College football's more professionalized era arrives in July, and historic powerhouses could lose both their inherent recruiting advantage and their financial edge.
Belichick was hired as the Tar Heels' new coach in December.
Whoever wins the Cotton Bowl will likely enter the national title game as the favorite.
With no teams left in the College Football Playoff, the region's long-running domination of the sport appears to be at an end. So what gives?