I will be honest here – I am so inured to the culture of corruption, and Monty Python’s Black Knight caliber of willful and idiotic denial…I didn’t think anything UNC scandal related could shock me anymore. Then I read this, and you should as well: Prepare to be disgusted. Horrific doesn’t even begin to describe [...]
Greg Little continues to exemplify ‘Carolina Class’
Pictured above: A treasure trove of goodies for Greg Little while he was on scholarship at UNC-CH. Little originally committed to play football at Notre Dame but surprised the world by unexpectedly signing with UNC-CH on signing day. Character matters Link We can’t play a guy that’s going to drop footballs,” said Shurmur. And Shurmur’s [...]
A “baffled” Greg Little Addresses Tickets & Tags (Is There A License Plate Bandit or a License Plate Fairy?)
Greg Little spoke to reporters (audio from WRAL here) after a Pro-Am summer league game and was asked about the 93 parking tickets he got on 5 different cars with 9 different license plates. Point #1: 93 parking tickets with 5 different cars. Here is what Little had to say: “I know I got a [...]
Recent UNC-CH Football scandal articles summarized in Bytes format
Here is a series of articles, presented in no particular order, from the past two weeks or so concerning one or more of the ongoing UNC-CH football scandals. Time constraints prevent me from full discussions and proper transitions, so please feel free to add well-developed and flawlessly-written commentary and analysis in the comments section. For example, a [...]
Post-game scandals update (Day 131)
In this entry I cover a couple of scandal items and I share some random game observations that I think are cool. This update is also in a nonlinear “Bytes” format familiar to those who enjoyed “Infopacks” back in the 90s. First, check out this scoreboard picture. Those of you who have experience going to State games in Chapel Hill know [...]
Bling prong? — UNC-CH player’s jewelry supplier dissassociated (Day 111)
The Daily Tar Heel’s excellent coverage of the scandal continued today as they brought us some actual reporting! Imagine that — the local press actually printing new stuff about a huge scandal rocking the biggest athletic department in the region! Crazy concept, I realize. Anyway the Daily Tar Heel posted the above-linked piece explaining that UNC-CH Athletic Director Dick [...]
Things you may have missed today (Day 89)
A lot happened today, and this entry was updated several times by multiple members of the SFN author team. It covered all of the breaking news as it happened. Because of all the work put into our main entry today, my entry tonight does not have a lot of analysis — it just points out a [...]
Breaking Lies: Austin, Little & Quinn permanently ineligible [11:40 Update & Commentary]
According to reports, Greg Little and Robert Quinn will never see the field again for UNC-CH. According to the linked article: Little accepted diamond earrings, as well as travel accommodations for the Bahamas, Washington D.C. and two trips to Miami, among other benefits. Quinn accepted two black diamond watches, a pair of matching earrings and [...]
Why “the Carolina Way” is now a punch line (nightly update day 71).
Let’s get right to it. We have a lot of ground to cover. The fallout from yesterday’s NCAA suspensions began with Kendric Burney’s dad giving some great quotes that really raise questions about institutional control. You should read this article in full. I think this passage from that piece damages UNC-CH more than any other I have read since [...]
Hawkins’ date discrepancy and other scandal odds and ends (now updated)
Folks, one sure sign that the mess in Chapel Hill has achieved full Gong Show status is that I have to write “odds and ends” columns like this one regularly to make sure we don’t miss anything. First I will mention Butch Davis’ recent remarks as reported by WRAL. When asked about the futures of the 12 UNC-CH players that [...]