcome on Monday night.”
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And that was the preliminary, overnight number. It looks like the final rating was 6.6 million average viewers. Given the scoreboard, I’d assume that average includes sharply declining numbers towards end of the game.
Can any NY Times person see if this article mentions a peak viewership number?
UNC vs. TCU averages 6.6 million viewers in Bill Belichick’s college coaching debut
Bill Belichick's North Carolina coaching debut was a bust as far as the scoreboard, but it came up big with television viewership.
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8.8M it saysAnd that was the preliminary, overnight number. It looks like the final rating was 6.6 million average viewers. Given the scoreboard, I’d assume that average includes sharply declining numbers towards end of the game.
Can any NY Times person see if this article mentions a peak viewership number?
UNC vs. TCU averages 6.6 million viewers in Bill Belichick’s college coaching debut
Bill Belichick's North Carolina coaching debut was a bust as far as the scoreboard, but it came up big with television viewership.
Monday night’s game means UNC will get shittier and shittier time and network slots the rest of the season.
As someone posted in response to my post that virtually NO ONE will watch the UNC-Charlotte game; they posted “that won’t hurt us” because it’s on a non-existent network……well, I hope playing fucking UNC-Charlotte on a fucking non-network doesn’t hurt us.
One thing is certain - it won’t help us. It won’t help put us on TV in better time or network slots the rest of the season.
We have one game left that will help us in terms of viewers - the Clemson game…..and, the Tigers will beat us like we’re the red-headed step-child in Kenan.
Our 10 games after this weekend:
Would YOU PAY to watch this schedule?
As someone posted in response to my post that virtually NO ONE will watch the UNC-Charlotte game; they posted “that won’t hurt us” because it’s on a non-existent network……well, I hope playing fucking UNC-Charlotte on a fucking non-network doesn’t hurt us.
One thing is certain - it won’t help us. It won’t help put us on TV in better time or network slots the rest of the season.
We have one game left that will help us in terms of viewers - the Clemson game…..and, the Tigers will beat us like we’re the red-headed step-child in Kenan.
Our 10 games after this weekend:
- Richmond (that’ll get a big TV slot)
- @UCF - this might be our biggest TV game aside from TCU and Clemson
- Clemson - they’ll beat us silly
- @Cal (NO ONE gives a shit about this game; no one at Cal; no one at UNC; no one nationwide)
- UVA - UNC and UVA can call it “The South’s Oldest Rivalry” all they want. NO ONE not connected to UVA or UNC cares; not many connected to UNC/UVA care; it’s an unimportant “rivalry”
- @Syracuse - eyeballs will definitely be riveted on this game
That HUGEVNortheastern college football audience - Stanford - that’ll pack Kenan. What’s the attendance on November 8th? 33,000? It’ll certainly attract millions on TV.
- @Wake. That’ll garner millions of TV viewers.
- d00k - in November? If d00k is even mediocre on November 22, they’ll pack Kenan. NO ONE will watch on TV.
- @ncsulol. They’ll pack and pee in their stadium. NO ONE will watch on TV.
Would YOU PAY to watch this schedule?
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Hopefully that was for our opening drive. Damn we looked nice.