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Joe Giglio put together a nice chart comparing the records of UNC’s Butch Davis and NCSU’s Tom O’Brien vs…well..everyone. The overall picture for Davis is slightly better than it is for O’Brien. A couple of numbers that stand out: • O’Brien is 7-2 against the Coastal Division but 2-13 against the Atlantic. It’s one thing [...] Continue reading ACC Now: Butch Davis vs Tom O’Brien Early during the course of the NCAA’s investigation into agent contact at UNC investigators widened the probe to include South Carolina and Alabama. As a result we got a fiery sermon from Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban and a half-hearted defense from SCAR coach Steve Spurrier of his TE Wesley Saunders. Because these two coaches [...] Continue reading Cause & Effect: Spurrier Opens His Mouth; Local Media Says UNC Should Too See update at the end of the post. ESPN senior college football writer Ivan Maisel set off a brief firestorm among Tar Heel nation when it was widely reported yesterday that he expects “good news for North Carolina on Marvin Austin“. As the story grew, some were even saying that Maisel said Austin was “in [...] Continue reading Maisel’s Marvin Austin Quote: A Cautionary Tale [UPDATED] 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
Via Deadspin. This is a little comparison of the Charlotte Observer the day after UNC won the 2009 NCAA title vs yesterday. UNC enjoyed a giant splash on the front page whereas with Duke you were referred to the sports section. The Greensboro News & Record went pretty [...] Continue reading Front Page Comparison WRAL SportsFan’s Tim Hall blogged today that, according to John Henson, chemistry may have been at the heart of UNC’s struggles this year. According to Hall: The reasons for all the losing in the last two months have been debated. Effort, injuries, and inexperience have all been brought up as issues that helped to the [...] Continue reading Henson: We didn’t care about each other It appears so. Dan Wiederer of the Fayetteville Observer is writing a book entitled Blue Streak about UNC’s 2009 national championship team due for release early this year. Wiederer was interviewed this morning by Adam Gold and Joe Ovies on 620 the Buzz. Basically the book will be a combination of Fayetteville Observer articles and [...] Continue reading Another Book About the 2009 Title Team? What you are about to read is called stirring the pot and Josh Hailey at WRAL Fankind(no link for obvious reasons) basically shovels a bunch of manure onto the page then watches as the kids come along and play in it. It is traffic bait which Hailey readily admits up front with the classic “I [...] Continue reading Easily The Stupidest Thing You Will Read Today Last week, the 850 the Buzz Blog was killed as a part of the local sports radio shakeup here in Raleigh. Some of us associated with Thee Blog thought it a shame to see a community of fans die. So we decided to do one of those really grassroots sort of thingies to speak the [...] Continue reading A New Blog R.I.P. For those of you in the Raleigh/Durham area, the local sports radio landscape is set to change on Monday with the disappearance of 850 the Buzz. A few months back, Capitol Broadcasting which owns WRAL-TV, 101.5 FM and 99.9 The Fan made a move to purchase 620 AM WDNC from Curtis Media which also [...] Continue reading 850 The Buzz Blog Is Dead Buster Sports has put together an ACC Coaches Tournament bracket meant for the summer devoid of college basketball goodness. Needless to say an interesting idea. The bracket can be seen here. There are four eight coach regions. The #1 seeds are: Dean Smith, Roy Williams, Mike Krzyzewski and Everett Case. In the first round #1 [...] Continue reading Buster Sports: All-ACC Coaches Tournament |
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