THE STREAK - Tar Heel Futility From Rivals.com: "North Carolina has never had a 3,000-yard passer nor 1,000-yard receiver. North Carolina had a 1,000-yard rusher every season from 1973 to 1984, but a Tar Heel has not hit that mark since Jonathan Linton did it in 1997." UNC, formerly known as "Tailback U" has not had a 1000 yard rusher in 11 years.   If it wasn't for Linton's 199 yards against Duke, the streak would go back 15 years.  More amazing is that UNC is the o­nLY SCHOOL NEVER to have a 3000 yd passer or 1000 yd receiver.  They've fielded a football team since 1888.  You'd think that high school players at the skill positions would have second thoughts about attending the "QB/Receiver Graveyard".   Link to Rivals Published May 13, 2008 - 08:31 PM

Roy is above the rules From the N&O: North Carolina's men's basketball team o­n Tuesday had what a team official called an extraordinary chance to play basketball with presidential candidate Barack Obama.So extraordinary that an NCAA rule appears to have been broken -- and the NCAA is apparently going to ignore it. NCAA bylaw 17.5.2.2  prohibits "observing student-athletes in any basketball activities even if such activities are not arranged by the institution’s coach."  17.5.2.2(f) also states "prior to the start of o­n-court preseason basketball practice members of the institution’s coaching staff may not be involved with o­ne or more team members at any location." It certainly appears that Roy is observing "basketball activities" by "one or more team members".  But, NCAA media relations director Erik Christianson believes "this was a unique situation and not an NCAA issue."   NOT AN NCAA ISSUE?  A rule is flagrantly violated and it's not an issue?    This is yet another example of Roy thumbing his nose at the rules and, in this case, getting away with it.  Published Apr 30, 2008 - 01:56 PM

Butch Davis Hires 4 Star Recruit's High School Coach Illegal?  No.  Sleazy?  Yes.   Butch Davis and John "Black Santa" Blake have shown they'll go to any means to land a highly regarded recruit. Paul Gonnella was hired last week at the University of North Carolina to be the football program’s Director of Player Personnel and Assistant Recruiting Coordinator.  Who is Paul Gonnella?  He is a high school coach from Boston that has a 14-12 record with no playoff appearances.  Six years ago he was a high school assistant coach.  He also served for two years as a graduate assistant for John Blake at Mississippi State.  Oh yeah...did we tell you he was also Joshua Adams' coach last year?  Adams happens to be a 4 star wide receiver that committed to UNC.  There have been other "package deals" in the past.  There was Herb Sendek's hire of Kenny Inge's high school coach.  But that guy (Phelps) had a 148-53 record and several championships. There was Larry Brown's hire of Danny Manning's dad at Kansas.  Mr. Manning played in the ABA and NBA.   If you're going to offer these package deals at least hire someone with some qualifications for the position.  Another interesting tidbit is that Gonnella left his team o­n a leave of absence for three weeks in the middle of the football season last year (the team went 2-0, by the way).   Many parents and players were irate.   Here's what a former player had to say: "Popular" and "caring" are two words that would never describe Coach G. He was always in it for himself, and would often leave us to practice for hours a night while he went home. He was an asshole, and will always be remembered as such" Read more comments from Cambridge here Published Apr 15, 2008 - 05:48 PM

Roy Shows His True Colors The latest "LOOK AT ME!" episode of Roy Williams' coaching life took a few folks by surprise during the NCAA title game.  There he was sitting with his Kansas cronies, cheering for the Jayhawks, wearing a big Jayhawk sticker o­n his sweater.   It was an obvious plea to the Kansas fanbase to forgive him for leaving their program high and dry and o­n o­n probation a few years ago.  Judging by reaction from the Kansas Scout forums, it didn't work.  Most posts from KU fans fell into two categories.  1. "Please leave us alone, you jerk"  or 2. "I forgive him.  At least we have a championship caliber coach now".   Poor Roy pissed off quite a few UNC fans, too.  Here's a sample from IC: "Roy...why you gotta flaunt it? Just sit in the arena...sit in the KU section for all I care...but there is no need for that stupid bird sticker!!" Most coaches would have come home with their team or stayed with their team at the game.  Instead, the Tar Heel players were met by about 50 fans at the airport without their leader. Here's a SI reporter and UNC grad that not's happy about it. Published Apr 15, 2008 - 05:18 PM

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Roy Opens Mouth - Roy Lies Again In an amazing story of bravery similar to Hillary Clinton's recollection of sniper attacks o­n a Bosnian airstrip, Roy has reached way back in the memory bank and told a tall tale of being pelted with rotten fruit at a Duke game.    From the Orlando Sentinel: It's hard to relax when you're worried about wearing rotten vegetables. The thought crossed Williams' mind Friday as he prepared to walk from the tunnel o­nto the Alamodome court.   "If I go out there and 37 people throw tomatoes at me, that'll bother me a little bit," he said. "But I've been hit by a rotten grapefruit at Duke." We are supposed to believe that for nearly thirty years this story has been kept secret.  Since 1979 there have been hundreds of "Duke vs Carolina Rivalry" columns written, but NOBODY...not o­ne reporter, columnist, fan, coach or player....has ever mentioned witnessing or hearing about this grapefruit incident.   If this had happened (which it didn't) it would have been o­n the front page of the Raleigh Times the following day.   Daggummit Roy, if you're going to lie at least make it  halfway believable. Published Apr 05, 2008 - 04:51 PM

The Tears of Ol' Roy A great post from the Kansas Scout site message boards.... I'm just going to post this as a basic response to most of the articles -- specifically the Jason King piece -- about Roy and Kansas fans and the Armeggedon matchup o­n Saturday. I have the feeling that most media members and "reasonable people" are, again, painting this picture of Roy as some poor, tortured soul who has been terrorized by the irrational behavior of a lunatic fan base. Like most things, this is partly true. Yes, the whole thing is ridiculous, yes, some fans go overboard, yes people need to let go, blah blah and blah. But fuggit, this is a message board, and I can say whatever I want to say about Ol' Roy and how much of a self-involved freakin'drama queen he is and always has been. So here I go... what the hell, it's sports right? And it's not truly fun if we don't have a villain to kick around... so buckle up. There's a quote from a guy named Scott Buxton about this whole saga being like a ugly break up or a divorce. When I first read the article, the whole breakup of a marriage angle seemed melodramatic and convenient, until King painted this picture of seemingly constantly sobbing (surprise!) Roy torn apart at the seams by the two passions, the two great loves of his life, Kansas and Carolina. The image of Roy leaning in for a sip of his Coca-Cola as he reflects and laments, talks about the angst ridden secret meeting with Dana Andersen in Los Angeles -- well, the cynic in me has come out, daggers up, to issue a rebuttal of sorts. I can't resist. As ridiculous as this may sound to some, a relationship with a coach to a university, especially with o­ne as passionate and as committed as KU's fanbase -- IS like a marriage, especially when you have to deal with each other over the course of fifteen years. There's the courtship, first date, moving into together... but when o­ne of you commits, and then doesn't commit, and then vows to be together forever, thick or thin, and then races off with another woman o­n a private jet in the middle of the night... then, sorry, but **** 'em. Seriously. They aren't OWED anything -- not the pictures of the wedding, the family dog, the blissful feelings of first love, or the terrific friends we made over the years. Roy is so tortured about being hated by KU fans, but, like most egomaniacs, Roy wants it both ways, to be loved by o­ne divorced fan base while being married to another, no matter what happened in between, and hence all his moaning about those dadgum great things he done for the good people of Kansas.    To read more, click o­n the headline "The Tears of Ol' Roy".... Published Apr 04, 2008 - 06:14 PM

APRIL FOOLS! With the recent news of Duke's Taylor King transferring, we asked ourselves "What if we played a little joke o­n Carolina fans and made them think he was considering transferring to UNC?"  So we created a little web page that had some bogus comments from a fictional high school coach that appeared to be from King's hometown newspaper.  Then we sat back......and the Tarheel minions bit...hook, line and sinker.   UNC fans rushed to DBR to rub it in.  They posted o­n InsideCarolina (see some of the posts) and o­n other message boards across the nation.  Admittedly, this joke wasn't quite as good as this o­ne a few years ago:  Roy Lands a Big o­ne or this o­ne: Felton, Quentin Out, but we enjoyed reading about the Tarheel fans drooling o­n themselves. We know quite a few Heels fans that bit including BATarHeel05, HeelInTheOzarks, CarolinaBlueAvenger, skyblueheel, Dick Jones,  Mendel, cp1017, harkthasound, heelinhell, HPBoss, Sonny Boy Breeze, CarMichael, and from our own message board, PhilFordsVehicle and SchoolZone. Published Apr 01, 2008 - 06:57 PM

Tarheel Fans are the Best Perhaps they are "better" because they have so much invested in their Heals. Let's face it...without the Heals, guys like that goofball  in your mail room or the single 47 year old quiet guy 4 cubicles down wouldn't have a whole lot in their lives. They've latched o­n to the most meaningful thing in their life, attached themselves to an entity that turns them from dorks to winners, and gives them a chance to poke their chests out for the first time in their lives. Not o­nly are they now "winners", but they also (in their minds) become part of the unc community. Why else would they post/defend/brag about USNWR stats about academic rankings? If a unc@ch researcher wins a Nobel Prize, a little bit of the award rests o­n their mantles. They will some day join James K. Polk, Charles Kuralt, Thomas Wolfe and others at that wine and cheese party in the sky, walk up to them dressed in their $9 50/50 unc sweatsuits and yell, "How 'bout them heels!" They are now accepted (at least they think they are) into Blue Heaven...and they are content.  Published Mar 29, 2008 - 04:59 PM

Michael Jordan Tribute We came across a great  tribute ballad written by a singer/songwriter named John Niems and felt compelled to put it in a video honoring the great #23.  Enjoy.   View the video. Published Mar 29, 2008 - 04:47 PM

The Tangled Web of former Tarheel James Daye James Daye, basketball coach at McKinley High School in Buffalo and a member of the Tarheel basketball team in the mid 1980's, is in serious trouble.  He has been accused of having sex with a girls basketball player.  Another former player has come forward after reading about the current situation and admitted to having sex with Daye.  She said,  "I think I was enamored by, you know, he played at UNC, that kind of stuff." That's not all he's been up to: Members of McKinley's basketball and football teams -- coached by Daye-- were placed in special-education classes so they got assistance to keep their grades up and remain eligible to play sports. As a result, students who would have legitimately qualified for special-education services didn't receive them.  Link Read the story from The Buffalo News Published Mar 15, 2008 - 12:55 PM

Dean Smith's Coaching Tree For years Dean Smith has been hailed in Chapel Hill as the greatest thing since sliced bread. "Honor", "The right way", "The Carolina way", "Family and loyalty" are just a sample of the many slogans tossed about by the UNC loyalists when describing Coach Smith and his program. Along with "players in the NBA." And of course, his famous "coaching tree". With a cursory glance at basketball just this decade, o­ne would think that judging from the success of his disciples, Larry Brown and Roy Williams, that such terms hold a lot of merit. But let's take a closer look, shall we? We'll start with Brown. A vagabond coach who jumps from job to job, displaying none of the loyalty of which the Tarheel nation speaks. His successes at the collegiate level came with a price as he left both schools with whom he won a national championship facing imminent probations. So much for "the right way". Brown is also known as a malcontent who often points his finger at individual players and his teams as a whole when things aren't going his way. His foray into the Olympics in 2004, where he brought home the coveted bronze medal and his tenure with the New York Knicks being the two most recent examples of his "me first" shameless self-promotion. Hailed as the "best basketball coach in the world" following his 2004 NBA Championship with the Detroit Pistons, Brown then sabotaged his team's efforts to repeat as champions by flirting, during the play-offs, with the Cleveland Cavaliers o­nly to wind up as coach of the Knicks. Next, we look at Roy Williams. The Huckleberry Hound of the coaching ranks, his "down home, aw shucks" persona belies the scheming, conniving cutthroat with a history of payola to players, accepting anyone who can help his program, clandestine dealings with the nefarious and infamous Myron Piggie, and backstabbing friends and colleagues. Williams turned down the first opportunity to coach the Tarheels when, truth be known, he had a stockpile of talent at Kansas and was poised to make a title run and the UNC cupboard was emptier than at any time in the history of the school. o­nce his former protege, Matt Doherty, had resupplied the UNC program with National Championship talent, o­nly then did Ol' Roy stab his former assistant and friend in the back to take the job, and championship from him. We can take a look at others as well, Doherty's highly public lynching at the hands of prima donna players with no backing from Dean or the UNC administration is yet another blight o­n the legacy of Dean's "coaching tree". George Karl has been a coach in the NBA for a very long time and has won absolutely nothing. Eddie Fogler, fired at USC. Buzz Peterson, fired at Tennessee. King Rice and his highly publicized antics, not the least of which includes going into the stands after fans. Curtis Hunter was fired from NC A&T State University following a 1-26 season! And now we find yet another. Former UNC guard, and Dean Smith protege, James Daye, who, due to an affair with a student, was fired during his tenure at a South Carolina high school before even coaching a game, and has now caused such a rucus at his current job that the events in South Carolina have come to light. There are others, with shorter, less stellar careers, Randy Weil come to mind, but I think we've seen enough to realize that the Dean Smith Coaching Tree legend is o­ne more of myth and style rather than fact or substance. This story was contributed by the world famous St. Augie Doggie (staugiedoggie@acctalk.com) Published Mar 15, 2008 - 12:01 PM

"LONG SNAPPER U" There is "The U" a.k.a. Miami.  There's "Tailback U" a.k.a. USC.  Now there is "Long Snapper U" a.k.a. UNC.   With the election of former Tarheel center Ethan Albright to the 2008 Pro Bowl, UNC has finally fulfilled its legacy as the foremost cultivator of long snappers to the NFL.  It all started back in 1993, when UNC was actually making a case for becoming the new "Tailback U" due to the 1000 yard rushing seasons of players like Amos Lawrence, Kelvin Bryant and Natrone Means.  But the rushing accolades began to dwindle (the last UNC back to rush for 1000 yds was Jonathan Linton...who?...in 1997).   Albright was drafted into the NFL and started a lengthy NFL career as a long snapper.  After 15 years his dream was realized by being selected to his first Pro Bowl.  There were other great UNC long snappers along the way.  The Donnalley brothers, Kevin (1991) and Rick (1981) played in the NFL and flirted with long snapper greatness.  Then in 1998 Jeff Saturday, another Pro Bowler, entered the NFL and despite giving up long snapping duties became a legitimate three time Pro Bowl center.   The New Breed Long Snapper out of UNC is led by Greg Warren of the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Drafted in 2005, he is making a name for himself and should take the helm of Premier Long Snapper when Albright retires.  He's currently snapping for former Tarheel kicker Jeff Reed.  This pathway to the pros would have started even sooner if Greensboro native Jeff Bostic had selected UNC instead of Clemson, like everyone thought he would.  Bostic entered the NFL in 1980 as a long snapper and went o­n to greatness as o­ne of the Redskins' famous "Hogs".   Win a few, lose a few.   We salute you Ethan Albright "Mr. Long Snapper" for solidifying the Tar Heels as "Long Snapper U".  Without you, there would be no last second field goals, no 50 yard punts.  May the legacy live o­n. Published Feb 23, 2008 - 06:52 PM

Daily Tar Heel: "Duke Will Win & Coach K > Roy" Just hours before Carolina and Duke square off at the Dean Dome, UNC's school newspaper has announced that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is a better coach than Roy Williams.  They are also predicting a 5 point win for the Blue Devils even though oddsmakers disagree. Although Coach K is certainly regarded as a better coach everywhere other than Chapel Hill , it surprised us that the Tarheel's official paper would admit to such.  We applaud them for their unbiased reporting.   Link to the Daily Tarheel story. Published Feb 06, 2008 - 01:44 PM

DON'T TAZE ME DUDE!!! A large crowd in front of Players nightclub o­n East Franklin Street early Friday morning  led to o­ne individual being tased. “Two individuals refused to move at the order of the officer and o­ne of the individuals was fighting and the other refused to move and resisted officers when they attempted to remove them from the sidewalk.  A struggle ensued and the individual was subsequently tased.  A taser device was used o­n the individual to get him under control,” a police officer said. 19-year-old LeCount Fantroy, a UNC-Chapel Hill football player, was tased after refusing to move.  20-year-old Tavares Brown, also a UNC-Chapel Hill football player, and Fantroy were charged with Failure to Disperse and Blocking a Sidewalk.  In addition, Fantroy was arrested and faces charges for Underage Consumption of an Alcoholic Beverage and Resisting Arrest. Read the original story from WCHL Published Feb 02, 2008 - 07:33 PM

GO BACK TO THE GHETTO!!!!!! The news of UNC's 82-80 home loss at home to Maryland takes a seat at the back of the bus to other events that went o­n during and after the game.  Not o­nly was Terrapins guard Greivis Vasquez taunted during the game by the UNC student section prompting him to fire back verbally, but o­ne coed let this little racial epithet slip out o­n national TV while lamenting the loss. The debasing comment was o­ne of the worst we've ever heard.  There's no place for this type of language in college athletics, particularly coming from a member of the student booster club at courtside.  The Carolina Fever Club, the UNC AD and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill owe it to the Maryland players and the TV viewers to identify the offending fan and ban her from all future sporting events at the Dean Dome.  Somebody in the Fever Club should step forward and ID the girl.  If they don't, we can o­nly assume that the club and the university condones such behavior.  Published Jan 22, 2008 - 09:55 PM

Bisexual S&M Group Sex Party Goes Bad Three UNC football players were found bound and partially clothed by police after deciding that a late night sex party wasn't going like they planned.   What we know so far is that there was consensual sexual contact, there was a naked guy in a hallway, and o­ne of the players got his gonads fondled by the naked guy.  Judging from the pictures of the offenders, there may be more nuts involved than we think.    This o­ne will be fun to follow in the courts!  Link to SI.com    Link to WRAL.com Published Dec 20, 2007 - 10:29 PM

FREE MICHAEL VICK!!!!! Former Tarheel Alge Crumpler, tight end for the Atlanta Falcons, expressed his support for Michael Vick Monday by wearing Ron Mexico face paint and was fined $10,000 by the NFL.  Link to AJC article.   Alge has been in touch with Vick at prison and claims, "He is not a bad person", despite admitting to and being convicted of strangling and electrocuting dogs.   Crumpler and the other thugs that went out of their way to honor Vick should rethink their stance. Published Dec 19, 2007 - 04:31 PM

Butch Davis stoops to new low It appears that Butch Davis will go to unethical extremes to land football talent.  Just hours after attending ex-Hurricane Sean Taylor's funeral in Miami, sitting in the front row next to Randy Shannon and Larry Coker, (link) Butch was visiting Hurricane recruits and using negative recruiting tactics to lure them to UNC.   First of all, to try and lure Miami commits moments after attending Taylor's (a Miami alum) funeral is pretty darn low.  But Butch went far beyond that.  Below is a report from Gary Ferman who runs the Miami Scout web site: "Multiple sources are telling me he (Butch Davis) came to South Florida for the Sean Taylor funeral and went to visit a bunch of Miami commits and tell them that Randy is getting fired next year and they should not go to Miami, that they should come to Carolina.I cant relay yet what I am hearing o­n the Patrick Johnson front because it is way too messy and very easily could be a rumor along the lines of what many have been hearing recently regarding Patrick and other schools trying to get him. But if Patrick Johnson suddenly visits and/or commits to North Carolina, you guys will be able to put two and two together pretty quickly." Soon after, Patrick Johnson schedules a trip to UNC.  Link   We can put two and two together. Wait, there's more.  Manny Navarro's Blog posted Thursday, Dec. 6th,  (Manny is a Miami Herald reporter).  "Forston told me other schools have calling him of late trying to trick him and other recruits by telling them coach Randy Shannon has o­nly o­ne year left o­n his contract. Forston and Harris both told me they've been receiving calls from UM coaches to stop the false information from spreading. I got a phone call from a UM assistant who pleaded with me and said "please put it out there that coach Shannon's contract runs through 2012. People are spreading garbage that he's o­nly got o­ne year left. That's bull."  Note: it was reported everywhere that several Miami NW High School kids, especially Marcus and Sean Spence met with Butch o­n the evening after Sean Taylor's Funeral. Thus, these comments were directly related to Butch. Another well-connected Canes fan added this: "Butch Davis also told him, why would you want to live down here when all these people are getting shot. Marcus said, " You had no problem living down here with your wife for six years." You can disregard all the rumors of negative recruiting if you want.  But, again,  for Butch to visit Miami recruits after attending the funeral of a devoted Cane is despicable.  What would Sean think?  CLICK HERE TO SEE BUTCH AT THE FUNERAL Published Dec 08, 2007 - 12:39 PM

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REFS SCREW UNC At least that's what the UNC faithful are saying.  "Hicks scored that TD!!!!!"   "That was a phantom offsides call!!!!"   They forget the fact that the UNC offense o­nly scored o­nE touchdown and they were very fortunate to even have a chance to win at the end.   They forget the fact that they had a whopping 12 yards of rushing.  They forget the fact that State running back Jamelle Eugene ran through their defense like a knife through butter.  Blame the refs you chumps.  And suck o­n this for a whole year: 31-27 Cartoon courtesy of theWolfWeb.com Published Nov 11, 2007 - 12:49 PM

Heels' string of Moral Victories comes to an end It was an amazing run.  Each of the Tarheels' previous five losses had been deemed "moral victories" or "quality losses".  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the terms,  a loss is not really a loss if your team was an  o­nside kick and a Hail Mary away from winning (or you lose to a ranked team).   Wake Forest ended the Heels' streak with a 37-10 blowout win Saturday. There are still some UNC fans that will claim a moral victory because if it wasn't for the special teams, a couple interceptions, countless illegal procedure penalties, and sorry offensive line, the Heels would have won.  Plus, the Deacons are a bunch of classless chop-blocking cheaters.  UNC will host Maryland this week and it appears to be a good chance  for Butch Davis to get back o­n track by earning another moral victory.  Published Oct 28, 2007 - 12:07 PM

UNC Commit arrested for second time in six months In a story related to the o­ne below, UNC has offered and (according to CarolinaBlue.com),  received a commitment from North Gaston quarterback AJ Blue.  From Charlotte.com: Blue was charged with resisting an officer Aug. 21, three days before his 18th birthday.According to the citation, Blue did not leave a residence o­n South Davis Street in Gastonia when asked by an officer, and resisted when the officer attempted to detain him. He also was charged with making a threatening phone call in February, but that was dropped. He also led the Wildcats to a 26-21 playoff victory against Gastonia Huss o­n Nov. 17, o­ne day after his brother Demarreo Beard was fatally shot outside a home in Gastonia. Published Oct 22, 2007 - 09:29 PM

One Tarheel Busted for Pot - Another Suspended From FoxSports.com 10/22/07: North Carolina suspended cornerback Jermaine Strong and offensive tackle Andre Barbour o­n Monday for violating team and university rules. "It's disappointing to have to take this action," coach Butch Davis said in a statement. "Both players had a tremendous opportunity to help this football team." Barbour, a sophomore, faces a Tuesday court appearance in Orange County o­n a misdemeanor charge of possession of up to o­ne-half of an ounce of marijuana, according to the North Carolina Court System's Web site. No details were available o­n the reason for Strong's suspension. "They're indefinitely suspended, and at some particular time in the future, we'll revisit each of those individuals," Davis said at his weekly news conference.          Andre's bio at Tarheelblue.com indicates that "he won a campus wide cooking contest in 2006."  We're guessing his brownies were delicious. Published Oct 22, 2007 - 09:08 PM

8 + 3 = 12 From the Raleigh News & Observer: North Carolina made plenty of mistakes during its 21-15 loss to No. 7 South Carolina o­n Saturday. Three interceptions, missed kicks, and plays that bounced off the Heels' fingertips all went against them. But the players weren't the o­nly o­nes at fault.With 6:05 remaining, UNC trailing 21-9 and Connor Barth lining up for a field goal, coach Butch Davis had to use his team's final timeout when he realized three points wouldn't be enough." Guys [assistant coaches] in the press box are going, 'Coach, we've got to have two scores, and o­ne of them can't be a field goal.' " Davis said. "We were fortunate enough to be able to make the change."The unfortunate part, though, is that it left the offense in a rushed situation when it got the ball back in the final minute, five points behind. With time ticking down, the game ended with two Hail Mary incompletions. "That's clearly o­n me," said Davis, whose 2-5 team has an open date next weekend. "We screwed up."Nice job, Chief.  Published Oct 15, 2007 - 05:38 PM

The Lamest Show on Earth After six days of practicing two hours per night, the Tarheel basketball team entertained the masses Friday night at "Late Night with Roy".  There were the usual lame skits read inaudibly from handheld cue cards, the "dancing in a circle", men in drag, and of course Stuart "One-Eye" Scott's ramblings.  Stuart reminded the crowd that Carolina basketball "is part of your identity."  How pathetic is that?  Thousands of homers crammed into the Dean Dome o­n a Friday night, most of whom have no connection with the college other than a Wal-Mart love affair with their heroes, being told that UNC basketball indentifies them.  The theme of the night was&nbsp“Take Everything, Give Up Nothing,” a takeoff of the 2007 blockbuster movie “300” where 300 men get their butts kicked near the end.  Great theme. The crowd squealed at Tyler Hansbrough's every move.  Danny Green exhibited his Reading 101 skills.  Marcus Ginyard paraded across the floor dressed in a skirt.  Good stuff.   Here's a video of the proceedings if you're interested.  Listen to the crowd...they actually love it. Published Oct 15, 2007 - 05:07 PM

Shebeast Marion Jones Finally Admits Cheating Well, well, well.  It looked like a duck, quacked like a duck....lo and behold it is a duck.  UNC alum Marion Jones ended years of speculation and denial that she used performance enhancing drugs by finally admitting it.  Her friendships with everyone involved with the drug trade, many of them suspended, banned or in jail, finally came back to haunt her.  Of course Marion isn't being totally honest.  She says she thought the drugs were flaxseed oil.  Since when do you have to align yourself with Tim Montgomery (banned from competition), Trevor Graham (coach supplier of steriods and standing trial soon), Victor Conte (Balco), former coach Steve Riddick (convicted), Charlie Francis (banned coach) and former husband CJ Hunter (banned from competition) to get FLAXSEED OIL?  Graham even told her to "not tell anyone".   Can't you get that stuff at a CVS?  She could have asked Barry Bonds for some...evidently he used it, too. The statute of limitations o­n doping cases is generally eight years, which would put Marion Jones' five medals (three golds and two bronzes) at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in jeopardy. She could also lose medals from the World Championships in 2001.  We wonder if she was using back in 1994 when she won a basketball national championship with UNC. Read the ESPN article.   Read these other CSUX articles from the archives about the SheBeast: December 2002, June 2004, April 2005, July 2006 Do you think Marion is telling the whole truth?  Take our poll ------------> Published Oct 05, 2007 - 02:55 PM

It's All About Preparation According to Butch If you've read any of Butch Davis' interviews this year, the common theme is "preparation".   He's boasted that he spends a lot of time preparing his team for each opponent.  That's fine and dandy, but in reality his team is not prepared.  A good indication of preparedness is how a team comes out of the shoot.   In this week's loss to Virginia Tech, the Hokies drove 70 yards and scored a touchdown o­n their first possession.  Two weeks ago USF drove 78 yards and scored a TD.   Virginia drove 68 yards for a TD and ECU went 78 yards for seven o­n their first touches.  Each of UNC's Division IA opponents have scored early and easily.  Where's that preparation that BD is talking about? How about UNC's first possession success?  Against ECU they drove 58 yards in 5 plays and kicked a field goal.  Against the Cavaliers...3 plays for 4 yards and a punt.  Against  USF...5 plays, 5 yards and a punt.  Against VT...3 plays, -1 yard and a punt.   The Heels have spotted each opponent a lead before the fans settle into their seats.  Where's the preparation?  In the last four games, UNC has been outscored 38-10 in the first quarter and 60-30 in the first half.  None of those games have they had a lead at halftime.  Where's the preparation? Now if Butch and his crew want to claim that they make good in-game adjustments and play hard until the final gun, that's fine.  But he should drop the talk of how well he prepares his team.  Published Oct 01, 2007 - 03:57 PM

Dexter Reid charged with felonies Former Tarheel Dexter Reid is at it again.  For the THIRD TIME THIS YEAR, Reid has been arrested o­n weapons charges. According to a police spokesperson, Reid was parked in a handicapped spot at the Chick-Fil-A o­n Sams Circle. When the officer ran his information, it was discovered that he had a warrant out for his arrest. The officer told him that he had to move the car or have it towed. Reid gave the officer permission to move the car. The officer then discover a gun in the front seat, and a loaded "AK semi-automatic pistol" in the trunk of the car. Reid has been charged with 2 counts of felony illegal weapons possession. View original article     The Official UNC Rapsheet Published Sep 28, 2007 - 04:02 PM