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…for the James Madison game. It is interesting how that little caveat has been attached. Butch Davis has named Yates to start on September 1st but beyond that it could change. The Tar Heel coach as quoted at Inside Carolina: Just because you have earned the opportunity to be the starter now, doesn’t mean that [...] Continue reading T.J. Yates Named Starter at QB… Brian Barbour on August 16th, 2007 |  Comments are closed UPDATE: Davis has announced it officially. The various media outlets with undoubtedly have comments from the Tar Heel coach later in the evening. Inside Carolina(via ESPN) is saying that T.J. Yates will be the starting QB for the Tar Heels when the season opens on September 1st versus James Madison. This is not really all [...] Continue reading Yates It Is At least concerning the QB situation which ACC Now says will be hammered out on Thursday following the Wednesday evening scrimmage: “I met with all the quarterbacks together, and talked to them about the process,” Davis said Wednesday. ” “And as I said the other day … rather than a rush to judgment and pick [...] Continue reading Butch Davis Will Answer Your Questions Tomorrow Brian Barbour on August 15th, 2007 | Comments are closed UNC will have a new offensive wrinkle when they open play on September 1st. Butch Davis has introduced the H-back into the offense and there are high hopes it will produce. Via the N&O: North Carolina sophomore Ryan Taylor doesn’t know exactly what he will do the first time he enters a game at H-back [...] Continue reading The H-Back One thing you love about the preseason is how much filler gets written in advance of the games. The problem is some of it comes off as being poorly researched like this blurb here from SI.com’s Cory McCartney: Mike Paulus, QB, North Carolina: Mike — the younger brother of Duke point guard Greg Paulus — [...] Continue reading SI.com: Home of Cutting Edge Analysis From the Charlotte Observer blog Observations from the 50 Yard Line: Sexton: Davis adjusting offense to his players It’s not a revolutionary concept, but quarterback Cameron Sexton said a subtle change in philosophy on offense could lead to better production for North Carolina in 2008. Sexton said first-year coach Butch Davis is molding the offense [...] Continue reading At Some Point I Am Going to Let This Go Brian Barbour on August 13th, 2007 | Comments are closed “ My mentality is just to go and give them everything I’ve got. Regardless of what happens, he’s going down.” –Trimane Goddard This is coming from a player who was injured last season and has not seen the field in almost two years. If Goddard can return to the form he showed as a sophomore [...] Continue reading Quote of the Day 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, there has been some narrowing of the field already which Mike Paulus dropping [...] Continue reading Evaluting the Candidates at QB Brian Barbour on August 11th, 2007 | Comments are closed Not so much according to Robbi Pickeral at ACC Now: “Announcing a decision [Saturday], I can almost tell you ‘absolutely not,’ because we’ll be grading the film ,’’ said Davis, who has scheduled a closed scrimmage Saturday. “All day Sunday, the players are going to have the time off to go to church, and we’ll [...] Continue reading QB Decision Day? From Thursday’s practice notes at THB: Fans will hear more about this in the coming weeks, but expect the sound of Phil Collins’s “In the Air Tonight” to become very familiar in Kenan Stadium. Butch Davis-coached teams have used that tune as their song that accompanies pregame stretching at both Miami and Cleveland and he [...] Continue reading Against All Odds J.P. Giglio at ACC Now has his preview up for the 2007 version of the gridiron Tar Heels. Giglio basically hits on the key areas which including defensive line, the well known QB situation and what could be a disaster in the making: the backfield. Given all the uncertainty it is no surprise there is [...] Continue reading ACC Now’s UNC Preview AOL Fanhouse posted this YouTube video of Deon Thompson shredding the French U19 team in the World Championships Semifinal. This was the game Deon went for 18 points and 13 boards leading the US to the gold medal game. As for what impressed me the most? How about pulling up from 15 feet on the [...] Continue reading Deon Thompson Highlight Reel |
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