{"id":5349,"date":"2026-07-24T21:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5349"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:06:32","slug":"quarterbacks-transfers-and-tampering-nc-college-football-coaches-weigh-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5349","title":{"rendered":"Quarterbacks, transfers and tampering: NC college football coaches weigh in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The coming of the annual Triangle Pigskin Preview always means one thing: The offseason talk is about to end and the practicing and playing of games about to begin.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5347\">NC\u2019s new laws target vape shops and youth access. Why some say it\u2019s not enough.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It should be the last time N.C. State\u2019s Dave Doeren, Duke\u2019s Manny Diaz and UNC\u2019s Bill Belichick will be sitting together, gobbling down chicken, green beans and mashed potatoes before answering questions Friday about football, their teams, the upcoming 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>N.C. Central\u2019s Trei Oliver again took his seat at the dais, and East Carolina\u2019s Steve Shankweiler, a former assistant coach who handles the Pirates\u2019 high school and alumni relations, was a sit-in for head coach Blake Harrell, who was at the American Conference football media day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re kind of coming out of the doldrums now,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cIt\u2019s time for training camp and some football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diaz was seated next to Belichick and the two appeared to have a nice chat during the lunch portion of the program, presented for the 24th year by the National Football Foundation\u2019s Bill Dooley Chapter.<\/p>\n<p>The gist of the talk? Football? Life? Families?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of the above,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cWe\u2019re all fighting the same dragon, right? It\u2019s just fun to have a moment to get into conversations with Bill or Dave and share some thoughts on a multitude of topics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One topic Friday for the coaches centered on the wholesale tampering in college sports, on how best to address it, correct it, punish people for doing it. Tampering of athletes is a part of the \u201cdragon\u201d that Diaz mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccountability is paramount,\u201d Doeren said. \u201cRight now, there\u2019s a bunch of rules about tampering and so far there has been no accountability around those who are breaking the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added Diaz: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to govern those who don\u2019t want to be governed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Belichick, entering his second season at UNC, said the Tar Heels signed one player and the next day had the player sign an identical contract with an SEC school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can take \u2018em to court and fight it and all that, but in the end, by the time you\u2019ve won the case his eligibility is up anyway.\u201d Belichick said, drawing laughs from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5344\">Big Brother 28&#8217;s Rome Teases Post-Game Romance With Lyric After Her Vote<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the Pigskin Preview a year ago, Central\u2019s Oliver called out Virginia Tech for tampering with running back J\u2019Mari Taylor, saying a Tech staff member was on the Central sideline before a November game. Taylor eventually transferred \u2014 to Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI did call up the school and went to contact the NCAA,\u201d Oliver said Friday. \u201cThey don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One topic Diaz is hoping to permanently put to rest is the departure of quarterback Darian Mensah after last season. Diaz faced a lot of questions about it \u2014 as did Mensah \u2014 at the recent ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte, about Mensah breaking his NIL contract with Duke to leave for Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Mensah led the Blue Devils to an ACC championship, then stuck his name in the transfer portal late on the final day of entries in January. After some sticky legal issues were resolved about Mensah breaching his initial two-year contract with Duke, the QB immediately transferred to Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal said at the ACC Kickoff that his program did not contact Mensah until after he had entered the portal. The inference: no tampering involved.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt coach Pat Naduzzi turned some heads at the ACC Kickoff after telling The Athletic that the Hurricanes tried to lure his quarterback, Mason Heintschel, into entering the portal late, was unsuccessful, then went after Mensah.<\/p>\n<p>Duke was left searching for an available quarterback and found one in Walker Eget, who transferred from San Jose State and received a medical waiver from the NCAA that allowed him a sixth year of eligibility. Eget has rehabbed an ACL injury and is full-go for the start of camp, Diaz said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have a set of rules, you\u2019ve got to find a way to enforce them, but the conferences aren\u2019t going to turn against a team in their conference,\u201d Belichick said. \u201cI think Manny losing a player to a conference team at the 11th hour, I think our conference should find a way to keep that from happening. But that\u2019s above my pay grade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=5342\">UNC\u2019s Belichick calls for uniform rules across NFL, NCAA; tampering enforcement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That brought a big laugh. Belichick is paid $10 million a year at UNC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Pigskin Preview, ACC coaches from UNC, Duke and N.C. 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