On Wednesday, the unbelievable happened. Bill Belichick agreed to become the head coach at North Carolina. It’s an incredibly exciting and interesting development for the football world as a whole, and there will be many eyes on Chapel Hill over the next 12 months as the all-time great NFL coach makes his mark in the collegiate realm.
So much has changed in college football that it wouldn’t be even remotely surprising if Belichick managed to figure out how to game the system and take UNC to the college football playoff. I don’t think this would have happened in the time before NIL, the transfer portal, and the professionalization of college football. And I have to admit, I’m more interested in college football than I’ve been since I was nine and watching SWC teams play the option with tearaway jerseys.