1. Byrd, Mangum Named to All-ACC Academic Football Team

    Greensboro, N.C. - North Carolina student-athletes Pete Mangum and Curtis Byrd have been named to the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Football Team, announced Wednesday by Commissioner John Swofford...

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  2. Offseason Spotlight: North Carolina

    Our offseason spotlight series continues today with North Carolina. A reminder: This series features individual players, position groups and coaches who really need to have big offseasons -- starting this spring...

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  3. Iowa State Tabs Troy Douglas as DB Coach

    AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has hired former North Carolina assistant Troy Douglas as its new secondary coach. The 46-year-old Douglas spent the past three seasons with the Tar Heels...

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  4. UNC's Cunningham Ready for 'finality' of NCAA Verdict

    RALEIGH -- UNC athletics director Bubba Cunningham said Wednesday that the NCAA's Committee on Infractions is scheduled to meet this week, but he doesn't know when it will announce ...

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  5. Attorney: 'Butch Davis Was the Logical Scapegoat'

    Robert Orr, a Raleigh attorney who represented UNC football players Quinton Coples and Devon Ramsay during the school's recent NCAA-related problems, said Friday that the firing of ...

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  6. UNC's 18th Rameses Mascot Dies

    Rameses, whose unmistakable Carolina blue horns are a staple at UNC football games, died Thursday evening of natural causes. The 18th Rameses will be buried at Hogan’s Magnolia View Farm...

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  7. Butch Davis Will Be Adviser for Tampa Bay Buccaneers

    As many Tampa area news outlets reported earlier this week, Butch Davis will have a role with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But it will be as adviser, not as an assistant coach, the Tampa Bay Times reports...

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  8. UNC's Fedora Strikes Again

    For the second time in two weeks, new UNC football coach Larry Fedora has received an verbal commitment from an in-state recruit...

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  9. Bucs to Interview Shoop for OC Job

    A blast from the past is now in the mix to become the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offensive coordinator. A source told FOXSports.com that John Shoop is interviewing Wednesday for the position...

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  10. Grading How New Coaching Hires Fared

    Three weeks ago, SI.com's Stewart Mandel graded college football's coaching hires, assessing how schools strengthened or weakened their transitioning programs. Ohio State earned high marks, Kansas failed...

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  11. Hillside Duo Commits to Heels

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  12. Former Tar Heel Shines for NY Giants in Super Bowl

    INDIANAPOLIS -- The player whose Hail Mary touchdown catch helped keep the New York Giants rolling in the postseason had to watch from the sideline Sunday as New England tried its own Hail Mary - this one with the Super Bowl on the line...

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  13. ACC Pre-Spring Power Rankings

    The early NFL draft hopefuls have gone, the early enrollees have arrived, and recruiting classes have been added that could have an impact on the 2012 ACC race...

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  14. Friday Conversation: Larry Fedora

    First-year North Carolina coach Larry Fedora had some unique recruiting obstacles to overcome in his first class, namely a shortened recruiting calendar because of his hiring date, and the uncertainty of the program's ongoing NCAA saga...

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  15. ACC Announces Future Scheduling Formats

    The announcement was made following the annual ACC Winter Meetings and will go in effect once Pittsburgh and Syracuse become playing members in the conference...

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  16. Neal to Announce Feb. 21

    Scottsdale Chaparral WR/DB Davonte' Neal will announce which college he will be attending on Feb. 21 at his Ahwatukee elementary school, Esperanza, his father Luke said today...

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  17. Three UNC Students, a Parking Deck, and a Bag of Cocaine

    CHAPEL HILL - Chapel Hill Police arrested three UNC students early Friday morning for using cocaine on top of a Rosemary Street parking deck...

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  18. 2012 Recruiting Team Wrap-Ups

    While the star systems help evaluate each recruit and grade each class , the most important aspect of signing day is whether or not each program filled its specific needs at each position...

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  19. Fedora: “This Is Not Just a 4 Year Decision This Is a Life Long Decision”

    The Drive Wednesday 2-1-12: Larry Fedora talks with Taylor and Marc about his transition to be the head coach in Chapel Hill, we get his pitch that he gives to parents on his recruiting trips, and we talk about this years recruiting class...

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  20. Former Tar Heel Nicks Ready for Super Bowl Spotlight

    INDIANAPOLIS -- As he sat on a riser answering questions during media day at Lucas Oil Stadium, New York Giants receiver Hakeem Nicks wore a red, white and blue Super Bowl hat cocked to the side of his head and a smile on his face...

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  21. Homegrown Talent Missing on Signing Day

    CHAPEL HILL -- Throughout most of the day on Wednesday, the video scoreboard that looms over North Carolina's Kenan Stadium showed the same highlights over and over on a continuous loop...

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  22. North Carolina Recruiting Class

    Junior Gnonkonde, DE, Lakeland, Ga., 6-4, 220: Ranked the No. 39 weak-side defensive end in the nation by Rivals, which also considered Gnonkonde the 51st-best prospect in Georgia...

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  23. 2012 North Carolina Signees

    Kanler Coker Quarterback, 6'4",205 Flowery Branch,Ga. (Flowery Branch) Has already graduated from high'school •Considered the No. 72 quarterback prospect in the country by Scout...

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  24. Fedora's Recruiting for UNC Catches on Quickly

    CHAPEL HILL -- Clint Heaven had no shortage of Division I scholarship offers, but for a while he had liked the idea of playing football at North Carolina. Even so, a lot of coaches from other schools told Heaven, a defensive back from Bradenton, Fla...

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  25. “Quinton Coples Was The Most Dominant Player At The Senior Bowl”

    Mac Attack 1/30/12: National Football Post’s Matt Bowen calls in to talk about the Senior Bowl prospects who should be on the Panthers draft radar, and why Cam Newton has changed the way NFL evaluators look at the quarterback position...

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