BREAKING: 4 Star WR Shocks South Carolina with Decommitment, Flips Commitment to Texas Longhorns over Missouri

Arch Manning’s future in the crosshairs amid Bill Belichick’s ascension at North Carolina

he Texas Longhorns and the North Carolina Tar Heels are on divergent paths in the world of NCAA football. After more than a decade in the college football wilderness, Texas is back at last — the Longhorns made it to the College Football Playoff as the #5 seed and will host the 12th-seeded Clemson Tigers in the opening round.

In contrast, Bill Belichick’s stunning arrival at North Carolina has brought renewed optimism to a program that has struggled to remain relevant in recent years. Belichick will bring a wealth of NFL experience with him to the college game. In order to make incursions in a conference that Clemson has won seven times since 2011, Belichick will have to go “big game hunting” in high school football and in the NCAA transfer portal — with one name, Arch Manning, possibly circled and underlined on his list.

Amid the quarterback drama enveloping Texas in the days prior to the start of the College Football Playoff, speculation is ramping up that Belichick is about to convince Manning to “give up” on beating out Quinn Ewers for the Longhorns’ QB1 job and join him in Chapel Hill — where the two of them would be poised to turn college football upside down from 2025.