Bill Belichick's UNC coaching debut ends in blowout home loss to TCU
Bill Belichick had a welcome to college football moment on Monday night as his North Carolina Tar Heels were blown out by the TCU Horned Frogs - to begin the college football season It was a night filled with expectation celebrity appearances and pure hype at Kenan Stadium as Belichick s first taste of being a college football head coach started on home turf in Chapel Hill The Tar Heels were hoping to usher in a new era with a accomplishment to not only notch another first under Belichick s resume but get the plan heading in the right direction from the jump The Horned Frogs had another thing in mind though as they were fazed by the screaming crowd of over which included the likes of Randy Moss Michael Jordan Roy Williams Lawrence Taylor and countless more CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe Belichick era began with an impressive North Carolina opening-drive touchdown as the Tar Heels went yards down the field with Caleb Hood capping it with his first count of the season But it was all TCU after that scoring unanswered points on their way to an easy mastery TOM BRADY DISHES ON THE 'CHALLENGE' FOR BILL BELICHICK IN ST SEASON AT NORTH CAROLINAHorned Frogs quarterback Josh Hoover was dicing up the Tar Heels defense and it started with a -yard strike to Jordan Dwyer who was a favorite all night long in the pass meeting for a touchdown that tied the match at seven apiece following the extra point TCU got more physical on defense especially at the line of scrimmage which hindered what UNC longed to do when they had possession The Horned Frogs held them to three straight three-and-outs while taking the lead with a field goal early in the second quarter North Carolina seemed to get selected momentum back when Hoover s pass was too high for his intended receiver and the Tar Heels Kaleb Cost made an acrobatic interception to flip the field But UNC quarterback Gio Lopez gave the ball right back to TCU and it was in the worst way as veteran safety Bud Clark jumped a path and took the interception yards to the house for a pick-six that made it - The Horned Frogs would end the half with a short field goal taking a commanding - lead into the locker room as the crowd was stunned That feeling wouldn t end though as the very first play of the second half was a -yard touchdown run by Horned Frogs star running back Kevorian Barnes who went untouched down the right sideline to break the match open UNC was unable to come back at that point as the Horned Frogs continued to run up the tally with running back Trent Battle rushing for yards to make it - and Lopez was sacked by Jonathan Bax leading his Horned Frogs teammate Devean Deal to scoop up the fumbled football and run it back yards for yet another touchdown At that point Belichick switched quarterbacks going with Max Johnson who led a touchdown drive late in the third quarter to add particular points for the Tar Heels But the competition was out of reach and it s clear the Tar Heels have much to work on heading into next week Meanwhile Hoover presented out in front of multiple NFL scouts going -of- for yards with two touchdown passes and one interception thrown Barnes had carries for yards while Dwyer hauled in nine receptions for a whopping yards to help TCU s cause No one expected Belichick to directly turn the project around and get them to compete for a national title but this was a shocking end to be dominated at home to kick off his collegiate coaching career Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
