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2010 ACC Age, Experience, & Talent (AET) Index

The AET Index is a quantifiable look at the each ACC team in 5 different categories: Class Size (Percentage of team that are Jr/Sr) Returning Starters (Percentage of starters that are returning from previous year(s)) Returning Lettermen (Percentage of players who have received a Letter) Depth Chart (Percent of 2-deep players who are Jr/Sr) Talent [...]

UNC Press Conference: Common Sense and Institutional Control

Never have I heard a group of individuals sound so dejected and distant.  Then again, I guess there is a lot of distance to be gained from the heights UNC has fallen since the beginnings of the agent-gate investigation.  Chancellor Thorp, Athletic Director Baddour, and Head Football Coach Butch Davis gave a press conference today [...]

ACC AET Index (2006-2009)

The Age, Experience, & Talent (AET) Index is a quantifiable look at the each ACC team in 5 different categories: (1) Class Size (Percentage of team that are Jr/Sr) (2) Returning Starters (Percentage of starters that are returning from previous year(s)) (3) Returning Lettermen (Percentage of players who have received a Letter) (4) Depth Chart [...]

Former UNC football player apparently not working on NCAA’s investigation [Updated 11:20pm]

Earlier this afternoon we tweeted that we heard the NCAA was back in Chapel Hill today continuing their investigation of the UNC-CH football program…and this evening we got mainstream media confirmation. (If you aren’t currently following us on Twitter and FaceBook then we would encourage you to get connected with us.) With a hat tip [...]

A Good Timeline on John Blake’$ Career

Allegations about Blake’s possible role in the North Carolina agent scandals are only Blake’s most recent headlines. I’ve followed John Blake’s career with a combination of morbid fascination and interest since his days in the 1990s wrecking the Dallas Cowboy locker room and then the Oklahoma Sooner football program. And as a Longhorn and Cowboy [...]

The Lee Fowler Era: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Part 3 (The Ugly)

Now that June 30, 2010 has come and gone, North Carolina State has officially parted ways with its athletic director of the past 10 years, Lee Fowler. The past 10 years have been wrought with many more downs than ups, but we want to take some time to look back at the entire Lee Fowler [...]

The Lee Fowler Era: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Part 2 (The Bad)

Now that June 30, 2010 has come and gone, North Carolina State has officially parted ways with its athletic director of the past 10 years, Lee Fowler. The past 10 years have been wrought with many more downs than ups, but we want to take some time to look back at the entire Lee Fowler [...]