Never forget........Tar Holes/ACC punishment of Clemson

Sep 23, 2010, 3:01 PM

I don't know if this has been posted, but kudos to this author.

http://www.thetigernews.com/news.php?aid=6459&sid=3

the last few paragraphs are gold...

While Clemson was certainly not alone in its… er… egregious cheating, we were the ones unlucky enough to catch the attention of the NCAA, thanks to some helpful tip-offs from UGA’s Vince Dooley and NC State’s Monte Kiffin. In 1982, the NCAA wasted no time in dropping the hammer on us. All in all, the sanctions spanned two years of scholarship reductions, a two-year bowl ban and a two-year television ban — a stiff punishment, but a just one.

It is at this point in the story that our self-righteous, baby blue friends from Chapel Hill decided to enter the fray. Joining forces with the athletic director from Duke, UNC athletic director John Swofford (yes, the one that is now ACC Commissioner. Don’t even get me started on that…) called a meeting between every ACC athletic director except Clemson’s.

In the meeting, Swofford stated that the sanctions the NCAA handed down to Clemson were not stiff enough and proposed a vote to extend Clemson’s probation from two years to three. All the schools present consented with the exceptions of Maryland and Wake Forest, who were appalled at the idea of further punishing a fellow conference member. The two schools’ representatives left the meeting in disgust when Swofford suggested that the votes remain anonymous.

In other words, when Clemson was enduring its lowest moment as a football program, UNC elected to pile on and kick the dog when it was down. And all the while, they passed themselves off as the morally superior ones. But the current academic scandal and NCAA investigation has now completely shattered that façade.

For a program that only deigned its nose at poor hillbilly Clemson and its renegade football program over the past couple decades, UNC now finds itself in no position to judge others. They have forfeited the right to condescend.

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Never forget........Tar Holes/ACC punishment of Clemson

And that's just the beginning of why I hate those tree

tree huggers in chapel hill?***

Always thought of Swoff as more of an inseam measurer.....

They are more almond or pecan huggers, maybe peanut?***

Re: Never forget........Tar Holes/ACC punishment of Clemson

You're kidding yourself if you think TDP would rock the boat***

This is why hatred for UNC should be scriven on the hearts..

I don't really hate UNC.....

^^^^Gets it^^^^^***

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it was amazing that the ACC dod this when you consider

Is that really true? I know the part about the ACC giving

I would as well. Was Swofford really that involved?***

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Re: Never forget........Tar Holes/ACC punishment of Clemson

you much on carrying a grudge?***

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