Ken Tysiac pens an article today in the N&O, Thorp targeted online by upset UNC fans. Nine days before the start of football practice, Thorp fired Davis, explaining that allegations of nine major NCAA violations that included academic fraud have eroded the university’s reputation. Fans who were disappointed with Davis’ dismissal responded by creating fireholdenthorp.com. […]
UNC Scandal
Bob Orr, Colossal Jackass
The UNC football program’s public, clownish implosion has provided us with so much sweet, sweet schadenfruede that it has its own SFN category. Neat, huh? It’s almost to the point that nothing can possibly surprise me anymore. And I only say “almost” because of the surreal idiocy and chutzpah spewed by former NC Supreme Court […]
Records stolen from UNC Honor Court building — UNC declines comment on any connection between break-in and McAdoo case
There is nothing to say other than “wow.” Here is the full N & O story. At 8 a.m. Monday, UNC-CH officials discovered that the student judicial system office in Student and Academic Services Building North had been broken into and 31 students’ confidential records stolen, according to a news release. … The student judicial […]
Would This Be The “UNC Lunatic Fringe”?
So keep it civil (unless Kenan Stadium needs to be carpet bombed) when “imploring” the “Chancellor and BOT” to “step down.” Keep your emails, calls, letters and every known way of correspondence with the Chancellor and BOT imploring them to step down and for God’s sake have no hand in the hiring of the new AD. […]
Sunday Quick Hits
The coming week will see an influx of football stories as camp begins, so just a reminder to the new folks that there are a variety of topics being discussed over on the SFN Forums. As far as recent comments on The Scandal: Anne Blythe at the N&O wonders if UNC can play big-time football […]
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 […]
Butch and UNC admin offer conflicting stories on 216 records; Message board posters digging into Blake’s records(updated 8:35)
Are they really going to get away with this? Davis told reporters last week that the university reviewed the records in the fall of 2010. That’s true, but the university never made copies. “He didn’t give us the records,†said Nancy Davis. “We hired outside legal counsel to take a look at them, but he […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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