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 […]
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2012 Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic – Aug 24-26
This upcoming weekend August 24-26 will be the 19th Annual Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic. Here is a rundown of all the events, you can find all of this info at golfclassic.org The golf tournament will be held on Sunday Aug 26 at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course on Centennial Campus with a 9:30am shotgun […]
Mid-Summer Checkpoint
As July turns to August, things usually start heating up. No time like the present to play a little catch up. – Wolfpack Basketball hopes to build on last season’s sweet sixteen appearance. Hopefully, the early season workouts and team togetherness provided by the upcoming tour of Spain will accelerate their ability to work […]
Friday News Links(lots of stuff!!!)
Well it’s Friday again and believe it or not, UNC-CH football is back in the news. Hakeem Nicks, one of the all-time great football players at UNC-Chapel Hill, played his final season in 2008 while ineligible to be on the field, the university acknowledged Thursday. NCAA documents show that Nicks received improper academic help in […]
UGA Fan response to UGA football player arrest(must read!!!)
In case you missed it, a University of Georgia running back(ranked #1 at his position in his recruiting class) was arrested and dismissed from the team this week. According to a police report issued Friday, the serial number on a 9-millimeter Luger found under the driver’s seat had been scratched off completely, but Crowell denied […]
NC State Athletics – Setting A New Status Quo
Wow!!! It is amazing what happens when you combine leadership, vision, accountability, talent, hardwork, and incredible fan support: Today, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics released the 2012 Directors’ Cup standings. In that national metric, which recognizes all-sports success in collegiate athletics, the Wolfpack stands at 37th – it’s highest mark in six […]
1st NC State Hall of Fame class announced
Yesterday, Athletic Director Debbie Yow announced the Inaugural Hall of Fame class for the NC State Hall of Fame. The inductees are: I don’t have any real qualms with the first class. Obviously, some of the names were locks like Thompson, Case, Yow, and Brown. All inductees are deserving of being a part of this […]
Dan Kane (N&O): Questions Linger
Of all folks, it’s the N&O keeping the heat on The Flagship. Many of us keep rightly pointing out that The Flagship Spin Machine is distancing the basketball program from this mess, making sure to always call it “football class.” Our new friend Dan Kane questions this and highlights several other key questions that remain […]
Four-member BOG panel to oversee UNC-CH academic scandal investigation
There is a lot of news breaking from the slow-motion train wreck in Chapel Hill.  Tonight the News and Observer ran this article explaining how the BOG has now all of a sudden decided that maybe UNC-CH wasn’t exactly going the extra mile to get to the bottom of their raging academic scandal. Some good […]
Heather Dinich ranks State’s Facilities atop ACC
Our good buddy Heather Dinich ranks the ACC’s “fuhcilitus” (as all you folks Down East call them). She doesn’t waste any time on analysis, but she ranks State’s atop the ACC. ESPN: Image is everything — especially to a 17-year-old recruit who is easily swayed by the glitz and glam of trophy cases, sprawling coaches’ […]
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