Bill’s in the House

Lynn and Logan took us to the UNC basketball game this afternoon. The Heels were playing La Salle, which was, as it should have been, a game they won. But the excitement was not the game they won, but the half time show.

With about four minutes to play in the first half, the announcer came over the loud speaker and asked all the fan to remain in their seats at the start of half time. Logan and I high-fived each other as we had heard rumors of a visitor to the game. Since it was not a full house for the game, being a non-conference affair, they needed every Carolina fan to stay put.

The half ended and the player retreated to the locker rooms. Jones Angell, the Carolina play-by-play radio announcer for both Carolina Basketball and football came out to center court and introduced the new Carolina football coach, Bill Belichick.

Bill walked out from the UNC tunnel to a standing ovation of Carolina faithful. He spoke a few words, not many and then introduced the first Belichick recruit of a QB from North Carolina. That kid predicted great things. Something the coach knew not to do. The crowd was pumped.

That excitement carried through for the rest of the game. Too bad Carolina was not playing Duke because the players were definitely pumped up from the excitement of the announcement even though it’s not even their sport.

Hopefully Bill will prove that he can be a great college coach and not just the coach who was lucky to have Tom Brady. Carolina can’t afford for him to fail.