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 efficiently with 2-3 and 0-1 in ACC play. But that move brought a whole new lot of backlash on Lombardi’s part. A lot of heads were turned with a taunting, humorous tone. A fan said, “The laughingstock of college football keeps getting funnier.” While there is this other person who chimed in, saying, “raising money for the buyout? All these comments make sense when you remember that both Lombardi and Belichick envisioned building the 33rd NFL team.

But their contradictory results and off-field chaos ended up backfiring.

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