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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 Sounds like reality has hit Bill Belichick right between the eyes.<\/p>\n Think of some things Belichick and his general manager Mike Lombardi said when they arrived in Chapel Hill. The image they used a lot was building the 33rd NFL franchise.<\/p>\n Sounded good, especially coming from a coach who built a famous program and won six Super Bowls. But neither him nor Lombardi hardly use that anymore, if at all, in their public comments.<\/p>\n After one-third of their first season with the Tar Heels, whatever they expected and hoped for is not exactly happening. Two wins over mid-major opponents and two losses by a combined 61 points has had a sobering effect on alumni and fans and on them, as well.<\/p>\n Getting familiar with Dabo Swinney and his Clemson program, Chapel Bill would likely agree that the Tigers are the best 1-3 team in the country. And they, too, have been working on their costly mistakes just as the Tar Heels have done over both their idle weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re preparing for a good football team,\u201d Belichick said Tuesday at his weekly presser of the two-touchdown favored Tigers. \u201cThey\u2019ve lost a couple of tough games, but they obviously have a lot of talent with some very explosive players on both sides of the ball. They\u2019re a very experienced team, and they definitely know what they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n Belichick said that quarterback Gio Lopez is still recovering from an injury against Central Florida, and by now they know that Clemson veteran Cade Klubnik is a more talented and decorated leader.<\/p>\n UNC\u2019s roster and two deeps seem forever in flux with players leaving school for undesignated reasons and others like Lopez who are fighting their way through injuries to get back on the field.<\/p>\n He was asked about recruiting and seemed anxious to answer a question about the future following the eight ACC games ahead.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can only worry about one game at a time so our focus is on Clemson,\u201d he said and acknowledged that they don\u2019t have a very developed roster for power college football.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t have very many players that were here when we got here, and there are only a handful that are playing who we recruited here. I look at it as I\u2019m gonna do the best I can to coach the team today . . . and at the same time recruit and build the team for next year through the high school opportunities we have now.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019ll be a (transfer) portal that will occur later on, but that\u2019s very vague at this point because nobody knows who will be in the portal. So that\u2019s really a bridge to cross at another time. But we\u2019ve recruited a lot of high school players that I think will be good fits in our program here.\u201d<\/p>\n To date, 247Sports lists UNC as the largest recruiting class in the country, ranked No. 17 with 37 commits, seven 4 stars and the rest 3 stars.<\/p>\n https:\/\/chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/2025\/10%20-%20October\/01\/Art%27s%20Notebook%20100125%20-%20FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Featured image via UNC-Chapel Hill\/Jon Gardiner<\/p>\n Chapelboro.com<\/a>\u00a0does not charge subscription fees, and you can\u00a0directly support our efforts in local journalism\u00a0here<\/a>. Want more of what you see on Chapelboro? Let us bring free local news and community information to you by\u00a0signing up for our newsletter.<\/a><\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n \u2039<\/p>\n What was Larry Fedora thinking? Long-time observers like to joke about the curse of Carolina football that derails a promising program. Bill Dooley left when Virginia Tech offered him the athletic directorship and UNC wouldn\u2019t. Dick Crum was fired for wearing out his welcome. Mack Brown left when Texas gave him the ranch. And we [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> Despite a poor year on the field, Larry Fedora and UNC are putting the finishing touches on a talented recruiting class. Part of that success can be attributed to the collection of players that the Tar Heels signed on defense, which will help the team rebound in the 2018 season and build for the future. [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> Keeping with the giving spirit of the holidays, the ACC football coaches announced their All-Conference teams on Thursday\u2013the third different set of All-ACC honors to be handed out\u00a0over the last two weeks. The conference itself released the first round of teams last week, while the Associated Press followed suit on Wednesday. In the most recent [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> Just over a month ago, the UNC football team was well on its way to carving out a spot in the ACC Championship Game\u2013and potentially a place in the historic Orange Bowl Game. Losses to Duke and NC State over the final three weeks of the season put a wrench in those plans, however, as [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> Larry Fedora is now 40-24 through five seasons at UNC with his fourth bowl game still to come in 2016. But, sadly, for Tar Heel fans he also has amassed a record of bad endings. While the current 8-4 season gives Fedora four winning teams in five tries, it is a bad year around here [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> When it comes to repeating as Coastal Division champions this season, Larry Fedora and the UNC football team will have their work cut out for them. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any doubt about,\u201d Fedora said. \u201cThe Coastal Division just got a lot stronger, just by the coaches that were hired and the pedigrees they have [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> The wait is over. College football\u2019s National Signing Day will kick off\u00a0February 3. 24\/7 Sports\u2019 Ross Martin previews UNC\u2019s Signing Day\u00a0 \u00a0 UNC currently has 17 players committed to sign Wednesday, and seven players in their 2016 recruiting class have already enrolled. They are still waiting to hear back from a few other players, including [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> With college football\u2019s National Signing Day quick approaching, eight members of the UNC football team have already shown their commitment to the university. The newcomers were so eager to begin their Carolina careers that they started college early, enrolling in January. Seven of the eight finished high school in December, while one transferred from junior [\u2026]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Casual-Pint-updated-728.png\")
<\/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>\nChansky’s Notebook: Terrible Timing<\/p>\n