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UNC opened up the series with #1 Virginia on Thursday night by getting a gem of a performance from Patrick Johnson en route to a 6-0 win. Johnson pitched a complete game four hit shutout striking out nine and walking none. It marked the first time in 166 games that Virginia had been shutout. After [...] Continue reading Patrick Johnson Was Freaking Awesome Last Night More potential bad news from the NCAA regarding the investigation into UNC football. Via WRAL According to ESPN’s Joe Schad an NCAA investigator interviewed UNC defensive end Quinton Coples this past week about a post-draft party he attended in Washington D.C. University directory of football communications Kevin Best confirmed that the NCAA was on campus [...] Continue reading It’s Thursday And You Know What That Means! The final weekend of the college baseball regular season is upon us with UNC hosting #1 ranked Virginia. Here is the schedule of games. As always, Tar Heel Blue is an excellent resource for information and listening to the games online. Game 1: Thursday, 7:00 PM, Patrick Johnson 9-1, 3.07 ERA Game 2: Friday, 7:00 [...] Continue reading UNC Faces UVa; Makes Bid For National Seed This is silly season material at its finest. [...] Continue reading Wisconsin’s Former AD Hates Roy Williams Or Something Yes, this is ridiculously early but interesting nonetheless. NFL.com’s Gil Brandt lists the top 100 draft eligible prospects for 2012 putting four Tar Heels on the list. 3. Quinton Coples, Sr., DL, North Carolina A first-team All-ACC selection in 2010, Coples had 10 sacks, 15.5 tackles for loss and 12 quarterback pressures. 27. Zach Brown, [...] Continue reading Gil Brandt Ranks Four Heels In 2012 NFL Draft Top 100 For those who wanted Ohio State will have to settle for a rematch of the 2005 East Regional Final. Here is the full schedule via Inside Carolina: Tuesday, November 29 Miami at Purdue Northwestern at Georgia Tech Illinois at Maryland Michigan at Virginia Clemson at Iowa Duke at Ohio State Wednesday, November 30 Indiana at [...] Continue reading UNC To Host Wisconsin For ACC-Big 10/11/12 Challenge Oof. Over the weekend, UNC’s spring sports had a pretty good Saturday but a horrific Sunday as the Heels’ baseball, softball, and men’s lacrosse teams all lost high-profile games. [...] Continue reading Sunday Was a Rough Day for Tar Heels In the latest episode of “Things About the NCAA That Leave You Scratching Your Head”, WRAL is reporting that NC State had to get clearance from the NCAA to have “American Idol” finalist Scotty McCreery throw out the first pitch at the Wolpfack’s Wolfpack’s baseball game against Florida State on Saturday. McCreery is staging a [...] Continue reading NCSU Has to Get NCAA Permission for “Idol” Finalist to Throw Out First Pitch It’s not all the marbles mind you, that potentially comes next week when Virginia comes calling. For this weekend it is about getting into the position to make the series with UVa a winner take all clash for the Coastal Division. Granted that is far less important than snagging a national seed in the NCAA [...] Continue reading UNC Faces Georgia Tech For Some Of The Marbles Wake County Superior Court judge Howard Manning, who seems to be frequently in the middle of significant education-related cases in North Carolina (e.g. Leandro, Wake year-round, low-performing high schools), has made official a ruling that UNC must turn over to a group of media outlets certain phone records and parking tickets sought in the ongoing [...] Continue reading Judge Rules UNC Must Turn Over Phone Records, Parking Tickets [UPDATED] A couple of baseball and football items to chew on. Baseball The UNC baseball team took care of business against two midweek opponents in two days. The Heels traveled to Wilmington to face UNCW coming back with an 11-5 win. Greg Holt put UNC ahead 5-2 on a grand slam in the fourth. Holt ended [...] Continue reading News and Notes |
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