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Sad news for the Carolina football family as the Associated Press is reporting that former UNC standout Mike Voight was found dead in his home in Chesapeake, VA on Tuesday. He was 58. The cause of death was not immediately known. Voight was the ACC Player of the Year in 1975 and 1976 and rushed [...] Continue reading Mike Voight, 1954-2012 After toiling in relative NBA obscurity in Cleveland for his first two years in the league, former UNC standout Danny Green is making a name for himself as a key contributor for the San Antonio Spurs. [...] Continue reading Danny Green Getting It Done in San Antonio Yes, there’s plenty still happening in the world of college football. ** The UNC coaching search is in full swing. The list of reported serious candidates includes head coaches James Franklin of Vanderbilt, Kevin Sumlin of Houston, Larry Fedora of Southern Mississippi, Butch Jones of Cincinnati, and Skip Holtz of South Florida; Auburn offensive coordinator [...] Continue reading Friday’s Football News and Notes Now that’s what I call a temp job. Bobby Frasor and Jackie Manuel, who each played on national championship teams at UNC for Roy Williams, have joined the Carolina basketball support staff. Frasor will be an assistant video coordinator, and Manuel will be an assistant strength and conditioning coach. Both jobs are temporary appointments and [...] Continue reading Frasor, Manuel to Join UNC Basketball Support Staff One of the most over-hyped events in all of sports will take place at 8:00 PM Eastern as the newly-legally-prohibited-from-locking-out NFL will have its annual draft. Lots of interest as some guys who may have once played for UNC will probably hear their names called tonight. Also, lots of drama as to whom the Carolina [...] Continue reading NFL Draft Open Thread Contrite and repentant, or a “finger-pointing, excuse-making con artist”? [...] Continue reading So Which Is the Real Marvin Austin? Somewhat lost in UNC’s Elite Eight run this postseason was that it was the 20th anniversary of the 1991 Carolina team making the Final Four. After winning the title in 1982, the Tar Heels had been conspicuously absent from the Final Four until 1991 when UNC fell to Kansas and Roy Williams in the national [...] Continue reading Good News and Sad News from the 1991 Final Four Team Various items popping around the interwebs even though I know you would rather talk about the Carmelo Anthony trade. Tyler Zeller has been named first team academic All-American, becoming the eighth Tar Heel in the history of the school to receiver the honor. In other words he is smart and the reason he does not [...] Continue reading Basketball News and Notes Give Marvin Austin credit. After potentially costing UNC a breakout season and bringing the wrath of the NCAA to Chapel Hill for the first time in 50 years, then causing more consternation among Tar Heel fans by wearing a Carolina helmet in his East-West Shrine Game appearance, he appears to at least be saying the [...] Continue reading Austin Says He “Messed Up Great Situation” at UNC; Not Much Else Scouring the interwebs to bring you news and notes as we are now inside of two weeks from the start of the most highly-anticipated Carolina football season in over a decade… [...] Continue reading Weekend Wrap-Up Scouring the interwebs to bring you news of UNC football… [...] Continue reading Tuesday’s Football Notes Doc on July 13th, 2010 |  Comments are closed Since he was brought up in the comment section over the weekend, here’s catching up with Darian Durant, statistically if not arguably UNC’s best-ever quarterback. After being cut by the Baltimore Ravens for being considered too small to play the position, Durant hooked on with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. After paying his dues [...] Continue reading Darian Durant riding high in CFL |
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