Until Saturday Newsletter 🏈 | This is The Athletic’s college football newsletter. Sign up here to receive Until Saturday directly in your inbox.Week 0 used to have just one or two games. After three nights of football throughout the NCAA and beyond, that felt more like Week 0.5.The Main Thing: Belichick bowling after all?Yesterday, Bill Belichick’s North Carolina fared about 40 points better against TCU than it did a year prior. But will I sound like a hater if I say this 15-10 win in Ireland didn’t much change my outlook for his second batch of Tar Heels?To be sure, UNC’s offense looked far less incompetent under new coordinator Bobby Petrino (yes, him) than it did without him 12 months ago. Yesterday’s Heels lost both of their fumbles on the wet field, yet still outgained the Frogs 322-281. (Last year’s margin: a 320-yard deficit.) And this defense might be pretty good right away, rather than waiting until October to arrive.But a couple things to keep in mind about Belichick’s second-ever college roster:
TCU also isn’t the same group it was last year. For one thing, 2.5-year starting QB Josh Hoover is now at Indiana. Harvard transfer Jaden Craig averaged 5.5 yards per throw yesterday.
