{"id":1927010,"date":"2026-08-07T14:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1927010"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:03:59","slug":"at-a-buc-ees-a-belichick-call-changed-mcdonalds-football-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1927010","title":{"rendered":"At a Buc-ee\u2019s, a Belichick call changed McDonald\u2019s football path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL \u2014 Derek McDonald was at a Buc-ee\u2019s parking lot in Florida, unsure where the next step in his football journey would be when he got a phone call. He might have had his mind on a brisket sandwich, but that quickly changed.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/08\/07\/at-a-buc-ees-a-belichick-call-changed-mcdonalds-football-path\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">At a Buc-ee\u2019s, a Belichick call changed McDonald\u2019s football path<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/08\/07\/at-a-buc-ees-a-belichick-call-changed-mcdonalds-football-path\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL \u2014 Derek McDonald was at a Buc-ee\u2019s parking lot in Florida, unsure where the next step in his football journey would be when he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1927010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1927010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1927011,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927010\/revisions\/1927011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1927010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1927010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1927010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}