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Big game Tuesday night -- NBCSN and a national broadcast team. Good chance to show the league what's cooking!

Anybody wanna sign up for 7-7 heading to Foxboro?

So Army actually gave Dook fits for the first 3/4 of that game? Interesting. Gives me hope they won't just blow through everyone this season.

I go back and forth on this. If you look around the country the "primary" state public university is typically referred to as the state name -- i.e., North Carolina, Oklahoma, Michigan, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, etc. -- even though they have multiple schools in the system. It sort of makes sense to call UB "New York" or "New York State." Of course, the Buffalo native in me likes keeping Buffalo prominent and I love referring to them as UB. But it's not as if there is one clear cut correct answer. Awesome win at WVU Friday night.

Annnnnd, check. The poor white men in this country. If they could only catch a break. I'm done here.

My first reaction to this thread was "who is Coach Length, and what program is he putting in?"

Well, the kid certainly seems smart and knows what to say. Does he have the processing speed/ability necessary to make that jump?

Jesus. WTF is going on in this country? My prediction: an "angry white man" was responsible.

Yeah, those bastards looked amazing.

And if you read my posts they mention only Roy. I truly believe Roy had no knowledge of the paper classes. He simply told players they needed to go to class or they would be ineligible, and that the team had academic advisors to assist the players. I don't know what any of those advisors did or didn't know about the "paper classes" and I think it's reasonable that the coaching staff didn't concern themselves with the actual classwork. It's probably largely a matter of semantics regarding who "knew" something vs. who purposefully didn't want or try to know. I think Roy preaches academics and accountability to his players (and believes it) but delegates the rest of it to the academic advisors. In any event, it was an ugly, embarrassing matter for UNC no matter how you slice it. I'm simply not willing to place blame upon Roy for it.

What about the pettiness of the "journalists" who don't understand that with actions come repercussions? The Pegulas have to face up to whatever their franchises are on a daily basis. Who do Bucky and Sully have to answer to?

?? I think Bucky is the one who said Kim Pegula shouldn't be at the hockey meetings originally. Totally fine with me if the "petty and sleazy" Pegulas hold a grudge over that misogyny.

If you thought I was seeking sympathy for UNC you are mistaken. And no, Roy didn't cry tears of shame at all because he knew he had nothing to do with what happened and he was angry about it, as well as being angry that he had to talk about it to every kid and their parents whose homes he visited. I get it that people want to hate on programs like UNC, who really have done things the right way. I know this is a Syracuse thread and I'm in enemy territory. But if there was any shred of evidence tying Roy and his program to the AFAM fraud it would have been exposed. I mean, they did 7-8 years of digging and could come up with nothing. I'm looking forward to seeing what Roy does now that he finally nabbed a superstar recruit (Nassir Little). Have a good one; I hope it's a great basketball season.

They can always move.

An incredibly small number of students, and one freaking AFAM studies class. Yeah, they were "producing illiterate student athletes." Dude, it was a huge embarrassment for the school but it wasn't what folks want to make it out to be. UNC suffered plenty for their mistake in not identifying the issue sooner, but I might even argue it made Roy Williams a better coach as he produced ridiculously successful teams while being unable to grab the top recruits!

I give the OP credit for the time it took to piece together that thread title. Well done.

Glad someone else posted this. He's annoying as hell; offering diagnoses and playing timelines based upon nothing more than a video review.

UNC didn't get away with academic fraud. It was a huge embarrassment to the school's academic reputation, and with respect to sports they paid dearly in YEARS of having it hang over their heads during recruiting season for both basketball and football. They had a local paper (Raleigh N&O) leading the witch hunt. And I'm fairly certain you don't know the half of the story anyway. If the NCAA could have proven the basketball program had anything to do with the scam classes they'd have nailed them to the wall. But carry on.

I'm no Calipari/Kentucky fan but I disagree with your premise. Yes, there are dirty coaches and programs, but I do still believe they are the exception rather than the rule. Kentucky is far too high profile to be getting these recruits through impermissible benefits. What Calipari has done is to build a reputation around an already legendary program that you'll come in, you'll play, you may compete for a championship, and you'll be drafted highly. Why wouldn't a kid want to go there for a year?

Having become pretty bored with the show, I'm somewhat encouraged by the last couple of episodes and new direction. It really was time for Rick to go, and I'd like to see Maggie leave as well. The movie ideas and a new story line for Rick will be interesting when that rolls around.

Did I just hear we claimed Ike McIntyre off waivers from the Argos? Awesome!

Don't be. Rhapsody was fantastic unless you are looking/hoping for a biopic that bares all of Freddie Mercury's indiscretions in a raw and uncensored format. The director purposely kept it PG-13 in order to share the story with younger audiences, and the movie certainly doesn't delve too deeply into the other band members' lives (and I can't imagine why we'd want it to). It's a Freddie Mercury movie that also tells the story of Queen. We absolutely loved it, and if Rami Malek doesn't win the Oscar it will be an upset.

Who can ever forget the brilliance of Wilf Paiement?

I really think the key was Housley's shake-up of the lines out west, and Bogo's return as well.