He's doing what he is "asked" to do, act as an attack dog for UNC to slime Willingham/Jay Smith, thus saving UNC from having to do it themselves. He has also united the UNC fanbase online who thoughtlessly RT and favorite his blog posts/tweets and spout vitriol towards Kane/Smith/Willingham/Ganim/McCants etc defending UNC and complaining about unfair media coverage(loL). Bethel was in a twitter bitchfest with some Ohio Prof the other day. Thoroughly entertaining. Poor Bradley lost his shit,started name calling. Called him "imbecile". lulzz


[Edited on July 16, 2014 at 3:06 PM. Reason : ]

7/16/2014 2:56:23 PM

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"But at this rate, it won't come out until 2019"

I don't care if it takes them until the day I die, as long as I get to see their banners taken down it will all be worth it.

7/16/2014 4:10:18 PM

And anything less than banners coming down is a failure. To be honest.

7/16/2014 4:41:48 PM

I really don't care about them retroactively removing championships. That really doesn't mean anything to me

I'd be happy with serious probabation, bans from post-season play, serious hits to their scholarships, and serious hits to their reputation... leading to serious hits to their recruiting and performance. So they'll suck for the next several years/decade.

7/16/2014 4:59:30 PM

It really is amazing. UNC admitted that at least a set of classes were completely bogus... meaning:

(a lecture course in which the faculty member listed as instructor of record denied teaching the course section and signing the grade roll, or one in which the chair stated the course section had not been taught.)

So basically a phantom class. I do not see how any interpretation of athletes in such classes could be deemed valid. If a kid was in these classes, then their GPA needs to be recalculated. There were 304 students in these classes from 1997-2009(not sure if this is actually individual students or the total number of enrollments). Of the 304:

88 were football players: 29%
21 were basketball players: 7%
15 were baseball: 5%
12 Womens BBall: 4%
4 Mens Golf: 1%
...
Total number of athletes: 173, or 57% of enrollees in bogus classes.

Note that we do not know if the other 43% may have been team managers, former athletes, athlete friends/SOs.

This is what UNC has admitted. Their fans can't even admit it though.
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The point of the above is that it is impossible that the Cherry fellow from the blogpost was in a true 'bogus' class. By his own admission some kids made Fs and work was actually assigned/graded. He has no useful insight into this matter unless we are being asked to simply focus on 'easy' classes that only had a term paper. F that, I want whats fair... dig up all the athletes that were stuck into these true no-show classes, recalc their GPAs, and forfeit anything that had eligibility issues.

Everyone else has to play by the rules.

[Edited on July 16, 2014 at 5:11 PM. Reason : already]

7/16/2014 5:09:07 PM

^^ Honestly, I don't get a boner dreaming about banners coming down. I would like the truth to come out though and the sole reason I love college sports is the connection I have with the school. I am pulling for MY school's team, which is comprised of people that went through the same stuff that I did. We get to remember our college experiences every time we watch/attend a game and know that fellow alums are out there feeling the same emotions. Hell, nobody really understands NC State fans/alums like an actual fan/alum.

We have had our share of heartbreaking losses on bad calls, tough breaks and other nonsense. But this UNC mess is the real turd in the punchbowl. Now we know that the star players on those mystical and worshipped championship teams actually have as deep of a connection to UNC as the subset of their fans that have never been to Chapel Hill, but own plenty of baby blue shirts and hats.

7/16/2014 5:24:19 PM

Steviewonder is gay

7/16/2014 7:46:33 PM

7/16/2014 7:57:54 PM

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"I'd be happy with serious probabation, bans from post-season play, serious hits to their scholarships, and serious hits to their reputation... leading to serious hits to their recruiting and performance. So they'll suck for the next several years/decade."

The way to seriously hit their reputation? Take the 05 and 09 banners down. Want the holier than thou rhetoric they've spewed for 50 years to end? Take the banners down. I'm not sure how young or old some on here are, but UNC went through a bad 2 year stretch where they didn't make the NCAA tournament in 2002 and 2003 with 2002 being the notorious 8-20 campaign. That was an effective 2 year post season ban and reduced scholarships (because the guys they had were flat awful in 2002 and may as well have been on the bench at a mid major). Guess what, UNC went from 8-20 to national championship within the same graduating class in 2005. Not wanting the banners to come down is extremely naïve in that you can think there is any other way to get to the root of the problem. The entire evasion tactics the UNC administration has used the last 4 years is to preserve the hoops banners. If anyone thinks not letting UNC go to the NCAA tournament for 2-3 years in any way shape or form fixes this problem permanently, you need to think again.

UNC is not going to suck for a decade at all in our lifetimes in college basketball. Now, if the NCAA wants to put them on a postseason ban for 10 years then maybe, but that's not happening. 2 year ban seems to be reasonable for any other school, and maybe even 3 worst case. But to put it out there that UNC basketball would be bad for 10 years?? That not a reasonable thing to say. At this point I see no evidence that the NCAA is going to give them even a one year post season ban.

[Edited on July 17, 2014 at 8:48 AM. Reason : .]

7/17/2014 8:45:19 AM

There are monster bonuses and money dished to the schools that make it to the later rounds of the NCAA tourney right? If they had to vacate banners for cheating, would the school be forced to return that money to the NCAA? I'm sure the coaches and individuals would keep their money but surely the school should have to pay the penalty and cough up a huge lump sum.

7/17/2014 10:31:15 AM

UNC would return every dollar in secret if they were allowed to keep their image

7/17/2014 10:33:53 AM

Debbie Yow already hitting Adam about his suit. Haha

7/17/2014 11:22:25 AM

Link? Thanks

7/17/2014 11:23:19 AM

Usually when a school is punished by the NCAA there is a fine to pay. Although, to my knowledge, it's not comparable to what they made while cheating or anything along those lines. iirc, UNC was fined like 50K.

7/17/2014 11:32:12 AM

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/rs/video/13812714/

7/17/2014 11:33:48 AM

Danke

7/17/2014 11:38:03 AM

Is it so difficult in this day and age to run a video feed with fucking stereo audio?!?

7/17/2014 11:42:25 AM

I want to flood that screen behind them with 'Boycott Da Schoooo' tweets.

7/17/2014 11:49:31 AM

http://northcarolina.scout.com/2/1422014.html

7/18/2014 2:45:56 PM

nothin all that wrong with that. of course, they might want to keep an eye on him.. he might end up posting selfies of himself with his small dog and transferring somewhere.

7/18/2014 3:11:24 PM

lol at that letter.

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"Liberty, SDSU, VT, GT, PITT, and UNC-Raleigh need to leave Kenan this fall wondering what got into you guys. I believe you can do it. "

Man. Surprised he didn't go with wusspack or moou. He could've cut much deeper than he did. Hope UNC shows the same restraint against us this year when we go into the hostile Kenan Stadium.

Seriously, I mean, that letter is kinda lame from the perspective of a rival. But I'm sure UNC fans will eat that up. Even if it is politely calling them out for being shitty fans in the past.

And a big LOL at this one:

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"Believe me guys, we understand. This year will be different."

Nah. They'll win 7 or 8 games again. But they'll be close enough in a few of those games to make their fans think they were this close to winning the division or whatever.

7/18/2014 4:55:44 PM

He's the new "that guy" for UNC.

7/18/2014 6:46:15 PM

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"Bradley Bethel @BethelLearning UNC isn't a basketball school. It's a Top 5 public university that also has great athletics programs, including best ever women's soccer."

7/22/2014 11:37:17 AM

He should tweet that to their illiterate starting quarterback who thinks otherwise.

7/22/2014 11:47:13 AM

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" Posted: Today 12:40 AM Re: MARY WILLINGHAM: ACADEMIC FRAUD  Why couldn't they have gotten Mary instead of the Chinese professor that had something to offer the world? No justice."

8/3/2014 12:54:31 AM

Lol this is tww

Why didn't you include his twitter handle?

8/3/2014 10:31:52 AM

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"A good analogy of the N$O's stake it their biased reporting relates to playing poker. The N&O has went all in hoping to fill an inside straight on the river card not knowing that UNC is already holding a straight flush. They(the N&O) knows they are beat but refuse to admit it and when the Wainstein report come in they will either simply muck their hand or continue to blame the dealer."

8/3/2014 2:02:09 PM

grammar

8/3/2014 4:24:40 PM

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"Nighthawk All American 17575 Posts user info edit post Is it so difficult in this day and age to run a video feed with fucking stereo audio?!? 7/17/2014 11:42:25 AM"

Generally in a news environment, Left channel audio is for lav mics and Right channel audio is for NATS (ambient sound). In many cases, they just don't take the time to edit these things before dumping them online. The raw video is done this way to provide more post processing ability. It is mixed down before airing on TV.

8/6/2014 9:25:07 PM

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""Bradley Bethel @BethelLearning UNC isn't a basketball school. It's a Top 5 public university that also has great athletics programs, including best ever women's soccer.""

best ever women's soccer? and sadly that's not sarcastic the way we sarcastically flaunt best ever bass fishing team.

best women's soccer ever!?!?? sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.

8/7/2014 9:59:22 AM

Just a reminder that it's the same UNC women's soccer team that refused to fire a coach for sexually harassing players. 21 titles hell yeah! $455,000 in legal settlements.

8/7/2014 12:49:00 PM

^^^Thanks for the info. I had no idea. I do a lot of recorded audio work with both fixed wired microphones as well as wireless lavalier/handheld microphones, but 99% of our stuff is live presentation with additional video capturing for later use. Did not know that was how they handle that for news. I just assumed some asshole hadn't plugged in the right channel.

8/7/2014 1:09:55 PM

this was a comment on Reddit in response to UNC being the most hated team in college basketball in the state of North Carolina.

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"UNC is extremely widely loved in North Carolina! Every living person in this state knows who Dean Smith was. I said yesterday and still believe that North Carolinians are born UNC fans by default, it takes some outside influence to change them into other sorts of fans. Someplace like this, though, where everyone has a sworn allegiance and actually cares about basketball, yeah, UNC has gathered a lot of rivals, Duke, Wake Forest, and State. ECU hates State, but I don't think State even knows. But, like, at Wilmington and Asheville and App, you're more likely to find UNC fans than anything else. "

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"EXTREMELY WIDELY LOVED"

[Edited on August 11, 2014 at 3:30 PM. Reason : double adverb]

8/11/2014 3:29:21 PM

I'm guessing that person isn't really a hardcore sports fan if they think everybody in NC is born UNC fans (or even an overwhelming majority). That just seems like something an outsider or somebody who really casually watches sports would say. Like, the person at work who claims to be a huge UNC fan...then whenever you ask them about last night's game they, of course, didn't watch.

And as for the "extremely widely loved"...not at all. Because there's 3 or 4 (depending on if you wanna count Wake, given their smaller fan base) major college basketball programs that all hate each other in NC. So most fans would love one school and have a strong hatred for the other schools. But whatever. There's very little indifference about other schools in NC. If you're a fan of one, then pretty much by default you hate the others. Except Wake...nobody really cares about them.

[Edited on August 11, 2014 at 4:10 PM. Reason : d]

8/11/2014 4:07:43 PM

but he knows who dean smith is!

(which is more than dean smith can say HUZZAH)

8/11/2014 6:00:09 PM

Cheap shot; don't sink to their level. (Already been done; I know, but still.)

8/11/2014 7:13:37 PM

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"--------------------------------------------- --- 40blackfalconbarnes wrote: Can someone verify? Is this the same team that lost to Ohio State by 60 or so last week? --------------------------------------------- unclear Getting reports that this team has a rotating roster. Someone will have to compare box scores to see if the same players played."

8/15/2014 9:37:49 PM

lawl, like it matters... it's the Providence fucking Storm

8/15/2014 10:11:49 PM

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"Even more disturbing than the dubious origin of the misrepresented paper is that Willingham chose to misrepresent a paragraph whose topic was Rosa Parks and her courageous act of civil disobedience on a bus during the Jim Crow era in Montgomery, Alabama. The misrepresented paragraph has become known as the “Rosa Parks paper.” And, if you Google “Rosa Parks paper,” numerous articles about Mary Willingham and her misrepresentation pop up. If a person wanting to learn about Rosa Parks’ actual papers Googles “Rosa Parks papers,” almost all the articles that pop up concern Willingham’s misrepresentation. One is even from BBC news and another from The Daily Mail of the UK. Yes, Willingham’s misrepresentation has made it across the pond. Additionally, the first image within Google Images for "Rosa Parks papers” is of Willingham’s misrepresentation, and mixed in with images of actual papers and photos of Rosa Parks is an image of Mary Willingham. (For those not in the know, the status of Rosa Parks’ papers is a contentious issue.) So now, when a schoolchild Googles “Rosa Parks papers,” they will see and read about Mary Willingham and her feeble attempt at supplantation. "

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"Imagine what Rosa Parks, if she were still alive, would say to the woman whose name may forever be linked to Parks' own esteemed name. "

http://coachingthemind.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-unc-media-scandal-whatever-rosa-and.html?spref=tw

[Edited on August 21, 2014 at 11:29 PM. Reason : misrepresentation loller]

8/21/2014 11:25:49 PM

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"So now, when a schoolchild Googles “Rosa Parks papers,”"

Is this something common for schoolchildren to google? I figured someone writing a paper on Rosa Parks would google things like "Rosa Parks civil rights movement" or "Rosa Parks bus". I guess if you're trying to find a pre-written term paper on Rosa Parks for a fake class at UNC, you might google "Rosa Parks papers" though.

8/21/2014 11:36:47 PM

How is that "Willingham's misrepresentation?" She didn't say it was the final paper, did she? I thought ESPN edited the piece in such a way that it was intended to be seen as being the final paper.

8/22/2014 1:01:18 AM

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"Hazing: fine for fraternities and sororities everywhere, but not fine for UNC football players"

Never mind that UNC is still investigating and hasn't used the term "hazing" yet (believe Yahoo did though). Oh and the player received a concussion...regardless of whether or not it was hazing...that's not cool.

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"Unfortunately, my pessimism for the future of UNC football remains intact. We always seem to find a way to screw things up ourselves or we get tick bit. In spite of that, we remain miles above NCSU."

Hahah. If UNC fans wanna talk about how much better they are at basketball than us, sure....I won't argue. But football? Yeah let's argue about who is mediocre than the other. Jeez.

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"We can't afford the negative publicity because we know how it will be seized upon and distorted."

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"I'm legitimately really close to just distancing myself completely from UNC athletics. It's a non stop Story with this school."

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"Gotta say this is disappointing. I love the enthusiasm of Fed, however, leading the league in penalties and then not knowing when to stop the hazing is a little troubling to me. Seems to becoming a pattern for our players. Maybe more discipline is needed? Or maybe I am just to sensitive to our own bad decisions?"

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"Never been in a locker room pansies. East Chapel Hill football player is an oxymoron. We should've known if Lick Decock wrote a positive article something was coming"

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"Amen! Still an absolute witch hunt. If we didn't get that top 25 ranking this would have never surfaced"

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"Hazing happens just about on every team in some form. I'm disappointed that we still haven't learned that the "big" eye is on us"

8/27/2014 1:45:52 PM

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=78&f=1408&t=12955571

Holy shit this is a sad thread...the Mt Rushmore of UNC QBs.

In the past 11 years we've had 3 QBs better than any QB UNC has ever had.

8/27/2014 2:41:23 PM

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"This looks like a list of wizards and clowns --------------------------------------------- --- chesterinparis wrote: Yates keldorf Chuckle Elkins ---------------------------------------------"

8/27/2014 2:52:29 PM

Why can't it be Chuckles? That would be awesome.

8/27/2014 3:23:53 PM

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"Re: UNC in Wall Street Journal's College Football Grid of Shame What a crock. We're below Miami. Miami had hookers and hundreds of thousands paid by a booster. And their transgressions went on for over a decade. Our football team had a handful of players that took gifts from an agent - unrelated to the university. We also had 1 professor that tried to grow his department by offering easy classes."

8/31/2014 5:19:20 PM

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"While the drop is deserved, it is bs in that they would not have dropped many other teams that won. That is a jab at being ACC/UNC"

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"It's BS that we have won both our games and dropped out while there are top 15 teams with a loss."

9/7/2014 8:36:55 PM

haha.. as if they deserved to be ranked in the first place. dark horse

[Edited on September 7, 2014 at 8:52 PM. Reason : ]

9/7/2014 8:52:08 PM

Maybe they would've kept their ranking if they didn't need a last second interception to beat San Diego State

Not Ohio State, not Michigan State, not Penn State, not Florida State. Not even Fresno State. But San Diego State.

[Edited on September 7, 2014 at 9:13 PM. Reason : .]

9/7/2014 9:12:32 PM

lol

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"Very frustrated overall, but it seemed like ecu got away with Holding on every other play. Maybe we did too, but I definitely noticed our guys getting held quite a bit. They were still better in almost every way, but they sure didn't need that extra help."

9/20/2014 10:25:25 PM