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@schadjoe*UNC is investigating if approximately 9 players including standouts had papers written by a former tutor*3 minutes ago

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@schadjoe*UNC put standout players on scout team on Wednesday as UNC inquiry expands beyond agents and parties*2 minutes ago

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LSU in a route

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sure looks that way

[The DiB]

Looks like UNC is having a press conference at 7:30 tonight. Stay tuned.

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^^^ thanks for the heads up

[PingPong]

and it's off the board

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Rumor is its DE robert Quinn, LB bruce Carter, and Marvin austin and Greg little already out ... we will see what they say im sooo glad i locked in LSU .

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it really is a mess there at unc reading both starting cbs caught up in this cbs sports pulled its source but it was up damn near that whole defense could be out.

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I bet 8 outta those 9 are on defense haha.

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UNC kicks Brown, Burney off team as investigation widens

By Will Brinson
Special to CBSSports.com
Aug. 26, 2010
To say that things regarding the NCAA investigation in Chapel Hill heated up today would be an understatement -- Inside Carolina reported that UNC self-reported "academic issues pertaining to a tutor."

As soon as that happened, the proverbial mess hit the fan: Our own Dennis Dodd reported that the University will announce a "widening of an NCAA investigation" at the 7:30 ET news conference the school has scheduled.

That same tutor, according to reports from ESPN's Joe Schad and Inside Carolina's Greg Barnes, also (inexplicably) served as the nanny for UNC head coach Butch Davis.

A source has also told CBSSports.com that two players, cornerbacks Charles Brown and Kendrick Burney, have already been kicked off of the football team.

At this time, we cannot confirm whether or not those dismissals will be announced during Thursday night's press conference.

Additionally, the same source told CBSSports.com that "four players have been cleared and the rest are toast" -- meaning four of the defensive starters on Carolina's team.

Erin Summers of WRAL in Raleigh also reported that "it's all but four players on the starting defense who are involved in the academic infractions."

The information from our source falls right in line with the -- as yet unconfirmed -- reports that the majority of the defensive starters were removed from the first team reps during Carolina's closed practice, and that Chancellor Holden Thorp addressed the football team on the field earlier.

It is believed that Thorp, along with Davis and athletic director Dick Baddour, will be present at the news conference.

As a matter of interest only in the sense of reasonable practicality, the Las Vegas betting line for the UNC-LSU game has been removed from many online gambling sites.

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Spartanfan37 August 26, 2010 8:09 pm Yikes!...this can't be good

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tyellington August 26, 2010 8:23 pm Well, there goes the promising season, thanks to players' stupidity.
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wizard01 August 27, 2010 7:30 am Well, UNC under Butch **** Davis is 0-6 vs State and UVA so, no big deal.
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Brown and Burney are starting sr cbs... Burney 1st team All Acc.

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not sure whats what Burney tweeting that hes ready for practice and im reading he still on team. doesnt really matter can ncaa clear these guys in 7 days?

[M.W.]

I think the early report was mistaken, and Brown was kicked off the team, but Burney wasn't.

[CLASSIC ROCK]

very proud university in hot water

[BigdaddyQH]

This team is in very hot water now. IT all depends on how manystarters they lose. 7 is not a lucky number in tis case.

[iwantcougars]

i envy those who has lsu +3. Also some south carolina players are in trouble, there must be something on the coastal waters

[MartinBlank]

Butch Davis cheated and still didin't win.

If you are going to cheat, at leas win like USC did.

[kalamity85]

well then UNC should get punished more than USC did because it involved WAY more players and the players actually cheated. let's say 210 scholarships and 14 year bowl ban?