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Tar Heels Step Into Tar Hell
After spending a year mired in scandals, and giving Coach Butch Davis several votes of confidence, the North Carolina Tar Heels, in an astonishing example of horrid timing, finally fired Davis. The North Carolina football program has been a mess for almost a year, from various academic scandals...
Next Up In The NCAA Penalty Box: North Carolina
Agents Academic Fraud Illegal Benefits Call it the Trifecta of NCAA violations – those are among the charges against the North Carolina football program, the kind that almost always bring serious consequences. But of course if you have been paying attention to Barking Carnival, you already were...
Thank You Butch Davis
For making the hot seat that Les Miles is perched on just a little bit cooler -- if only temporarily. Miles and LSU are to open the season next weekend against #18 North Carolina -- a game that during the summer looked to be a brutal test for the Bengal Tigers -- but now Miles and LSU appear to be...
The North Carolina Agent Fiasco The John Blake Stain
A man is known by the company he keeps, but also by the company from which he is kept out. - Grover Cleveland Butch Davis and the North Carolina Carolina Tar Heels made a statement to the college football world when they hired John Blake to head their football recruiting operations. And now...
Q&A with T.H. from Carolina March
I reached out to T.H. from Carolina March and despite the craziness of the season (especially since it is both basketball and football season, and UNC fans do enjoy their basketball), he was kind enough to get back to me with some answers about the general state of their program and what Mizzou...
BCS Programs Making Coaching Moves While Boston College Stands Still
Brian: It has been a big, big year for the college football coaching carousel. To date, a total of 24 Division I-A programs will be breaking in new coaches in 2012, including 11 from BCS AQ conferences. Within the conference, North Carolina just hired Southern Miss's Larry Fedora to replace the...
Setting Expectations For Boston College's Head Football Coach
Jeff: There are a lot of people in the #FireSpaz camp, and a few people in the do not #FireSpaz camp including obviously those who ultimately #FireSpaz or not. I think the decision ultimately comes down to expectations. If our expectations are to be Alabama, then we #FireSpaz without question. If...
Conference Hopping, Part IV.2
As promised, here is another look at TCU's move to the Big East. The personnel issues that I highlit in my first take on the move have cleared, somewhat. West Virginia and Pittsburgh did indeed change coaching regimes. Pitt did so in the usual fashion-- firing its coach and hiring another, Mike...
Browsing The College Football Coaching Bargain Bin
Yesterday, A.J. took a look at USA Today's comprehensive college football coach salary database, noting that Boston College has paid Spaz roughly $359,000 per win this season. This sounds like a lot of cash, until you take a look at other coaches salary per win figures. As it turns out, BC is still...
Q/A with Tar Heel Fan Blog
Tar Heel Fan Blog is the premier UNC Blog, in my opinion. Doc is the premier Tar Heel Fan Blogger so we decided to ask him some questions about the Heels about football again (as opposed to hoops). Proceed: Bird: Coach K called the theft of Syracuse and Pittsburgh a "coup" for hoops. What do...
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