John Blake

Same Old, Same Old

Posted by | Jul 13, 2012 |

The 208-page report released by UNC this week pertaining to the football scandal revealed few new facts and fewer names – thanks to heavy redaction in almost every document. What it did underscore was the gross lack of oversight...

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Nyang'o-Who U?

Posted by | May 21, 2012 |

Although the deposed Julius Nyang’oro had been teaching at UNC for 20 years, during which time taking Swahili had become somewhat of an inside joke among athletes, the period about to go under the microscope of the SBI is the...

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Bubba Breaks In

Posted by | Apr 27, 2012 |

When Bubba Cunningham was hired as Carolina’s new athletic director last October, his first task was to find a football coach that would separate UNC from the scandal-plagued Butch Davis era.   Cunningham did not act like it was...

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Unanswered Questions

Posted by | Mar 16, 2012 |

The NCAA’s 38-page report on the Carolina football sanctions is detailed in its outline of violations by the school and the individuals involved (although no names are mentioned; just Student Athlete 1, Student Athlete 2, former...

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Laughable Loophole

Posted by | Feb 15, 2012 |

Okay, all of those who think it’s okay for Butch Davis to finagle an “administrative” job in the National Football League and keep his full severance from UNC, raise your right hand. Those of you who think Davis is trying to...

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Just Win, Baby!

Posted by | Oct 6, 2011 |

  If Everett Withers keeps it up, he’s going to make it easy on Carolina’s new athletic director.   Withers began his season as UNC’s interim football coach with a slight blip that had some people chortling in their corn flakes...

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Silence Is Golden?

Posted by | Sep 28, 2011 |

The sudden silence surrounding UNC’s search for a new athletic director is anything but deadly. In fact, it’s a sign that the process has taken a step in the right direction. As a large list of qualified and sitting AD’s from...

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The Thigpen Connection

Posted by | Sep 20, 2011 |

By far, the most damaging allegation from the NCAA into the UNC football scandal is on pages 62-63 of the 111-page response by the school, released Monday. It speaks to what, so far, the university has escaped – the dreaded lack...

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Re-Emphasizing Football

Posted by | Aug 6, 2011 |

  Maybe his timing shocked people and maybe he did not do it with the polish of a senior statesman (inadvertently committing a minor NCAA violation, himself), but it astounds me how Holden Thorp has become the villain in the...

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Seven Lessons from the Davis Firing

Posted by | Aug 1, 2011 |

1. The internet and airwaves are filled with sports pundits and fans lambasting UNC for firing Butch Davis on the eve of the football season.   But once it became apparent what key Davis hire John Blake was doing while a Tar...

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