^ Marvin at the gun show this past spring. Tonight’s entry is based on a piece that went up last Thursday but (appropriately) got lost behind our excellent pregame entries Friday and Saturday.  This point is too important to miss and represents a major theme that should be repeated — we are being asked to believe that Butch Davis knew almost nothing about what […]
UNC Scandal
Draughn in Atlanta with Hawkins? Or not? (nightly update day 72)
I have a two quick items tonight that are sort of leftovers but I wanted to clear them out this week to make way for all the great new stuff that is sure to come out next week. On Wednesday UNC player Shaun Draughn did an interview after being reinstated. It was pretty uninteresting until the last […]
Clemson Student Newspaper Weighs in On UNC Scandal
Brett Mills of Clemson’s Tiger News weighed in recently with an opinion piece on the ongoing NCAA investigation inquiry at UNC. Mills makes some excellent, salient points that are well worth reading and your consideration. While this may come as a huge surprise to our local sports radio contingent, NC State and its fans are […]
N&O discloses name of tutor involved in UNC scandal
UNC’s media blitz yesterday makes a lot more sense in light of this morning’s story from the N&O divulging the name of the tutor involved in UNC cheating scandal. This update last night from Old Macdonald is required reading. Please make sure you get up to speed on yesterday’s events. Wiley, 22, graduated from UNC […]
Why “the Carolina Way” is now a punch line (nightly update day 71).
Let’s get right to it. We have a lot of ground to cover. The fallout from yesterday’s NCAA suspensions began with Kendric Burney’s dad giving some great quotes that really raise questions about institutional control. You should read this article in full. I think this passage from that piece damages UNC-CH more than any other I have read since […]
Nightly Update Day 70
Wow! We started this new nightly update thing just at the right time. Tonight’s entry will not be as linear and organized as normal because I am pressed for time and the news is still developing and hard to analyze. Obviously tonight’s update deals with the NCAA issuing suspensions – Burney getting 6 games and Williams […]
Nightly Scandal Update
Tonight kicks off a new StateFans Nation feature.  We hope to write an entry every night or nearly every night recapping that day’s scandal news. In the unlikely event of a day with no scandal news, there is plenty of past material to mine for interesting discussion points. Before I get started, I have to tell everyone that you must read this […]
UNC Scandal: Context and Perspective
I saw an interesting proposal on PP last week (rswilli?) for a survey predicting the final outcome of the investigations currently underway at UNC. The choices were: – Slap on the wrist – Brick to the head – Hammer of Thor – Wrath of God Before you make a selection, maybe a little rational discussion […]
Hawkins’ date discrepancy and other scandal odds and ends (now updated)
Folks, one sure sign that the mess in Chapel Hill has achieved full Gong Show status is that I have to write “odds and ends” columns like this one regularly to make sure we don’t miss anything. First I will mention Butch Davis’ recent remarks as reported by WRAL. When asked about the futures of the 12 UNC-CH players that […]
N&O Editorial About UNC Scandal
John Drescher, Executive Editor of the News & Observer, wrote an editorial Saturday about the questions that should’ve been asked by the Faculty Council last week…but weren’t. When UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp appeared before the Faculty Council last week to discuss investigations into the Tar Heel football program, the scene was set for the […]
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