North Carolina vs TCU Horned Frogs best bet: Why Bill Belichick's Tar Heels are live underdogs in Week 0

With all due respect to the FCS schools that played earlier this week, the real college football season kicks off when the North Carolina Tar Heels meet the TCU Horned Frogs at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, in Week 0 Saturday, Aug.

29, at noon ET.

UNC head coach Bill Belichick’s first season in Chapel Hill was an absolute disaster.

It started with an embarrassing 48-14 loss to TCU in their season openers last year.

The Tar Heels finished 4-8 last season, while the Horned Frogs went 9-4 and upset USC 30-27 in the Alamo Bowl.

UNC WANTED THE DEION SANDERS EFFECT WITH BILL BELICHICK, ALONG WITH WINS.

IT GOT SOMETHING MUCH DIFFERENT According to ESPN college football analyst Bill Connelly, North Carolina ranks 103rd nationally out of 138 schools in returning production from last year’s team, and TCU ranks 69th.

Let’s break down Tar Heels-Horned Frogs and discuss the best way to bet this game.

I understand he’s old and dating a woman 40+ years younger than him, and it weirds people out, but Belichick still knows football.

He has to.

He’s a six-time Super Bowl champion and the greatest football coach ever.

Plus, UNC recruited much more talent this year in Belichick’s first full recruiting cycle.

The Tar Heels went from 35th in 247Sports.com’s 2025 recruiting rankings to 17th this season.

Per college football analyst Phil Steele, 31 of their signees were "in for spring," and Belichick got to coach these kids up more this offseason.