Will the Bill Belichick Bible take North Carolina to the playoffs?
Until Saturday: A show about college football
The Athletic
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🗓️ 13 December 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Bill Belichick, the most decorated NFL coach ever, is a North Carolina Tar Heel. Why and how did this marriage come together? David Ubben asks Brendan Marks, The Athletic's North Carolina guru, what went on behind the scenes. Bruce Feldman later joins the podcast to dicsuss UNC's ceiling, Belichick's checklist, Stephen Belichick, and if Bill can turn this program into a playoff contender.
Rundown:
- Fanbase temperature (1:30)
- UNC internal alignment on hiring (3:15)
- How the deal came together (5:30)
- Did Deion Sanders influence this deal? (8:30)
- UNC's NIL problem (11:00)
- Michael Jordan's involvement? (13:30)
- What are the long-term goals? (15:00)
- The Belichick Bible (17:30)
- Control, control, control (19:30)
- Bruce Feldman joins + is this the biggest hire of all-time? (23:00)
- Will UNC regret this? (25:30)
- What does Belichick bring to the table? (28:30)
- Talent evaluation issues? (32:30)
- How Stephen Belichick fits into this (35:00)
- Belichick's day-one checklist (37:30)
- To late to go portal-ing? (40:30)
- UNC's 2025 schedule & a year-one flip? (42:45)
- Can you win at UNC? (44:45)
- O/U playoff appearances (46:45)
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Hosts: David Ubben (@davidubben), Brendan Marks (@BrendanRMarks), Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB)
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| 0:46.5 | I am your host, David Oven, the most decorated coach in NFL history, going to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to coach college football. |
| 0:53.6 | But how did Bill Belichick's deal |
| 0:54.8 | with North Carolina come together? And why did UNC take their biggest gamble ever on Belichick? |
| 1:00.3 | Brendan Marks, as a North Carolina native, has covered the program extensively for the athletic. |
| 1:05.0 | He joins the podcast to shed light on the inner dynamics of UNC's leadership. It's getting a little |
| 1:10.8 | messy over there and how |
| 1:11.6 | this deal came together, how Dion Sanders influenced the hire and the belief that Belichick will |
| 1:16.5 | propel UNC into the new stratosphere. Later on in the show, Bruce Feldman will join me as we discuss |
| 1:22.1 | the ripple effects caused by this move. We're also going to take a look at UNC's roster and their |
| 1:26.1 | schedule and decide how quickly can you flip this team and what can UNC look like in year one. Can Bill Belichick turn |
| 1:32.4 | them into something new and great in year one, year two, not at all. But first, let's welcome on |
| 1:36.8 | Brendan, Brandon, outside of basketball. When was the last time Chapel Hill was, dare I say, |
| 1:41.2 | the center of the sports media world. I would argue probably before I was |
| 1:45.9 | born. I can't, I can't remember a time. I mean, the academic scandal. I genuinely can't remember a time |
| 1:52.0 | that North Carolina football has ever had buzz like this. Yeah, you know, the common thought process |
| 1:59.2 | moving forward, as far as expectations, the simplest way to put it |
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