The 2025 college football offseason was dominated by a couple names out of recent NFL glory.
Manning. Belichick.
The combination of coach Bill Belichick and quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning won 10 of the 18 Super Bowls from 2001-2019, often going through each other to get there.
Now Belichick, 73, was trying to reinvent himself as a college coach at North Carolina. Meanwhile, Arch Manning -- Eli and Peyton's 21-year-old nephew -- was set to take over at Texas as the next generation of the family business, quarterbacking.
The hype was breathless. The expectations were considerable.