((ht: espn.com))
Sigh...anyone can sponsor a bowl game can't they? Maybe it's just because we're based in the south, but we've never heard of Quick Lane...
Anyway...
Rutgers jumped out to a 23-0 1st half lead, were up 40-7 in the 4th quarter, then cruised to a 40-21 win Friday in the Quick Lane Bowl in front of hundreds of fans at Ford Field in Detroit.
Josh Hicks ran for 202 yards and a TD, teammate Robert Martin ran for 100 yards and 2 TD's to lead the Scarlet Knights who ran for 340 yards against a very mediocre Tar Heels team.
Rutgers finishes the season at 8-5, North Carolina fell to 6-7.
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Showing posts with label North Carolina Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Carolina Football. Show all posts
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Monday, November 24, 2014
ICYMI: UNC Football Spray Paints Duke Locker Room and Practice Field After Win
((ht: heraldsun.com))
Oh geez North Carolina football, can you not act like you've won a game before?
The Tar Heels had much to celebrate this past Saturday. The team beat arch-rival Duke, spoiling the Blue Devils ACC title hopes on Duke's home field. And the win got the Tar Heels bowl eligible.
But it's what happened afterwards which forced UNC head coach Larry Fedora and athletic director Bubba Cunningham to offer a full-fledged apology and offer restitution.
The reason: The Tar Heels spray painted the visitors locker room and practice fields at Duke's football practice facility next to the stadium.
The damage is estimated at over $25,000.
Cunningham and Fedora have spoken to their counterparts at Duke and offered their apologies as well.
Our partners at the ACC Digital Network provide the reason for Saturday's over zealous celebrating:
Oh geez North Carolina football, can you not act like you've won a game before?
The Tar Heels had much to celebrate this past Saturday. The team beat arch-rival Duke, spoiling the Blue Devils ACC title hopes on Duke's home field. And the win got the Tar Heels bowl eligible.
But it's what happened afterwards which forced UNC head coach Larry Fedora and athletic director Bubba Cunningham to offer a full-fledged apology and offer restitution.
The reason: The Tar Heels spray painted the visitors locker room and practice fields at Duke's football practice facility next to the stadium.
The damage is estimated at over $25,000.
Cunningham and Fedora have spoken to their counterparts at Duke and offered their apologies as well.
Our partners at the ACC Digital Network provide the reason for Saturday's over zealous celebrating:
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
DEVELOPING: UNC Under Hazing Investigation With Football
((HT: WRALSportsfan.com))
Yahoo!Sports Pat Forde and Eric Adelson have a story up centering an investigation of UNC's football team. A walk-on freshman, Jackson Boyer, was apparently involved in something that left him with a reported concussion. The incident happened allegedly during camp at a Chapel Hill hotel.
The school gave a statement through Kevin Best, North Carolina's assistant athletic director for communications- and that's it: “We are aware of an incident involving members of the UNC football team that took place earlier this month. We take this allegation seriously and the University is conducting a thorough review.”
The Tar Heels, were 7-6 last season, and start their 2014 campaign Saturday at home against Liberty.
Here's highlights of the Spring Game as the Tar Heels look forward to this season...
And, for the record...
Here's the school's hazing policy for the record...
Yahoo!Sports Pat Forde and Eric Adelson have a story up centering an investigation of UNC's football team. A walk-on freshman, Jackson Boyer, was apparently involved in something that left him with a reported concussion. The incident happened allegedly during camp at a Chapel Hill hotel.
The school gave a statement through Kevin Best, North Carolina's assistant athletic director for communications- and that's it: “We are aware of an incident involving members of the UNC football team that took place earlier this month. We take this allegation seriously and the University is conducting a thorough review.”
The Tar Heels, were 7-6 last season, and start their 2014 campaign Saturday at home against Liberty.
Here's highlights of the Spring Game as the Tar Heels look forward to this season...
And, for the record...
Here's the school's hazing policy for the record...
Friday, January 17, 2014
UNC Suspends Research Privileges Of Critical Adviser
((HT: WRALSportsfan.com))
Mary Willingham has seven years of research that shows that UNC athletes in football and basketball are way behind their peers when it comes to reading levels. 60-percent, from 2003 to 2010 according to Willingham, were at elementary school levels and another 10-percent were at a third-grade level.
For whatever reason, the school is now telling Willingham that she has to stop doing her job because, according to WRAL-TV in Raleigh: "she can't continue to use data with information that could identify the subjects until she applies to the university's review board that governs human research."
Willingham said she's going to re-apply...
And the HQ will love to see what explanation-slash-excuse the school gives when they deny her privileges on the rebound...
Here's the Sara Ganim piece that seems to have started the furor-and-a-half...
((HT: CNN))
Chancellor Sarah Folt has challenged Willingham's numbers, but has issued an open letter to anyone willing to read saying that she cares:
"I take these claims very seriously, but we have been unable to reconcile these claims with either our own facts or with those data currently being cited as the source for the claims. Moreover, the data presented in the media do not match up with those data gathered by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions."
"Only two of the 321 student-athletes admitted in 2012 and 2013 fell below the SAT and ACT levels that were cited in a recent CNN report as the threshold for reading levels for first-year students. And those two students are in good academic standing."
The only problem with that second paragraph the HQ has in bold is that Willingham's numbers are from 2003-2010. Folt's admissions numbers are for two years later...
Jus' saying...
Mary Willingham has seven years of research that shows that UNC athletes in football and basketball are way behind their peers when it comes to reading levels. 60-percent, from 2003 to 2010 according to Willingham, were at elementary school levels and another 10-percent were at a third-grade level.
For whatever reason, the school is now telling Willingham that she has to stop doing her job because, according to WRAL-TV in Raleigh: "she can't continue to use data with information that could identify the subjects until she applies to the university's review board that governs human research."
Willingham said she's going to re-apply...
And the HQ will love to see what explanation-slash-excuse the school gives when they deny her privileges on the rebound...
Here's the Sara Ganim piece that seems to have started the furor-and-a-half...
((HT: CNN))
Chancellor Sarah Folt has challenged Willingham's numbers, but has issued an open letter to anyone willing to read saying that she cares:
"I take these claims very seriously, but we have been unable to reconcile these claims with either our own facts or with those data currently being cited as the source for the claims. Moreover, the data presented in the media do not match up with those data gathered by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions."
"Only two of the 321 student-athletes admitted in 2012 and 2013 fell below the SAT and ACT levels that were cited in a recent CNN report as the threshold for reading levels for first-year students. And those two students are in good academic standing."
The only problem with that second paragraph the HQ has in bold is that Willingham's numbers are from 2003-2010. Folt's admissions numbers are for two years later...
Jus' saying...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Georgia Sports Agent Indicted in North Carolina
((ht: newsobserver.com))And you ask; "Why is it a big deal an agent is indicted?"
The answer is this: Because Terry Watson (the agent) is being indicted in the University of North Carolina football scandal and the charges stem from a state law governing activities related to college athletes.
Watson, according to NewsObserver.com is facing 13 charges of "Athlete-agent inducement". Included are his dealings with former Tar Heel players Greg Little, Marvin Austin and Robert Quinn among others.
The state claims, among other things, Watson helped get Little at least $18,000 in extra benefits back in 2010.
And note--The state requires all agents to register with the state, something Watson may or may not have done as he lists his homebase as Marietta, Georgia.
Read much, much more from the News-Observer RIGHT HERE
We believe, but aren't 100% sure Watson is one of the, if not the first agent charged with breaking the law by practicing illegal activities with college athletes.
Many states have talked about or in some cases adopted laws to protect themselves and in turn their state schools from unscrupulous agents, a problem that's gotten progressively worse as more money flows through college athletics.
And yet it keeps happening.
The hope here is North Carolina's message will be a bit of a deterrent, though really, we don't believe it. Never the less, it's a good start. We'll follow this case as it progresses and let you know what happens.
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