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And if so, what does that mean for UNC? What a difference a year makes. This time last year, the Big 12 was in a death gurgle, the ACC raided the Big East for two of its peaches, and any talk of four superconferences included an eastern branch anchored by an ACC/Big East hybrid of [...] Continue reading THB Hypothetical: Is the ACC Done? The ACC Infractions and Penalties Committee has issued a public reprimand of UNC for the various NCAA violations committee within the football program. By action of the ACC Infractions and Penalties Committee, the Atlantic Coast Conference has issued a public reprimand to the University of North Carolina. The reprimand follows the recent announcement of penalties [...] Continue reading ACC Sends UNC To Room Without Supper Now that the ACC has accepted Pitt and Syracuse into the ACC the discussion moves to what this means going forward. The first thing that immediately jumps out to me is that, in stark contrast to the last expansion, this is expansion significantly improves the basketball side of the ACC. With 4 of the last [...] Continue reading The Big East Coast Conference? Talk about a sudden lurch of the tectonic plates beneath the landscape of college athletics. On Saturday rumors began flying that the ACC had been in talk with Syracuse and Pittsburgh regarding a jump to the ACC from the Big East. Those rumors quickly gelled into “holy crap there is something to this” last night [...] Continue reading ACC Accepts Pitt, Syracuse In the latest episode of “Things About the NCAA That Leave You Scratching Your Head”, WRAL is reporting that NC State had to get clearance from the NCAA to have “American Idol” finalist Scotty McCreery throw out the first pitch at the Wolpfack’s Wolfpack’s baseball game against Florida State on Saturday. McCreery is staging a [...] Continue reading NCSU Has to Get NCAA Permission for “Idol” Finalist to Throw Out First Pitch The ACC preseason basketball poll was released Wednesday afternoon with UNC picked 3rd over all behind Duke and Virginia Tech. UNC also received one first place vote denying Duke a unanimous pick at #1. Here is how the ACC media ranked the league for the 2010-11 basketball season. 1. Duke(62) 2. Virginia Tech 3. UNC(1) [...] Continue reading ACC: UNC Picked 3rd; Barnes ROY The ACC and ESPN officially announced the details of the new TV deal. Some previously unknown tidbits came to light including the disposition of the Sunday Night basketball games and how both UNC-Duke games would be handled. First, in a move which will undoubtedly require me to upgrade to digital cable, the Sunday Night Game(s) [...] Continue reading ACC Announces TV Deal Scouring the interwebs for your weekend reading pleasure… **Inside Carolina is reporting that offensive tackle Kiaro Holts, ranked the #5 OT in the country by Scout.com, has committed to the Tar Heels. This is another big O-line get from Indiana, following James Hurst. Consistency on the offensive line has been a Carolina shortcoming for a [...] Continue reading Weekend Quick Hitters Looks that way though I do not imagine the Pac 11 is quite done yet. For now it looks like the six BCS conferences will remain intact with some minor changes. [...] Continue reading Conference Realignment Not A Bang But A Whimper? |
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