Since Bill Belichick took over at North Carolina , the vision for the Tar Heels football program has been working towards building it into the NFL's 33rd team in all aspects.

The 73-year-old Super Bowl winning coach sustained a setback to that goal on Monday, Sept. 1, when North Carolina was rolled over by TCU, 48-14, in its home opener . That margin of defeat, coupled with the "33rd team" aspirations, led to the Tar Heels getting trolled by following the loss by the Big 12's official X account (formerly Twitter).

"A 34-point win over the 33rd team," the Big 12 wrote in a caption on X.

The "33rd (NFL) team" moniker has been a program mindset for the Tar Heels since Belichick and Co. took over in Chapel Hill. As noted by the Fayetteville Observer, it was introduced by Tar Heels general m

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