No one told the folks over at the Flagship that football news between the 4th and the All Star Break is rarely a good thing. We’ll run through this InfoPack style and let the regular SFN readers handle the commentary. First, Andy Staples says the NCAA should “hammer” the Heels in a short column titled […]
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Why State Fans Care
Two decades ago, us State fans suffered the indignity of investigations into Jim Valvano’s basketball program by the NCAA, Poole Commission and even the SBI, as well as a vitriolic assault by the local media and Board of Governors. (Click here for a must read that integrates nicely into today’s entry.) As a result of […]
UNC Expects NCAA Notice Next Week
Per WRAL.com, InsideCarolina.com reports that the notice is expected on or around next…Friday (WRAL.com): The NCAA has told UNC officials to expect to receive a notice of allegations on or around June 10 stemming from its investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct first reported by Inside Carolina last summer. Multiple sources indicate that North […]
Chansky: “three other players” with Coples at post-draft party
The hits keep coming!  Today Art Chansky posted this piece, thereby joining the growing media chorus lampooning Butch Davis’ “Sergeant Schultz” act. This Chansky product would merit examination in its own right — Chansky is very critical of Butch Davis, Dick Baddour, and Holden Thorp. But in the midst of all that Chansky drops a huge bomb I had not seen before from a […]
ESPN’s Dinich skewers Butch Davis
A must-read, brilliantly conceived and flawlessly exectuted. Some highlights: He didn’t know about former assistant John Blake’s reputation as a sly recruiter. He didn’t know about the trips his players took and the thousands of dollars of improper benefits they received that cost seven players their eligibility last year and 14 players at least one […]
Rewind: Butch instituted “sign-out sheet” policy last October (Updated 5/21)
Given yesterday’s news, I thought this would be a good time to remember the “new policies” that UNC-CH put into place last fall.  The full N&O piece from last October is some of the funniest reading you will ever do. Here are some particularly good excerpts. The piece opens: UNC athletic director Dick Baddour says that because […]
Reports: NCAA back on UNC-CH campus looking into Coples — It must not be Friday yet!
Yet another prong! This afternoon word broke that the NCAA was back on UNC-CH’s campus — reportedly asking questions about a recent trip taken by star UNC-CH defensive lineman Quinton Coples. Alert readers will remember Coples for his ridiculously late hit on Russell Wilson (~1:50 mark of that video) during the Wolfpack victory in Chapel Hill […]
Butch says “We told the truth” (with a straight face apparently)
 With the NFL Draft starting tomorrow, there has been an increase in the coverage of the UNC-CH scandals.  Butch seems to be on a publicity tour on behalf of the players involved in the improper benefits and/or academic misconduct scandals. Today’s News and Record has several interesting quotes from Butch. The one that really stuck out to me: “I […]
Marvin, UNC-CH football scandals featured on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines”
On Easter Sunday our man Marvin Austin (0-3 against NC State) was featured during the first 15 minutes of ESPN’s magazine program hosted by Bob Ley. I watched it at 10:00 a.m. but it is also scheduled for 9:00 p.m. tonight. You can also watch it online here, although Ley’s discussion with Shefter is not included. I found […]
The Delvon Simmons ‘mystery’ widens
Late Tuesday we told you that top UNC-CH recruit Delvon Simmons had asked out of his letter of intent — and that this move seemed possibly connected to former UNC-CH coach Brian Baker’s quick exit after signing day. Today the press is getting around to covering this story and causing interesting (and incongruous) facts to surface. For […]
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