Invoice Belichick Challenges UNC Gamers With Sturdy Message After Stanford Win

[ad_1] Invoice Belichick and the North Carolina Tar Heels notched a 20-15 ultimate rating over the Stanford Cardinal on Saturday, enhancing their 2025 season file to 4-5.

This victory marks the second in a row for the Tar Heels, constructing off final weekend's 27-10 win over Syracuse.

UNC quarterback Gio Lopez put collectively as stable efficiency, finishing 18 of his 25 move makes an attempt for 203 yards, two touchdowns and 0 interceptions. The Tar Heels' protection additionally stepped up in an enormous manner, recording a whopping 9 quarterback sacks on Stanford's Elijah Brown and forcing two turnovers (one interception, one fumble).

Belichick's defensive entrance was led by three sacks from defensive finish Melkart Abou Jaoude, and three extra from linebacker Tyler Thompson. Abou Jaoude now has 10 sacks by means of the Tar Heels' first 9 video games of the season.

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Belichick is completely happy to see his crew lastly trending in the best course, however the Corridor-of-Fame coach is not happy with three video games remaining on the regular-season schedule.

"In the long run, it was a [expletive] good win all the best way round," Belchick stated within the postgame locker room. "We'll hold constructing on that one — We have got the three video games in North Carolina now. That is the center of our schedule, we have to play our greatest soccer, have our greatest week of follow, play our greatest soccer on Saturday.

"Get able to get Wake [Forest] right here. Get able to get Wake. Let's hold grinding now. We won't cease. We have got to maintain grinding, hold getting higher, hold believing in ourselves — believing within the course of. Let's make it three in a row."

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North Carolina will now shut out its regular-season schedule with an away recreation in opposition to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, a house recreation in opposition to the Duke Blue Devils and an away recreation in opposition to the North Carolina State Wolfpack.