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Former Penn player Stephen Danley wrote a post
on a New York Times blog concerning the North
Carolina team that just finished up drubbing his Quakers by 35 at the Palestra. And while he does hit some marks about UNC’s need to run the fast break ...
The Fayetteville Observer delves into the implications of
The Foul for this game. I encourage you to
read the whole thing after reading this quote from Mike Krzyzewski. WARNING: Please put away all fragile objects and dangerous tools before reading this quote. “It’s unfortunate,” Krzyzewski told reporters on the ACC coaches conference call. “And the person [...]
UNC needed another ninth inning rally to eliminate
Western Carolina 6-5 and sweep through the Chapel Hill
Regional. UNC needed similar heroics on Saturday to beat East Carolina 11-10 and entered the top of the ninth today trailing the Catamounts 5-4 ...
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UPDATE: Game 2 will resume at 2:30 PM
on Sunday with the Gamecocks coming up to bat
in the bottom of the seventh. The game will be televised on ESPN2. Game 3, if necessary, is scheduled for 7 PM and will also be televised on ESPN2. The Heels were ...
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I have written often on THF about my
father and his passing on the night of the
2005 National Semifinal. Daddy was 54 when he was suddenly taken in an accident. Losing a loved one is hard under any circumstances but I know of no case that it is harder ...
The Heels had their first practice of the
season and Butch Davis made his remarks to the
media. Tar Heel Blue has full coverage of “Reporting Day” here including audio of the Davis press conference. Inside Carolina has most of the quotes. ...
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Steve Spurrier once again cast a vote in
the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll for Duke who has
gone almost three years without beating a IA opponent. From the AJC: “It’s a vote for a school that has been special to me and my family,” said ...
Butch Davis indicated on Friday that his coaching
staff would be grading film following the Saturday scrimmage
in an effort to draw a bead on which QB will take snaps under center for UNC this fall. According to Adam Lucas’ scrimmage notes, ...
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Where: Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, NC When: September
1st, 6:00 PM TV: None. Radio: 1360 WCHL, 106.1
WRDU Records: UNC 0-0; JMU 0-0 So it begins. For the first time since nine years there is hope in Chapel Hill. Obviously, resurrecting a program ...
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From today’s offering in the N&O: Reasons for
low ACC expectations now apparent Caulton Tudor, Staff Writer
Six things we learned during the first weekend of the ACC football season:* Overall expectations for the league were low. Now ...
Famine or feast. That was how this game
felt for both teams really but for UNC especially.
This one was a tough loss to swallow but even more so because UNC had Connor Barth on the field to kick a 52 yard FG with 55 seconds left and then botched the ...
Earning Your Stripes While Lying on the Ground With Opposing Defensive Linemen On Top Of You And ...
Otherwise known as “The Very Hard Day for
T.J. Yates and the defense”
I wonder if during the last UNC home
game the local media writers go together and drew
straws to see who would be saddled with writing about the impact of Frank Beamer having reneged on his verbal agreement to coach at UNC in 2000 and head back to ...
As is the case with most games between
schools like North Carolina and South Carolina the media
usually picks up on some kind of narrative to hype the game. Surprisingly they have not really talked about the “real Carolina” probably ...
We have reached the point of the season
where we really should discuss scenarios as in who
is going to clinch the two divisions and get to play in front of a not sold out stadium in Jacksonville. Atlantic Division Boston College(8-0, 4-0): Complete ...
It has been said that the definition of
insanity doing something over and over while expecting a
different result. If this is true then the Big Ten is certifiable. Nine times we have played this and every year the results have been the same. Maybe ...
Where: Palestra, Philadelphia, PA When: Tuesday, December 4th,
7:00 PM TV: ESPN2 Records: UNC 7-0; Penn 2-6
Welcome home Wayne Ellington. Per UNC tradition, the Heels take a road trip to one of the player’s hometown, in this case Wayne ...
Where: Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill, NC(about dang
time) When: Tuesday, December 19th, 9:00 PM TV: ESPNU
Records: UNC 9-0; NSU 4-7 Welcome home fellas. Tyler Hansbrough, as of this posting, is listed as probable and was to be tested again Tuesday to see if he is able to do things like walk and chew gum at the same time. Nicholls [...]
Where: Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson, SC When: Sunday, January
6th, 7:30 PM TV: FSN Records: UNC 14-0, 0-0
ACC; Clemson 12-1, 0-0 ACC Let me just say that I hate going to Littlejohn ranked #1. And it is more than the loss in 2001 that ended the 18 game winning steak and basically sent UNC into the dark ages of [...]


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