North Carolina fires football coach Butch Davis

[dbackjon]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP)—North Carolina has fired football coach Butch Davis.

The school issued a statement Wednesday night announcing Davis’ dismissal nine days before the start of preseason practice.

Chancellor Holden Thorp says the decision was not prompted by any changes in the ongoing NCAA investigation into possible improper benefits and academic misconduct in the football program.

Rather, Thorp says he “lost confidence in our ability to come through this without harming the way people think of this institution.”

The school scheduled a news conference Thursday morning to discuss the dismissal.

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[DJH]

odd timing, to say the least.

[ASUG8]

Long overdue. Tarheel athletics won't put up with this crap.

[AZGrizFan]

Say hello to Bob Davies...

[Silenoz]

JMU fans must be ecstatic

...and welcome back to irrelevance UNC

[ASUG8]

JMU fans must be ecstatic

...and welcome back to irrelevance UNC

Yep, JMU is poised to take down ACC teams two years running. Kenan stadium is an amazing venue to catch a game.

[BDKJMU]

JMU fans must be ecstatic

...and welcome back to irrelevance UNC

Yep, JMU is poised to take down ACC teams two years running. Kenan stadium is an amazing venue to catch a game.

Improves our chances....

[SuperHornet]

One REALLY has to question the justification for this move NOW. What changed in the week or so since the ACC's media day, when everything seemed hunky-dory? The president just set his team up for massive failure. He should have pulled the trigger in January or not at all.

Idiot!

[BDKJMU]

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[BDKJMU]

Sanctions scorecard in the last yr+:

USC: appeal of their sanctions got denied, so they’ll lose 30 scholarships and eligibility for a bowl game and the Pac-12 title game.

Ohio State: tattoogate, which led to the resignation of Jim Tressel and the departure of Terrelle Pryor. Forfeit all of their wins in 2010 and are now on a two year probation period.

Georgia Tech: slapped with a $100,000 fine and had their 2009 conference title revoked for failing to cooperate with an investigation

LSU: despite being found guily of major violations NCAA gave slap on wrist of 1 year probation. NCAA accepted LSU's self-imposed reduction of two scholarships during the 2010-11 academic year, as well as a 10 percent reduction in official visits and reductions in recruiting calls. LSU already had begun reducing official visits during 2010-11, but the NCAA expanded the punishment to include 2011-12.and a loss of 2 scholarships, await results of NCAA investigation.
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Tenn: self-imposed a 2 year probation period and await results of NCAA. Being investigated for major violations:
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Auburn: Still under investigation

Oregon under investigation.
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UNC: sounds like the hammer could REALLY drop:
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[BDKJMU]

And the hits keep coming- now UNC is losing their AD:
Dick Baddour stepping down at UNC
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[ASUMountaineer]

The interim head coach, Everett Withers, is an ASU guy. Maybe they'll schedule us. Yeah, right.

[SuperHornet]

The interim head coach, Everett Withers, is an ASU guy. Maybe they'll schedule us. Yeah, right.

What are the odds that UNC shows up to a game in Boone and the whole Tar Heel squad completely withers.

[SDHornet]

The interim head coach, Everett Withers, is an ASU guy. Maybe they'll schedule us. Yeah, right.

What are the odds that UNC shows up to a game in Boone and the whole Tar Heel squad completely withers.

The odds UNC will travel to Boone are non-existent.

[SuperHornet]

What are the odds that UNC shows up to a game in Boone and the whole Tar Heel squad completely withers.

The odds UNC will travel to Boone are non-existent.

No duh. But can't you let a guy have a joke?

(Weirder things have happened, though. Oregon State played a '95 game in Stockton and LOST. Did you forget THAT? LOL.)

[SDHornet]

The odds UNC will travel to Boone are non-existent.

No duh. But can't you let a guy have a joke?

(Weirder things have happened, though. Oregon State played a '95 game in Stockton and LOST. Did you forget THAT? LOL.)

That was over 15 years ago. I think pretty much everyone besides you have forgotten that.

[tampajag]

The odds UNC will travel to Boone are non-existent.

No duh. But can't you let a guy have a joke?

(Weirder things have happened, though. Oregon State played a '95 game in Stockton and LOST. Did you forget THAT? LOL.)

One problem with your example, UOP was I-A

[SuperHornet]

No duh. But can't you let a guy have a joke?

(Weirder things have happened, though. Oregon State played a '95 game in Stockton and LOST. Did you forget THAT? LOL.)

One problem with your example, UOP was I-A

Not so much, TJ. At the time, Sagarin ranked the Big West Conference (which still sponsored football) BELOW the Big Sky, which was (and still is) I-AA.

[tampajag]

One problem with your example, UOP was I-A

Not so much, TJ. At the time, Sagarin ranked the Big West Conference (which still sponsored football) BELOW the Big Sky, which was (and still is) I-AA.

all I'm going to say is this because I should know better than to fall for your antics. At what level did they compete?

[Silenoz]

The odds UNC will travel to Boone are non-existent.

No duh. But can't you let a guy have a joke?

(Weirder things have happened, though. Oregon State played a '95 game in Stockton and LOST. Did you forget THAT? LOL.)

OSU had one win that year (barely), over a Big Sky team

[SuperHornet]

No duh. But can't you let a guy have a joke?

(Weirder things have happened, though. Oregon State played a '95 game in Stockton and LOST. Did you forget THAT? LOL.)

OSU had one win that year (barely), over a Big Sky team

And lost to a team in a I-A league rated BELOW the Big Sky.

[SuperHornet]

Not so much, TJ. At the time, Sagarin ranked the Big West Conference (which still sponsored football) BELOW the Big Sky, which was (and still is) I-AA.

all I'm going to say is this because I should know better than to fall for your antics. At what level did they compete?

Officially, the Big West was I-A. But for all intents and purposes, they were I-AA. At least, that's what Sagarin said, and they're usually pretty good.

[tampajag]

all I'm going to say is this because I should know better than to fall for your antics. At what level did they compete?

Officially, the Big West was I-A. But for all intents and purposes, they were I-AA. At least, that's what Sagarin said, and they're usually pretty good.

I'll just continue to go with the official classification

[dal4018]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP)—North Carolina has fired football coach Butch Davis.

The school issued a statement Wednesday night announcing Davis’ dismissal nine days before the start of preseason practice.

Chancellor Holden Thorp says the decision was not prompted by any changes in the ongoing NCAA investigation into possible improper benefits and academic misconduct in the football program.

Rather, Thorp says he “lost confidence in our ability to come through this without harming the way people think of this institution.”

The school scheduled a news conference Thursday morning to discuss the dismissal.

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He's from the school of Jimmy Johnson

[BDKJMU]

Decent size article a couple days ago from USA Today:

"North Carolina starts practice amid questions, distrust
By Ray Glier, Special to USA TODAYUpdated 1d 9h ago

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Standing in the end zone of Kenan Memorial Stadium after the first practice of the season Friday, offensive lineman Jonathan Cooper said he understood what might await the North Carolina football team when school resumes Aug. 23. There will be a dose of resentment and a dash of ridicule on campus for the players, the aftermath of a scandal that resulted in charges of nine major NCAA violations............................................"

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