Paul Finebaum predicts winner of North Carolina vs. TCU showdown in Week 1
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Paul Finebaum has shared his final take on one of the most highly anticipated college football games in Week 1.
That’s because it involves Bill Belichick, who’s arguably the greatest coach in NFL history. Belichick led the New England Patriots to 6 Super Bowl championships during an incredible 2-decade run of success. Belichick is an NFL coaching legend, with other stops along the way in the professional ranks in addition to his time in New England.
But that’s the pros. On Monday night, with the spotlight chiefly on him at the end of a long Labor Day weekend of college football, Belichick will begin the latest chapter of his coaching life as the head coach at North Carolina. The unranked Tar Heels will host unranked TCU, but make no mistake this will be a mega matchup and for once not because of the players. It’ll be because of Belichick.
Finebaum has a belief on this game. The ESPN FPI has given TCU a solid 58.7% chance to go into Chapel Hill and ruin Belichick’s debut, with kickoff scheduled for 8 p.m. ET on ESPN in the Labor Day night extravaganza.
As for Finebaum, he only gave a 1-sentence take on the matchup during his “Crystal Paul” segment on ESPN.
“Chapel Bill has big and dramatic victory over TCU,” said Finebaum.
We’ll know by late Monday night whether “Crystal Paul” had his crystal ball right, or whether Belichick is 0-1 to start the next chapter of his coaching career.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
