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Art Chansky\u2019s Sports Notebook is presented by The Casual Pint. YOUR place for delicious pub food paired with local beer. Choose among 35 rotating taps and 200+ beers in the cooler.<\/p>\n The natives are restless about Belichick football.<\/p>\n Do we even have to call Richmond a must win Saturday? Kind of goes without saying about a team that is literally not in Carolina\u2019s league if the Heels want to go on and have a good season.<\/p>\n Apparently, the 20-3 win at Charlotte<\/a> didn\u2019t float enough boats. The blogosphere wanted Max Johnson to at least play in the game and keep the criticism of offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens from going overboard.<\/p>\n Kitchens was caught saying that he never applied for or even asked Bill Belichick for the job. He just hung around to see what would happen, and apparently his checkered history in the NFL and being a head coach at Cleveland six years ago was enough.<\/p>\n So while Chancellor Lee Roberts was giving the new coach the game ball after beating the 49ers for his first college victory, people want more from the Hoodie, who hasn\u2019t swooned everybody so far.<\/p>\n Was holding Charlotte to 271 total yards good enough against a team quarterbacked by Conner Harrell, who has already accumulated as many total yards in two games as in two back-up seasons with the Tar Heels?<\/p>\n And UNC\u2019s running game against Charlotte was led by a three-star freshman, who thrilled visiting fans with a 19-yard run, the longest for both sides. They say Johnson would have made a big difference.<\/p>\n Johnson didn\u2019t play a snap, which is an NFL trait of leaving the quarterback in there unless it is a true blowout, which it wasn\u2019t. Gio Lopez and mended Max have each thrown one TD pass so far. Lopez had 18 last season at South Alabama, nine fewer than Johnson\u2019s 27 at LSU as a sophomore.<\/p>\n That\u2019s why Richmond needs to be a slaughter from the opening kick at 3:30. The Spiders are also 1-1 after losing to mighty Lehigh and edging Wofford, both FCS teams, code for what used to be Division I-AA.<\/p>\n The crowd that shows up in sold-out Kenan Stadium will tell us if Belichick is for real so far. Remember when Carmichael Auditorium was always packed to the rafters no matter the opponent? They came to see Dean Smith\u2019s Tar Heels, period.<\/p>\n Charlotte and Richmond are supposed to be warm-up games for the true test to show how far Dollar Bill\u2019s patchwork team has come.<\/p>\n Next week is a trip to Orlando for Central Florida, which drubbed North Carolina A&T 68-7 and had a 17-10 win over Jacksonville State.<\/p>\n Head coach Scott Frost pulled a Mack Brown, returning to UCF after five losing seasons at his alma mater Nebraska. Frost could be the answer to a trivia question: Who played for a 13-0 team (the 1997 Cornhuskers) and coached a 13-0 team (the 2017 Knights)?<\/p>\n https:\/\/chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09%20-%20September\/12\/Art%27s%20Notebook%20091225%20-%20FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Featured image via Associated Press\/Nell Redmond<\/p>\n Chapelboro.com<\/a>\u00a0does not charge subscription fees, and you can\u00a0directly support our efforts in local journalism\u00a0here<\/a>. 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<\/a><\/p>\nArt Chansky is a veteran journalist who has written ten books, including best-sellers\u00a0\u201cGame Changers,\u201d \u201cBlue Bloods,\u201d and \u201cThe Dean\u2019s List.\u201d He has contributed to WCHL for decades, having made his first appearance as a student in 1971. His\u00a0\u201cSports Notebook\u201d commentary airs daily on the 97.9 The Hill WCHL and his \u201cArt\u2019s Angle\u201d opinion column runs weekly on Chapelboro.<\/p>\n