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I rarely post about rival schools but since things on the Tar Heel side are fairly quiet I thought I would highlight the week NC State is having. It all started with four NCSU football players being popped for marijuana possession. Click on the link to get my take over at TSB. Then things turned [...] Continue reading Rumblings in Raleigh Roy Williams was in Charlotte last night on the Tar Heel Tour where he answered questions from fans about the program. A poster at Inside Carolina did a summary of Roy’s answers. I will post them as is and you can pick through them. Question about APR/Scholarships being removed from teams with low grad rates [...] Continue reading Roy on Tar Heel Tour
Wait..that was it? They way I heard this talked about, it sounded as though Roy stood up and gave a solid fist pump. That looked like he was adjusting his sleeve. Something tells me people are making more of that than it was which would not be unusual where Roy Williams is [...] Continue reading Obligatory Roy Fist Pumps Redick Air Ball Video
This morning on Twitter, Bobby Frasor posted a link to this picture on THF(which is the first link that comes up in Google images. Score!) This is a scene from the infamous pool jumping incident in 2008 involving Frasor, Tyler Hansbrough and Marcus Ginyard. Good times. Frasor, like [...] Continue reading Be On The Look Out For Balcony Jumpers A couple of former Heels got calls from NFL teams in the latter rounds of the league draft on Saturday. Defensive end E.J. Wilson, who was a longshot to be drafted, was taken in the fourth round by Seattle. Nose tackle Cam Thomas was taken in the fifth round by the San Diego Chargers. It [...] Continue reading Thomas, Wilson Selected in NFL Draft Obviously things have really quieted down so blogging will be light this weekend. UNC men’s lacrosse got whipped by Maryland in the ACC Semifinals. Maybe they are using the Roy Williams approach of losing the ACC Tournament then winning the national title. Former UNC DT Cam Thomas is still waiting on the NFL Draft to [...] Continue reading Weekend Open Thread The NCAA announced a new TV deal with CBS/TNT for the NCAA Tournament. The contract will be 14 years in length and pay out over $10 billion(yes, Billion) for the rights to broadcast March Madness. Also coming out of the announcement was the news that the NCAA intends to only expand the Tournament to 68 [...] Continue reading Don’t Be Fooled; NCAA Will Eventually Go To 96 Teams The ACC had a teleconference on Wednesday with all of the league coaches talking about spring practice. Yes, practice. We are talking about practice. Anyway. Davis discussed a variety of topics. You can read the full quotes at Inside Carolina. Here are some of the highlights: Offensive line injuries continue to haunt UNC like bad [...] Continue reading Butch Davis Wraps Up Spring Practice Numbers! UNC has announced who will be wearing what numbers next season which usually only matters for the freshman unless someone is looking to switch numbers which is the case here. UNC basketball jersey numbers of note for 2010-11…Strickland 1, McDonald 2, Marshall 21, Bullock 35, Barnes 40…rest of team no changes Dexter Strickland will [...] Continue reading Some Offseason Minutiae To Digest UNC held a panel discussion this morning at the Issues in College Sports Syposium on the use of Twitter. Everyone at THF knows that following the Tar Heel players Twitter account is one of the best sources of information on the team. It also yields great insight into the players themselves, especially in terms of [...] Continue reading UNC and Twitter In case you missed the news over the weekend, Buzz Peterson has left Appalachian State, traveled about 300 miles down U.S. 421, and landed as the new head coach at UNC-Wilmington. Peterson had a successful return in his one-year stint back in Boone, leading the Mountaineers to a 24-12 record. Peterson is taking some internet [...] Continue reading Coaching Tree Family Update So last year this was fun since I was dabbling in the top end of the countdown trying to figure out where to slot a national championship team among other national championship teams. This season, evaluating the THF Countdown is like putting lipstick on a pig since I am working at the other end of [...] Continue reading Updating The THF Countdown |
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