Bill Belichick, the day his UNC Tar Heels were set to face the No. 1 Miami Hurricanes in Chapel Hill, was the center of more off-field noise regarding his relationship.
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Heels → set → relationship
This time, though, it was reported the 74-year-old actually ended things with 25-year-old Jordon Hudson over a year ago, per TMZ.
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old → report → TMZ
They remain "committed to their business partnerships" and "remain close friends."
Nonetheless, a game had to be played, and Belichick and UNC were certainly not thinking about his relationship status.
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Belichick → remain → status
They wanted to give Miami a run for their money.
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They → want → money
The Tar Heels came close to upsetting the Hurricanes, but they ran out of gas in the fourth quarter in a 38-35 loss to move to 4-4 on the season.
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they → come → season
Miami stayed undefeated, improving to 8-0 on the year and 6-0 in ACC play.
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Miami → stay → play
No one expected Belichick's squad to be able to handle the Hurricanes, led by Mario Cristobal.
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squad → expect → Cristobal
But just as Hurricanes quarterback Darian Mensah continued his efficient play this season, Billy Edwards Jr. was matching him when the Tar Heels had the ball.
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Heels → continue → ball
Edwards threw for 341 yards on 28-of-34 through the air with four touchdown passes, including a 16-yard strike to Jordan Shipp to take a 21-17 lead — UNC’s first of the game — in the third quarter.
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Edwards → throw → quarter
From there, both teams were trading blows, and the lead, on the scoreboard.
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teams → trade → scoreboard
Miami responded with an 80-yard drive to retake their lead, 24-21, but UNC continued to fight on while crushing clock heading into the fourth quarter.
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UNC → respond → quarter
Edwards led a 16-play, 75-yard drive capped with a touchdown run by Demon June from one yard out.
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Edwards → lead → June
There was a lot of time left in this ballgame, which Miami knew despite some shock of what UNC was doing to them at home.
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UNC → be → home
Mensah wasn’t fazed, though, as yet another touchdown drive came from the Hurricanes thanks to key catch-and-runs, including a 31-yard burst from star receiver Malachi Toney.
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drive → faze → Toney
Mark Fletcher Jr. regained the Miami lead with a two-yard run and 7:49 left on the clock.
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Jr. → regain → clock
The way this game was going, it seemed Belichick and UNC would have a chance if they were able to get the ball last.
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they → go → ball
However, a grave error slammed the door shut on those chances.
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error → slam → chances
Edwards was strip-sacked by Marquise Lightfoot, and Miami recovered at the UNC 37-yard line.
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Miami → sack → line
That was the defensive stop needed to swing the tides of momentum, and Mensah didn’t thwart that opportunity.
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Mensah → need → opportunity
Toney caught a nine-yard touchdown pass from his quarterback, and with a 10-point lead with 2:33 left to go, it was eventually the separation needed to leave Chapel Hill without Miami’s record being blemished.
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record → catch → Hill
But it didn’t come without sweating until the end.
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it → come → end
UNC would score on the ensuing possession to make things interesting, as Edwards threw for his fourth touchdown of the game with 1:38 left to play.
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Edwards → score → 1:38
Then, needing to recover an onside kick, the Tar Heels actually came away with it — until a yellow flag was seen on the turf.
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flag → need → turf
Offsides was called.
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Offsides → call → ?
On the second try, UNC recovered again, but another flag negated it as a Tar Heels player hit the Miami player trying to recover the ball before crossing the necessary 10 yards.
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player → recover → yards
The third try was finally recovered by the Hurricanes, and they ran the clock out.
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they → recover → clock
Mensah threw for 274 yards and three scores, while rushing for 36 yards.
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Mensah → throw → yards
Toney had two of those touchdowns, hauling in seven receptions for 75 yards.
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Toney → have → yards
Fletcher also scored three total touchdowns.
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Fletcher → score → touchdowns
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