Last year HBO produced a version featuring the New York Giants during the offseason, but no NFL team elected to participate this year, causing HBO to turn to college football and North Carolina.

As the football offseason rolls along, "Hard Knocks" has had trouble finding a team willing to be the subject of its offseason show. Last year, the Giants became the first subject of "Hard Knocks ...

The football world will be tuning in to see Bill Belichick's first season at the University of North Carolina this fall, but it will not be featured on HBO's Hard Knocks as previously reported.