Quote :

"I think it was clear early on when Thigpen left, the kinda guy Blake was. Like you, I caught on early. He caused a lot of tension within the staff and alienated non DL position players. He was a great role model for those guys but not the other 75 players. A coach is a coach, no matter what position, Blake truly was "rouge" in everything he did at UNC. but at the end of the day, do I think he was a cheater? No."

you missed the golden part. goin "rouge". Now Black Santa is a shade of red!!!

7/31/2011 7:54:32 PM

^I didn't even notice that on the first read...hahaha

7/31/2011 7:57:23 PM

Ovies linked to this article on IC by Deems May. Not surprisingly, he comes off as extremely whinny.

http://northcarolina.scout.com/2/1091090.html#.Tja6zDqMQHI.twitter

Quote :

"The decisions that these people have made do not align with the majority of true Carolina people. The decisions were spineless and showed incredible weakness"

Whaa? Holding the coach accountable was spineless and weak?

The entire article is the same thing that we've been hearing the past week. Except he goes on about de-emphasizing football and how sad that makes him. He never mentions any anger about their leadership de-emphasizing his diploma though.

There are a few other good quotes in there, but his whining gives me a headache.

8/1/2011 11:31:47 AM

8/1/2011 11:34:56 AM

^ all those scary pine trees, how UNC has ever lost a game at Kenan Aluminum Stadium is beyond me.

There's a new thread on a protest in front of Thorp's office, lots of lulz contained within

Quote :

"Any interest by people on this board to meet on the South Building steps on Thursday at 11:00 am to protest thorp's decision? If you disagree with this idea, please keep your opinions to yourself. I have no desire to argue or attempt to change anyone's opinion, but am just looking to rally those who have deep feelings regarding this matter. We all look at this situation personally."

hopefully this will be their rallying cry heard all the way to Rawlee

Quote :

"they can p*ss on us, ram a large one up our a**es, and we'll keep coming back for more."

[Edited on August 1, 2011 at 11:40 AM. Reason : ]

8/1/2011 11:37:36 AM

hahaha so lame, the shirts, the buttons, the websites. What a bunch of tools.

8/1/2011 12:56:11 PM

From the basketball board on IC:

Quote :

" Think we could consruct an imaginary NCAA championship game thread for Monday April 2, 2012, UNC vs KY?"

WTF?

8/1/2011 1:05:02 PM

Quote :

"hahaha so lame, the shirts, the buttons, the websites. What a bunch of tools."

To be fair, the guy is capitalizing on the stupidity of irrational UNC fans

8/1/2011 1:21:09 PM

I feel like we should make our own but offer them at 1 dollar cheaper. Then we can profiteer off of them instead!

8/1/2011 1:21:53 PM

^Hahaha, great idea.

8/1/2011 1:34:55 PM

Quote :

" We have been the biggest bunch of crying ******* ever since Butch got fired. Hell, even before he got fired. We can't help what happened. But grow a pair, gain some pride, and support your ******* football team. We still have a season to play. And a season after that. And a season after that. Our team needs our support. Our coaches need our support. The other teams that aren't football need our support. So Holden Thorpe ****** up... move on. We can't do **** about it. You seriously think not going to the games is going to help anything? You seriously think Holden Thorpe is going to step down or get fired because we don't show up to the games? Get real. Every home game. Every away game, we NEED to show up and support our Tar Heels. We have a very good team right now, full of future NFL players. Would you want to play in front of an empty stadium because your schools Chancellor and BOT's ****** up and fired your coach? No. Of course you would be mad, but you would need all the support you could get. Coples doesn't want to play in front of an empty stadium. Renner doesn't want to. Houston, Jones, Powell, Paige-Moss, Brown... none of them want to play in front of an empty stadium, or a sobbing fan base. SUPPORT YOUR TAR HEELS! You don't like Thorpe? Fine. Tell him. E-mail him. Toilet paper his house. I don't give a ****. I don't like him either. But support your Tar Heels ******! You don't want to support them because you don't like some ***** in a tie that sits at a desk all day? Fine. Go over to Raleigh. But I'm driving to Chapel Hill as often as I can, and cheering on my Tar Heels until my lungs collapse. GO HEELS! /end rant"

And even after a few days for this to settle in, threads like this are still popping up...

Quote :

" FIRE CHANCELLOR COWARD AND REHIRE BUTCH!! "

Don't they realize that a chancellor (of any school) has way more to worry about than just football? They're really putting their football team ahead of the university.

Not sure if it was in this thread or the investigation thread, but someone said that Thorp would be UNC fan's scapegoat for everything that goes wrong (our version of their Lee Fowler...it's already started. In response to a thread on the stolen records:

Quote :

" What could Thorpe possibly want with those files?"

8/1/2011 7:04:56 PM

Quote :

" Being a relative pee-on, but a long-time Rams Club member, I wonder how the big dollar donors who most pushed for Butch when he was hired have reacted to this. "

Oh. My.

8/1/2011 10:57:48 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

8/1/2011 11:29:35 PM

Rofl, pee-on.


Sadly, I saw someone on packpride earlier spell "era" as "error".

8/2/2011 12:33:02 AM

most of IC are pee-ons

8/2/2011 2:04:20 AM

Quote :

"Sadly, I saw someone on packpride earlier spell "era" as "error""

yeah, pretty sure that was intentional

8/2/2011 2:14:41 AM

No, it wasn't. The statement began with "IN THE ERROR OF BUDGET CUTS".

8/2/2011 3:09:14 AM

^ and you don't see where that could be intentional at all?

8/2/2011 8:24:22 AM

In fairness, they probably intentionally misspelled peon as pee-on. Otherwise, why would they hyphenate it? Peon = little guy = perpetually overlooked and "pissed on".

Just a thought...

8/2/2011 10:38:34 AM

From the letter Deems May wrote to/for IC:

Quote :

" The sighs of relief upon hearing of our coach's firing reverberated from Blacksburg to Coral Gables to Tallahassee, to Clemson. We are the laughing stock of universities across the nation right now due to the decisions that these leaders of our beloved institution exercised. It is unconscionable to me that our very own would conspire to gut Tar Heel football. We have to be the only university in the country with an anti-football faction, that in itself may well be the most saddening element of this entire debacle."

Seriously? I'm sure VT and FSU were shaking in their boots thinking UNC was on the verge of usurping perennial ACC dominance from them.

8/3/2011 11:48:09 AM

Notice how he didnt mention Raleigh?

8/3/2011 12:45:59 PM

^ I would say he did that because we were 4-0 against Butch, and thus it would stand to reason that we wouldn't be scared of him, but I think that's giving him too much credit.

8/3/2011 1:22:56 PM

If I was a graudate of Carolina, I'd be absolutely pleased with the decision to fire Davis. For many who are looking at the situation from the outside it would seem that UNC values academic integrity over football wins. If Davis weren't fired than the perception would be that my alma mater is a dirty school that accepts the scandal as something that comes with the territory of a successful football program, and would devalue the diploma received.

Lets not kid ourselves, UNC has some really great academic programs that add much more to the university than a football program ever could, and these don't need their name dragged through the mud any more by keeping around a perceived shady character.

[Edited on August 3, 2011 at 1:37 PM. Reason : a]

8/3/2011 1:36:58 PM

i have a feeling that the majority of these people losing their minds over Davis' firing are of the Wal-Mart variety

as far as students and alumni go, it's just the "lunatic fringe", with which we are so familiar, coming out of the woodwork. no one with a brain should argue that Davis should have stayed coach.

8/3/2011 2:08:59 PM

This scandal has made a clear cut line between graduates and wal-mart nation.

Graduates are pissed at the academic mess.

Wal-mart nation is pissed that "their beloved heels have been destroyed by higher ups that don't care about sports"

8/3/2011 2:17:03 PM

Quote :

" If I was a graudate of Carolina, I'd be absolutely pleased with the decision to fire Davis. For many who are looking at the situation from the outside it would seem that UNC values academic integrity over football wins. If Davis weren't fired than the perception would be that my alma mater is a dirty school that accepts the scandal as something that comes with the territory of a successful football program, and would devalue the diploma received. Lets not kid ourselves, UNC has some really great academic programs that add much more to the university than a football program ever could, and these don't need their name dragged through the mud any more by keeping around a perceived shady character. "

I absolutely agree. Add on top of all this that BD was an average coach (15-17 in the ACC...1 bowl win, 0 top 25 finishes). It's not like they were a top 10 program or anything. It should be a no-brainer for UNC fans grads to be in support of the decision to fire BD (other than the timing).

[Edited on August 3, 2011 at 3:37 PM. Reason : ]

8/3/2011 3:37:41 PM

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=78&f=1408&t=7744793

expatriateheel

I think that the members of IC should establish a scholarship in Butch's honor. It could be a post grad scholarship for a football player. It would need to be kept under the control of a private group with no University input. I would contribute $250.00.

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In Butch's honor? Those two words should never be in the same sentence

8/8/2011 12:49:59 PM

Their lunatic fringe makes our lunatic fringe look sane and level-headed.

8/8/2011 12:59:28 PM

The Butch Davis Honorable Memorial Scholarhsip for Excellence in Cheating and Having a Losing Record in the ACC and to NC State.

Maybe I should donate $250.

8/8/2011 1:38:57 PM

lol

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"StingrayRush All-American 4405 posts this site Ignore this Member Send Private Message Nominate | Report Posted: Today 1:37 PM RE: Where were you when you found out Butch had been fired? i heard the rumors at 4:30 on the radio, played some soccer, and had it confirmed at around 6pm. absolutely worst day in recent memory for me yes i know in the grand scheme there's worse things in life, but i seriously almost cried"

8/8/2011 4:47:41 PM

^
I was playing NCAA football 2012 online when they had one of their espn news broadcasts. I immediately got on TWW to confirm. Absolutely best day in recent memory for me

yes i know in the grand scheme there's better things in life, but i seriously almost cried

8/8/2011 5:47:40 PM

i was perusing twitter, which i don't generally do, then when I heard I probably had my highest tweets/day of all time

of all time

8/8/2011 5:49:09 PM

I have no idea where I was, but I definitely remember my first thought "what the fuck? what a bunch of idiots"

8/8/2011 6:42:17 PM

I was at the Juventus practice and overheard someone say Butch had been fired.

8/8/2011 6:52:04 PM

This isn't the JFK assassination guys.

[Edited on August 8, 2011 at 7:14 PM. Reason : .]

8/8/2011 7:06:07 PM

Apex where were you when JFK was assassinated?

8/8/2011 7:10:02 PM

Quote :

"but i seriously almost cried"

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha

8/8/2011 7:12:03 PM

Damn autocorrect

8/8/2011 7:12:58 PM

this is just too rich... a youtube "passion of the christ" ode to BMFD. enjoy.

http://fireholdenthorp.com/2011/08/05/sitting-on-g-waiting-on-o/

^^^^, true, in the minds (albeit small) of unc fans, its much much much......... much bigger

edit: i know this isn't IC per se, but these people are all IC posters for sure.

I can see a made for TV movie, just wonder whose going to star and co-star respectively as BD and DM

Quote :

"DeemsMay Deems May After funeral, Coach Davis dropped me off at my truck and told me to hurry and get to practice..it was starting at 1:30...practice was good "

I wonder if BD was choking back a tear, i know Deems was probably crying his eyes out

[Edited on August 9, 2011 at 4:46 AM. Reason : ]

8/9/2011 4:41:59 AM

about once every 6 months, an actual graduate of UNC posts on IC, i figure he's a graduate because this is simply too logical or its a "wuffie troll" who can't keep up the charade:

Quote :

"whether troll or heel fan, have you thought about what happens if HT is gone? think, take a long as your brain requires. the same folks that enabled/caused/ordered (take your pick) the firing would then take months to pick a new chancelor who more met their vision, the vision you paranoids fear most. That is the only way it would break down. If you and your ilk are correct in your fearing vision of de-emphasis on the horizon, then a replacement chancelor would be more inclined towards that vision. HT may be the best bet for less trouble. I could be wrong. But just think about that, as slowly as your brain requires"

8/9/2011 1:47:34 PM

Maybe old, but apparently Cam Sexton is in the next Batman movie as a football player for Gotham City's pro team.

8/16/2011 1:51:32 PM

Butch Davis to Georgia

you heard it here first

(in the meantime, he's helping some local high school)

8/16/2011 2:12:14 PM

do tell...

also, no fucking way.

8/16/2011 2:17:03 PM

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"NCAA out to destroy ACC"

A thread title on IC...as if the violations/accusations around GT, UNC, Miami have just been totally made up.

8/17/2011 11:31:52 AM

Does Georgia have an AFL team?

8/17/2011 12:32:23 PM

I want to see BMFD's birth certificate

8/17/2011 12:41:19 PM

even I'll say IC really has some dumb assed people; however packpride may be just as dumb, if you read any of the hardcore football posters talk about anything academic related then you'll understand, this one guy just posted something along to the lines that the sports programs at unc were the reason that the professor's have good salaries and why unc has the facilities to be a major academic university and I assume he's part of the same crowd calling for professors that pressured to get rid of butch to be fired themselves

I mean this place is hardly a bastion of objectivity but you rarely get that level of stupid, maybe because this place is actually made up of former students; I can't imagine some of the tar pit folks were actually undergrads anywhere

8/17/2011 10:28:22 PM

Quote :

"I mean this place is hardly a bastion of objectivity "

I cant do it alone brother...I cant do it alone. My fight is long and hard but I will struggle on...



























































uh huh huh huh "long and hard" huh huh huh

[Edited on August 17, 2011 at 10:31 PM. Reason : d]

8/17/2011 10:31:22 PM

CHEAT fans are mad at Heather Dinich for daring to say anything other than they are dark horses again.

someone wanted a link to her article, and then we get this reply:

Quote :

"Please. No link. Don't give her hits. If you must, go to espn.com and on to the college football page. You can find her column by looking there."

haha, what a moron, he doesn't want her to get hits but he thinks she won't get hits if you simply go the long way to get the exact same article

[Edited on August 18, 2011 at 5:23 PM. Reason : ]

8/18/2011 5:23:03 PM

From that article

Quote :

"5. NC State will beat North Carolina for a fifth straight year. Tom O’Brien defeated Butch Davis for four straight seasons. Now he’ll have the edge in head-coaching experience and home-field advantage over interim coach Everett Withers when the Wolfpack hosts the Tar Heels on Nov. 5."

8/18/2011 5:32:12 PM