The reasons are…well…interesting.
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From a random ESPN piece.
You know the story. UNC is a basketball school. This is not in dispute and no manner of football success is really going to change that and if you do not believe me then take a look at Florida. That being said, one goal of Butch Davis and by extension Dick Baddour in paying Davis $2 million per year is that football can play a larger role in the UNC athletic culture. So imagine the frustration when a UNC alumnus named Steve Politi writes an article in the New Jersey Star-Ledger basically saying he does not give a flip about football.
Continue reading ‘We Can Do Without This Crap’
According to at least two columnists we are inundated to the point of drowning with Tyler Hansbrough.
UPDATE: This article by Mike Beas at the Anderson, IN Herald Bulletin serves as an excellent counterpoint to the sour grapes whining of Tyler Wilson. Beas correctly points out that UNC(and Duke) are national brands in basketball whereas Purdue and Indiana are not and also that Indiana is bleeding recruits left and right everywhere. He also does right by Zeller in saying:
Don’t blame Zeller for choosing Chapel Hill as where he would most like to spend the next few years growing as an athlete and, more importantly, human being. Applaud him for doing what makes him the happiest.
Well said.
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The example I am referring to is the sour grapes filled missive written by Tyler Wilson, assistant sports editor of the Purdue student paper The Exponent. Now maybe I should leave it alone but the premise set forth by this guy is so abjectly ignorant it deserves a response from someone in Tar Heel nation and that might as well be me.
Continue reading ‘Yet Another Example of Stellar Journalism[UPDATED]‘
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