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Media Locked and Loaded, What Will Happen to UNC?

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The big time media has finally started to focus in on the scandal in Chapel Hill that just keeps getting deeper and deeper. It all started with a tweet from Marvin Austin and led to a report about players getting benefits. As it was examined deeper it came out that players for forging papers right off the internet. That led to the NCAA looking into the university a little closer. Although they did nothing about it, they did find that there was entire courses of study that didn’t require attendance or work. Next, it was former UNC basketball player Will Graves, who was dismissed from the Tarheel team in 2010, getting caught with weed while renting a very expensive house from Roy Williams.

Sounds crazy when you put it all in one paragraph, doesn’t it? Well, what’s even crazier is the fact that UNC is pretty much getting away with a slap on the wrist.

Now, this isn’t the first time an ACC team has been in trouble with the NCAA. NC State also faced trouble back in the late 80s. There were reports of players getting paid, point-shaving, and a program that was out of control. So the NCAA launched an investigation. They never found proof of players being paid or anything involving point-shaving. What they did find was that players were selling their shoes and their tickets for extra money. That’s it. The state-appointed Poole Commission issued a 32-page report that concluded that there were no major violations of NCAA regulations, and that Valvano and his staff’s inadequate oversight of players’ academic progress violated “the spirit, not the letter of the law.” NC State then put themselves on a 2 year probation.

NC State is still, to this day, trying to mend the wounds from that controversy that ended up being a lot of rumor and not much fact. Meanwhile UNC is out there breaking every rule in the book, yet still chugging along with very few penalties.

For a while I wondered if that was it. If UNC was simply so bullet-proof that they could do whatever they wanted and would be protected by the league, the NCAA and major media. I almost came to the realization that as long as we’re State fans, we’ll have to live with the fact that UNC is untouchable.

That was until the past week. That’s when for whatever reason, the big dogs came out to play. CNN and Business Week both hammered UNC on a national level. Business Week’s Paul Barrett even vowed to help the News and Observer’s Dan Kane (who has been on this story since the beginning), saying this:

In coming weeks and months, I hope I can supplement Kane’s dogged efforts with some long-distance perspective. Valuable tips from concerned local people, some of them UNC alumni, are already pouring in, and that’s part of the reason I’m going to pursue the story. Keep those e-mails coming.

Here are the two articles I was referring to:

CNN: Some college athletes play like adults, read like 5th-graders

 

Business Week: Scandal Bowl: Why Tar Heel Fraud Might Be Just the Start

So what happens next? Is this the beginning of the end for UNC, or is this just another bullet the Heels will dodge?  We really want your opinion. What is your take on all this and what’s going to happen next? Talk about it here in this forum thread. 

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Colorado DT Transfer Chazz Wallace is Taking an Official Visit to NC State Tomorrow

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May 6, 2024

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NC State has offered Colorado Defensive Tackle Transfer Chazz Wallace (6’2″/295), and he confirmed with me that he will be taking an Official Visit to Raleigh tomorrow.

Wallace played in 10 games for Coach Prime this past season, starting in 4. He finished with 11 tackles and 1.5 sacks. His PFF Grade was 56.4.

Prior to Colorado, Wallace spent his first three years at Old Dominion.

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NC State Offers FCS DT Brandon Lane

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NC State offered Stephen F. Austin (FCS) Transfer Defensive Tackle Brandon Lane (6’3″/300) yesterday.

Lane started in 6 of the 11 games he played in for Stephen F. Austin this past season. He finished the year with 44 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. His PFF Grade was 74.6, which ranked 4th on the Lumberjacks Defense. His 79.9 Run Defense Grade ranked 3rd on the team. In 2022, Lane played 7 games as a reserve for Stephen F. Austin, recording 11 tackles 2.5 tackles for loss and 1 sack.

Lane spent his first two collegiate seasons at South Dakota State (2000-21). In 2000, he played in 1 game. In 2021, he played in 3 games as a reserve for the Jackrabbits. The 2000 season was the Covid Year, and the 2021 season was his redshirt year. As a result, Lane still has two years of eligibility remaining.

Around a week-and-a-half ago, Lane committed to Michigan St., but then he decommitted from the Spartans on May 2nd.

I don’t think Michigan St. is necessarily off the table, and he has visited Washington and West Virginia.

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Congrats to NC State Football’s Spring Graduates!

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May 3, 2024

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Congratulations to the 7 NC State Football Players that just graduated this Spring.

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2024 Football Spring Graduates

Linebacker Devon Betty (1 year of eligibility)

Defensive End Davin Vann (1 year of eligibility)

Cornerback Aydan White (1 year of eligibility)

Offensive Guard Anthony Carter Jr. (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Lineman Matt McCabe (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Tackle Patrick Matan (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Lineman Brendan Lawson (no longer on the roster)

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Proposed Bill in the NC House Would Require NC State & UNC To Play One Another, as well as ECU, UNCC and App St.

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May 3, 2024

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A bill has been proposed by members of the North Carolina House of Representatives that would force NC State and UNC to play one another, as well as East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.

According to House Bill 965, which you can read here in full, NC State and UNC would be required to play one another annually in Football, Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball. The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels would also be forced to play a game annually in all three sports against either ECU, UNC-Charlotte or App St. Every six years, NC State and UNC would be required to have played a home and away game against each of the three school in all three sports.

Here’s the exact wording from the proposed bill:

Competition Required. – A high-enrollment institution shall do all of the following in each eligible sport: (1) Every academic year, play at least one home or one away game against (i) another high-enrollment institution and (ii) an eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. (2) Every six academic years, play at least one home and one away game against each eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. A high-enrollment institution shall alternate home and away games that are scheduled against the same eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution.

For glossary of terms being referenced above:

For the purposes of this bill, “High-enrollment institutions” = NC State and UNC, while “Eligible constituent institutions” = East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.

It’s worth noting that NC State already has games schedule against each of these teams home-and-away in Football between now and 2031.

2025 – East Carolina (H)

2025 – @ App St.

2026 – App St. (H)

2028 – @ East Carolina

2030 – Charlotte (H)

2031 – @ Charlotte

What are your thoughts?

For more details, check out this article at WRAL.

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