There is always too much news swirling around Chapel Hill, and not for the right reasons. Bill Belichick’s arrival promised NFL discipline. But instead brought dysfunction, with blowout losses to TCU (48-14) and Clemson (38-10), where fans fled Kenan Stadium by halftime. Off the field, things are worse. Belichick skipped team activities during a bye week for a Nantucket getaway, while internal reports reveal a “toxic” locker room and a fractured coaching staff. But let’s embrace the fact that UNC is not just Belichick’s college football program, as his confidante, GM Michael Lombardi , plays his own part in the antics.

Just two weeks before the season opener, Lombardi took a fundraising trip to Saudi Arabia. Now it’s an understandable move, looking at the team struggling to work effic

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