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In Response to "A Letter to Deems May"

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 14, 2011 | The Commentators

I, too, am a graduate of UNC. I find Dr. Harmon’s letter to Deems May interesting, at best, and honestly he makes a couple of legitimate points. My question to the good Dr. would be why he fails to mention that Butch Davis, as...

A Letter to Deems May

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 12, 2011 | The Commentators

Dear Deems, Your August 01 letter published by InsideCarolina.com could not have been further from the intended mark. The subject should have been the University of North Carolina, but it was Deems May. Your letter included...

Re-Emphasizing Football

Posted by Art Chansky | Aug 6, 2011 | Uncategorized

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...

Thorp and the Football Coach

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 3, 2011 | The Commentators

Prior to last Wednesday evening, I was one among a group of friends who had struggled, deeply troubled with the drumbeat of news about the UNC football program. It was not about the gridiron prospects of the coming season, but...

$upporting UNC

Posted by Staff | Aug 3, 2011 | Uncategorized

The great debate of Summer 2011 was not just in our nation’s capital; Tar Heels are deeply divided over the firing of Butch Davis. I will tell you right up front that I don’t have fan fever. I root for my home team and...

Seven Lessons from the Davis Firing

Posted by Staff | Aug 1, 2011 | Uncategorized

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...

A Way Out

Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 29, 2011 | Uncategorized

You remember the classic Kevin Costner movie in which he seemingly had No Way Out of his pickle as a double secret agent? Carolina avoided that dilemma in the first phase of a path to restore its reputation and integrity. It...

Why I Support Butch Davis… and the Right to Other Opinions

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 19, 2011 | The Commentators

Guest Column by Barry Leffler Butch Davis should remain the Head Football Coach at Carolina. Until it is proven Davis knew about John Blake and his egregious wrongdoings… the coach should stay right where he is leading the...

Davis Should Go — Now

Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 18, 2011 | Uncategorized

UNC can still begin moving beyond its regrettable football scandal of the last year, regardless of its final fate from the NCAA. Ohio State has conveniently provided Carolina with the model it should use in order to separate a...

The Football Poll

Posted by Art Chansky | May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized

Let’s have a poll, less formal and more detailed than you find on Chapelboro.com every day. You’re a UNC alumnus and/or fan. How do you feel about the Carolina football program being dragged through the NCAA mud for the last...

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