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 [...]
Sordid history of ACC letting UNC off the hook on unsportsmanlike behavior — UPDATED with news of suspension
So, the ACC is reviewing the controversial play discussed here and embedded below? Where have we heard that before? I hope you will forgive us at SFN if our experiences on this topic leaves us more than just a little cynical. Please wake us if the real story here ever develops by conference brass in [...]
ACC Basketball during the Swofford era
After seeing Wake Forest lose to Wofford, Florida State lose to Princeton and BC lose to Rhode Island, I started wondering what the ACC looked like when Swofford became the commissioner and how that compared to the mess we are seeing today. Swofford became the commissioner in 1997. Here are where the ACC teams in [...]
Swofford in Indianapolis?
@ArmstrongWTVDMark Armstrong Just ran into UNC group. Understandably, no one’s talking tonight. Swofford is here as well. I wonder why he would be there. Certainly he must also have been on hand personally to help out Georgia Tech when they had their hearing and plans to be there for Miami when they have business in [...]
ACC Football Kickoff Quick Hits
The 2011 ACC Football Kickoff is ongoing in Pinehurst. Here are some quick tidbits: *The media picked Florida State and Virginia Tech to repeat as Atlantic and Coastal champions, respectively (TheACC.com), and picked State to finish third in the Atlantic (GoPack.com). *Redshirt sophomore cornerback Jarvis Byrd will miss the season with a torn ACL (WRAL.com). [...]
TBJ: Swofford’s Pay Hiked by 89%, Now at $1.7M
GREENSBORO – Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford was given an 89 percent pay raise, to $1.68 million, in the 2008-09 fiscal year, making him the third highest paid league honcho in the country. Swofford has recently been the focus of a lot of discussion amongst fans of league schools – including this popular entry [...]
Swofford breaks his silence, harshly sanctions FSU women’s soccer team (Day 113) — 6:45 update
Before I get started, let me say a few things about yesterday’s happenings. As everyone knows, Thorp came out with some awkwardly-worded statements about Butch Davis. Watch here starting at the 48 second-mark if you want to hear Thorp in his own words say things such as “I think what I said was that we don’t [...]