North Carolina student goes viral for perfectly summing up Bill Belichick experience
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While North Carolina was getting slapped around by Clemson at home on Saturday, ESPN’s broadcast cut to a “woman on the street” interview of a North Carolina student, and the result was gold.
Following the first quarter, ESPN aired an interview with a student discussing their experience watching UNC football under first-year head coach Bill Belichick.
“TCU was… I went to that game and that was one of the saddest feelings I’ve had at university so far,” the student said. “And I’ve failed midterms before, so that’s saying something.”
Carolina lost its season-opener to TCU back on Sept. 1. The Tar Heels opened their season on a Monday night to provide a national stage for Belichick on his collegiate debut. And they scored on their opening drive of the game to take an early 7-0 lead.
TCU scored the game’s next 41 points to turn Belichick’s debut into a splattering. TCU outgained UNC 542-222 that day and walked out of Chapel Hill with a 48-14 win.
The Tar Heels responded with consecutive wins over Charlotte and Richmond, but the positive momentum vanished in Orlando on Sept. 20 when UCF beat UNC 34-9.
Saturday’s game against Clemson didn’t have anywhere near the same hype as the opener against TCU, but it was a disaster all the same. Clemson had a 35-3 lead at the halftime break.
Derek Peterson does a bit of everything, not unlike Taysom Hill. He has covered Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Pac-12, and now delivers CFB-wide content.
