It’s a surreal world we occupy when the N&O, Gregg Doyel and #WPN are all working together. For decades we’ve endured the arrogant elitism of The Carolina Way, knowing it never passed muster. And now, after their precious creed has failed them, the UNC faithful have responded mostly with passive indifference and refused to be […]
Dick Baddour
It’s Friday, but still not over
It’s Friday, and Butch Davis is gone and Dick Baddour on his way out, but unfortunately for the Flagship, this is far from over. Specifically, questions remain regarding those 216 phone records. Joe Ovies: The phone records now appear to be caught in a semantics game. North Carolina technically reviewed Davis’ personal phone records, but […]
Continued Fallout: Baddour Resigns (Updated 3pm)
This chaos clearly still isn’t over for the Flagship. Today, AD Dick Baddour “resigned.” Dick Baddour announced his resignation on Thursday in order for chancellor Holden Thorp to find a new football coach. Thorp said he would interview interim candidates today but would not name a successor for football coach Butch Davis, who was fired […]
Butch Fired: What folks are saying (Thursday 10AM update)
Apparently there are, after all this, a few adults left over at the Flagship. Holden Thorp isn’t one of them. In fairness to him, he very possibly belives this nonsense (ABC11.com): To restore confidence in the University of North Carolina and our football program, it’s time to make a change,” said Thorp in a statement […]
The Don (Curtis) of UNC Football
This was originally written over Father’s Day weekend but due to everything that came out last Monday and Tuesday this would have been lost in all the noise. I want to say thanks to the other SFN writers who helped in creating this piece. Last Thursday (6/16) and Friday (6/17) there was a huge deluge of data related to the ongoing […]
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 […]
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 […]
NCAA denies McAdoo appeal, Baddour calls decision “unfair”
In news nobody could possibly find surprising, former UNC-CH defensive end Michael McAdoo had his appeal denied today. The News and Observer has the best coverage of this development. McAdoo was previously declared permanently ineligible by the NCAA — apparently due to tutor issues (if I am reading this right): UNC has declined to disclose which […]
9/3 email from UNC professor to Thorp makes numerous explosive assertions
WRAL recently made available this email, sent from UNC Kenan Professor of Medicine David Clemmons to Holden Thorp on September 3rd. The entire thing is a MUST READ. WRAL now has a searchable database of UNC emails up and ready for action. I would invite readers to do some researching and report back any fun stuff […]
BREAKING: Art Chansky out at UNC, 10/6 Chansky email to Thorp about search for Davis replacement
Late this afternoon the word came down that Art Chansky, who is a big wheel at Tar Heel Sports properties, was out, apparently unexpectedly. Also, around the same time, WTVD made available this email, which is amazing. Basically Chansky is critical of Davis in a vague way and is suggesting some guys to conduct a coaching […]
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