Bill Belichick's recent attempt to take the P.R. bull by the horns included a seemingly gratuitous claim that many will regard as something that fell from the non-business end of the bull.

Bill Belichick is attempting to clarify why North Carolina took a pass on becoming the first college football program to be the subject on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” docuseries — and his explanation has nothing to do with 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson.