Stephen Belichick

And so obviously Irish fans, uh, know what's up there.

But the, the combination of he and Bill Belichick, especially with Steve Belichick and that whole thing and him resigning, they've been the two guys to shoulder a lot of that load.

So both last year and this year, the defensive line has been a lot of the strength, but again, the ones are great, but I think a lot of the issue in that Clemson loss was as the game wore on, you saw that D line wear down because the twos and threes, I think there's a bit of a drop off.

That's where Igboudjoude's availability would be, I think, massive to help give some more depth there on that front line.

And things did not get much better for North Carolina this past off-season, as Belichick's general manager, Michael Lombardi, abruptly resigned at the beginning of September amid investigations into allegations of, let's just say, issues within the football program.

And then to make matters worse, Bill's son, Steve Belichick, who was the defensive coordinator, resigned just a couple of weeks ago.

But despite all of that controversy, the Tar Heels are two and one, and they were very close to being undefeated heading into their bye week last week.

They opened the season with a win over TCU in the Aer Lingus Classic in Dublin, and that game could only be described as a slot fest.

The second and third teams might get some opportunities again on Saturday, but this time they need to finish the job, and it's on the starters to make sure that they are afforded that opportunity.

All right, now we're gonna flip it over to the other side of the ball and take a look at North Carolina's defense.

I mentioned earlier that Bill's son, Steve Belichick, resigned as the defensive coordinator a couple of weeks ago.

But as it turns out, Steve is not the only son on the staff.

And the fact is, is there aren't a lot of people that can lose their defensive coordinator to an off-the-field situation and improve.

And I mean this no disrespect to Steve Belichick.

I, I, I think he's an okay defensive coordinator.

I think he gets jobs because he's Steve Belichick, not because he's Steve Jones and is just earning it on his merit.

People may not like that, but that's what I feel.

I feel differently about Steve Belichick than I do Charlie Weis Jr.

I just do.

Right? Um, but the reality is with Bill Belichick calling plays, they got a much better defensive coordinator now than they did before.

And really looking to sort of rejuvenate this program after a horrific season a year ago.

Lost his defensive coordinator and son, Steve Belichick.

Some issues going on there.

Michael Lombardi, the GM, not very well liked.

If you remember what happened 11 years ago.

they they did they avoided the lack of institutional control somehow in chapel hill i don't know how but they did so now this is internal investigation so we got sex drugs and ncaa issues okay steve belichick resigned all right the son of coach bill um and the statement was quote certain actions demonstrated a disregard for carolina's values and standards of content

Of course.

Included more than 60 people.

They would have played against Clemson, but now, of course, they're

not.

What was the phrase they used about Steve Belichick not living up to the standards of something? Certain

actions demonstrated a disregard for Carolina's values and standards of conduct.