Implosion

At first, the player / agent NCAA investigation over at Carolina looked like an isolated case.

One, maybe 2 players coloring outside the lines – mostly due to youth, immaturity, and generally being dumb asses. Well, Greg Little is more of a thug than a dumb ass – but still – he’s young so I could cut him some slack.

The thing that caught my attention through it all was John Blake still being employed as a defensive coach. Heck, how Carolina even allowed him within the town limits of Chapel Hill, much less actually on the campus of UNC was beyond me.

It was the stuff of good natured ribbing and talking smack to our powder blue brethren and friends.

(FYI - when BobLee refers to lupines and ABCs (Anybody But Carolina) - he's talking 'bout us Wolfies over here in West Rawlie. Oh, and that amphibious dig was pretty cute too)

But then, all of the sudden – this whole brand new academic cheating thing that just exploded – within the last couple days.

What the hell is going on over there? This is not UNC. In the last 3 days we've basically watched the Carolina football program implode before our very eyes.

Honest to God - I really hate seeing this happening.

Two defensive starters (and potential NFL drafts) have been reportedly kicked off the team. And the rest . . . .

The latest unconfirmed reports (as of Friday afternoon) are that 4 players on the vaunted, top 5 nationally ranked defensive starting unit have been cleared. The rest are – and this is the quote – “toast”. This is (or maybe was) a defensive unit that had 5 to 7 for sure NFL draft picks – and possibly more depending on how the season went.

Watching the live press conference last night – I thought Coach Butch Davis was on his way to a heart attack. Chancellor Holden Thorp looked like a deer caught in the headlights. AD Dickie Baddour – he’s trying to keep it together – but that’s a man who’s getting slammed from all different directions – and it shows.

And John Blake is still employed as a UNC defensive coach.


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