'Just Blow The Horn'
I once coached with a guy who grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was the ball boy for the Utah Jazz during the prime of Karl Malone’s career. He told me that Malone didn’t like pre-game warm ups. In fact, Malone...
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Gentle Giants
Posted by Staff | Nov 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m going to take this week’s column from a different angle mostly because I don’t really feel like addressing the onslaught of giving up 68 points to Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech this past weekend. On top of that, I can’t...
Read MorePinball? 50 Is The 'New 30'
Posted by Staff | Nov 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Was it a coincidence? The Who performed Friday night in Greensboro . . . and “pinball wizards” performed in Kenan on Saturday afternoon? The football opera was co-orchestrated not by Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey but by...
Read MoreYou Left Us Defenseless
Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 11, 2012 | Art's Angle
Carolina had no defense for what Georgia Tech did Saturday. The Tar Heels, in fact, gave up nine more points than their basketball brethren did in THAT season opener Friday night (a 76-59 win over Gardner Webb). In losing to the...
Read MoreSmoldering Ruins III
Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Let’s compare the Carolina basketball team that opens the season tonight to the last two that followed mass NBA exoduses. Are the 2012-13 Tar Heels younger and/or weaker than the 2006 and 2010 teams? The 2006 team that lost...
Read MorePreparing For The Triple Option
Posted by Staff | Nov 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
From 1992 to 1994, I was a defensive graduate assistant coach at Vanderbilt University. Our Defensive Coordinator was a wonderful coach named Carl “Bull” Reese. He taught me a lot about football and was a pleasure...
Read MoreA Banner Year?
Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
If the fortunes of North Carolina’s two largest football programs over the last week forecast the outcome on Election Day, the “blues” are trending upward and the “reds” are in a free fall. In other words, the North Carolina Tar...
Read MoreTrending Blue
Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 4, 2012 | Art's Angle
If the fortunes of North Carolina’s two largest football programs over the last week forecast the outcome on Election Day, the “blues” are trending upward and the “reds” are in a free fall. In other words, the North Carolina Tar...
Read MoreThe Art of Tailgating
Posted by The Commentators | Nov 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
A fall Saturday without Carolina football just doesn’t seem right. Any college football fan would agree that a mid-week game or bye weekend for your team leaves you longing for the tight spiral of the pigskin leather, the...
Read MoreBe Good At Things That Matter
Posted by Staff | Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
I grew up caddying at Oakmont Country Club just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a great golf course that hosts major tournaments regularly. Some of my coaching philosophy was developed there as a teenager helping...
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