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Will The NCAA Announce UNC’s Penalties Next Week?

The last shoe to drop. After over sixteen months of reading tweets, reading between the lines on press releases, looking at notices of allegations from UNC as well as other schools, listening to the incessant stream of crap flowing from the ABC contingent and spending way too much time thinking about the travel habits of [...]

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Obligatory “What Do Ohio State’s Penalties Mean For UNC?” Post

The short answer: Probably not much.

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UNC Suspends Jones, Reinstatement Pending [UPDATED: Jones Cleared by NCAA]

See update at end of post…

In an NCAA eligibility dance Carolina football fans unfortunately know all too well, UNC has suspended senior wideout Dwight Jones for the Independence Bowl after his appearance on a flier for a New Year’s Eve party with Jones being the featured birthday guest.

From the News and Observer:

“Coach [Everett] [...]

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Someone Forgot to Tell Dwight Jones to Stay Off Facebook

Oh no, here we go again.

Another UNC football player may have run afoul over NCAA regulations over - get this - a flier for his own birthday party.

Senior wide receiver Dwight Jones is featured on a flier for a Burlington nightclub that is promoting a New Year’s Eve birthday party in Jones’ honor.

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Has Holden Thorp Been Vindicated?

On July 28, UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp took a torch to the Butch Davis era at Carolina, firing the coach after the NCAA levied charges of nine major infractions against the football program and the previously unrevealed plagiarism of work produced by Michael McAdoo came to the forefront. Now, barely 4 1/2 months after that [...]

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Media Wants UNC to Demand COI Hearing Be Public; Blake to Appear

And in today’s weather forecast for the Greater Hades area, a chance of snow!

The media consortium that is suing UNC for the release of records regarding the NCAA investigation into the football program has asked the university to demand that Friday’s hearing with the NCAA Committee on Infractions be open to the public and [...]

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Media Fairly Unhappy Amy Herman Doesn’t Take Notes

*Insert bad lawyer joke here*

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Davis’ Lawyers Move To Quash The Subpoena

*Insert the Law and Order sound here*

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NCAA and Elaine Marshall Are Not Playing Nicely in the Subpoena Sandbox

Lost in the din of the announcement of Bubba Cunningham as UNC’s new AD, Late Night with Roy and the opening of hoops season, and a big ACC game with Miami this weekend is this territorial tug-of-war between the NCAA and the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office (from the AP via ESPN):

The North [...]

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Media Would Like to See Butch Davis’ 216 Phone Records

The vexing question is did they say “pretty please”?

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Your Obligatory Tire Fire Update

UNC’s 4-1 start has blown the stench of the smoldering NCAA mess out to sea for most of the season, but a few things have bubbled up of late that serve to remind us the tires are still ablaze. Here are some quick notes of the week:

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