NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Chandler Steps into New Role at Left Tackle Some say the most important position on the Pack’s offensive line is the left tackle, having to protect the blindside for QB Mike Glennon. Last week at Connecticut, the Pack had to make an adjustment at that position as Week 1 starter Rob […]
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Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE FOOTBALL AARON BEARD (AP) N.C. State’s offense off to sluggish start Coach Tom O’Brien said several factors have contributed to the slow start for Glennon – and the offense, for that matter. “It starts with the protection and goes to the route running … and it goes to him with his decision making […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Wolff Named ACC Defensive Back of the Week Senior safety Earl Wolff was named the ACC Defensive Back of the Week after his performance in helping the Wolfpack come away with a 10-7 win at Connecticut. GoPack.com Carter-Finley Stadium Starts Digital Ticketing Tickets will now be scanned upon entry in Carter-Finley […]
Hold the presses: NCAA and UNC agree
UNC has released a statement about the NCAA investigation into the alleged UNC academic problems. With the NCAA enforcement staff, our internal working group of University Counsel Leslie Strohm, Senior Associate Dean Jonathan Hartlyn, and former faculty athletics representative Jack Evans interviewed faculty and staff in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies, academic support […]
UNC internal review not thorough
WRAL News is reporting that the UNC internal review was not thorough. The UNC internal report, however, only covered lecture courses. WRAL News looked at data about independent study courses offered by the department and found additional red flags – lots of athletes with the potential for earning twice the credit offered by other departments […]
Roy Williams, 3 percent, and Swahili
In the past week, the News and Observer has dropped the academic bomb on the University of North Carolina. An investigation into the African and Afro-American studies classes from 2007-2011 showed the following: There were 686 enrollments for the 54 suspect classes. Of those, football players accounted for 246 of the enrollments, or 36 percent, […]
UNC-CH: We lost to NC State because we didn’t paint our nails
If Shaun Draughn and his vaseline wasn’t enough to perpetuate UNC-CH student stereotypes a few years ago, we give you this video that you cannot miss! (Hat tip to this thread on the SFN message forums.)
UNC-CH academic scandal update & Tar Heel police blotter roundup
A WRAL story that went up this evening has some interesting details regarding the widening academic scandal in Chapel Hill. The most important thing to me is the revelation that, according to the article, ~58% of the students in the “suspect” classes were athletes: More than half of the students enrolled in the classes in question were […]
DFCF: 2,000 days since UNC-CH beat State in football
We just wanted to commemorate an anniversary with our readers today as it has been 2,000 days since UNC-CH last found a way to defeat NC State on the football field. This little statistical nugget came to my attention through Dave From Cater-Finley’s twitter feed this afternoon. If you are looking for more NC State-related […]
Ovies: North Carolina’s NCAA gift that keeps on giving (updated with commentary 3:49 pm)
Full link. While a sports related scandal exposed possible fraud within the African and Afro-American Studies department, the issue goes well beyond athletics. It eats at the core of what a university is all about. North Carolina prides itself in national academic recognition. That’s why public comments from chancellor Holden Thorp and UNC system president […]
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