 Gary used his contacts in the coaching community to help him get players. This has recently come into public view, as the NCAA and the state of North Carolina are investigating the Tar Heels football program and whether John Blake, a Carolina assistant coach since 2007, steered players to Gary and received money from […]
UNC Scandal
No word on the identification of the UNC ‘agents’
Neither Athletic Director Dick Baddour nor Chancellor Holden Thorp would name names. Baddour said he couldn’t even say how many people were involved in giving improper benefits to players. “It’s so varied I’m not prepared to speak off the cuff on that,” he said. Asked whether it was safe to say that multiple agents are […]
Bill Friday Says the System Needs Reform
Defenders of the “Carolina Way” want to make it painfully clear that there is no lack of institutional control over at the Flagship. They want to make sure we all know the system is to blame, not the University or any of the administrators, coaches or players associated with it. Bill Friday wants to make […]
Things you may have missed today (Day 89)
A lot happened today, and this entry was updated several times by multiple members of the SFN author team. It covered all of the breaking news as it happened. Because of all the work put into our main entry today, my entry tonight does not have a lot of analysis — it just points out a […]
Breaking Lies: Austin, Little & Quinn permanently ineligible [11:40 Update & Commentary]
According to reports, Greg Little and Robert Quinn will never see the field again for UNC-CH. According to the linked article: Little accepted diamond earrings, as well as travel accommodations for the Bahamas, Washington D.C. and two trips to Miami, among other benefits. Quinn accepted two black diamond watches, a pair of matching earrings and […]
Inside Carowhina: I just hurt myself laughing
I once heard ESPN’s Colin Cowherd talk about the ‘say it out loud test’. The basic premise of Cowherd’s test is to simply recite the fact set of the issue(s) at hand out loud and listen to see how stupid it actually sounds against a framework of basic, simple common sense. The following video kind […]
UNC’s timeframe & 3 reasons why CMFD’s Sgt. Schultz defense isn’t plausible (Day 85)
I assume most of you have heard by now about the UNC comments following the BOG meeting today. You can watch a report and read about it here also. This stuff gets covered in real-time during the day on our message boards which is one of the reasons we are always trying to send your attention that […]
UNC Info Ministry: Thorp owes the public clarification on academics [3:20pm commentary]
If you’ve read SFN for any length of time, you’ve noticed that we are sticklers for the real truth, the whole truth, and an accurate and educated view of the truth. With this said, I’m sure that you can recognize why the UNC athletics scandal and academic fraud cases are so fascinating to us. Today, […]
‘Acts that are likely to demonstrate a lack of institutional control’ [Updated 2pm]
There is just so much stupidity out there — in some pockets of the population — and so much misinformation….and so much biased personal opinion being shared as something close to fact and reality… …that we thought we would do some folks the service of attempting to limit their embarrassment and ignorance by sharing a […]
Blake called Wichard within minutes of talking with Suh’s family
Full link(definite read). On Monday, Nebraska’s Pelini told the World-Herald he remembered a concern over Blake contacting Suh. Pelini said he asked Jeff Jamrog, Nebraska ’s assistant athletic director for football, to call North Carolina and handle the matter. Jamrog said he also recalled the instance but did not provide details of contact between the […]
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