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 […]
UNC Scandal
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 […]
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 […]
SI connecting some dots re: UNC-CH’s agent scandal.
While the academic cheating scandal has curiously moved to the back burner, the agent prong of UNC-CH’s national nightmare is getting a lot of press lately. Most recently, Sports Illustrated has published this article explaining some of the various facets of the UNC-CH mess. Notice that the national press is all over this story while the local folks […]
Thorp: Davis’ status “not a fair question,†and “plan right now†is for Davis to remain!
As you can read about here, today UNC-CH Chancellor Holden Thorp gave some very interesting answers to questions about Butch Davis’ job status. Asked, prior to a meeting with UNC’s faculty, if he could definitively say that Davis would remain as the football coach, Thorp began his response by saying it wasn’t a fair question. […]
Curious phone records between Blake and agent surface
Tuesday evening the News and Observer posted this article. It details a strange pattern (and odd  frequency) of communication that former UNC-CH Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator John Blake had with Gary Wichard, an agent who is a long-time friend of Blake. Folks, I honestly don’t know what to make of a lot of this, but I […]
Blake resigns!
Blake resigns.
SchadenFriday! UNC Board of Governors member calls scandals ‘humiliating’
At StateFansNation we thought it would be fun this afternoon to provide a light piece that linked in various things regarding the ongoing public-relations pig orgy that is transpiring in Chapel Hill. The hilarity of “Bus Watch” this morning, with actual live coverage of who got on the UNC-CH football busses bound for the airport — and the aftermath, […]
Marvin Facebooks!
Just when you thought all the rocks were turned over, our man Marvin comes through and provides some more great material!  I am sure most of you heard about this, but apparently our man has given up Twittering but taken up Facebook! Which is great for us! Yesterday it came to light that our man […]
Baddour & Butch hold presser, confirm Blake involved in NCAA investigation [2:40pm Update]
Question: If a press conference is held where nothing is said…has a press conference really been held at all? I don’t have a lot of time today so I can’t have my normal commentary right now. But, on the heels of this absolutely fantastic discussion, the ‘leadership’ at UNC-CH broke their public silence and held […]
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