Things couldn't have gone much worse for Bill Belichick in his college football coaching debut at North Carolina . After an opening drive that gave the Tar Heels a 7-0 lead, TCU scored at will and cruised to a 48-14 victory.

No team coached by Belichick had ever given up 48 points in a single game before Monday night's disaster. That covered 511 NFL games between the New England Patriots and the Cleveland Browns. Just one game in, and the future Hall of Fame coach is already learning how drastic the difference is between the college game and the NFL.

TCU, meanwhile, looked like a Big 12 contender eager to reclaim respect after feeling slighted in the buildup to the Labor Day showdown. The Horned Frogs could very well establish themselves as a conference favorite this season.

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