UNC Scandal

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Judge rules against UNC-CH in media’s lawsuit (updated with Thorp’s statements) (2nd update with legal analysis)

  Full article. During the last month or so, the decision was made that our UNC-CH football scandal coverage would yield the field in favor of more important things.  Now that the basketball coaching situation has been settled and spring football practice is over, however, you can expect SFN to jump back on the UNC-CH football story.  Included will be […]

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O’Brien: “We can count at our school” (1:40 update with Ovies commentary)

This is a good report from a recent Fayetteville Wolfpack Club Caravan stop.  It includes an excellent quote from Coach O’Brien, perhaps directed at the recent ludicrous UNC-CH Spring Game crowd estimates: “We can count at our school,” O’Brien said. “We are obviously the mathematicians, the scientists. We don’t have to estimate or guesstimate. We’ll […]

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UNC-CH Spring Game attendance: friends and family only (updated Sunday p.m. with lots of bonus pictures)

  As you can see in the picture, those super-loyal UNC-CH football fans turned out literally by the dozens for their Spring Game, creating what must have been a big-time football atmosphere!  How did the wide receivers hear the signals over all the crowd noise?  Recruits must have been impressed. Let’s all take bets on the “announced attendance.” *********** 7:25 […]

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