University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina NewsStand Archive: Oct. 14-20, 2001
October 21, 2001 | General
Saturday, October 20, 2001
FB: No Perfect Plan
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CLEMSON, S.C. -- North Carolina coach John Bunting has the perfect solution for Clemson's Woodrow Dantzler -- one he'd like to unveil at noon today when his Tar Heels play the 13th-ranked Tigers at Memorial Stadium...
FB: UNC's Sims Not Little Anymore
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- Sarah and Ronnie Sims attend just about every one of their son's football games, but Sarah doesn't see much of what transpires on the field. Even though her son, Ryan, is a standout at defensive tackle for North Carolina, a player guaranteed to be drafted come April by some NFL team, she can't bear to watch...
FB: Tar Heels' Wide Receivers Catching Stride
Charlotte Observer/By Gregg Doyel
CHAPEL HILL -- Kory Bailey didn't understand why North Carolina coach John Bunting was criticizing the Tar Heels' receivers after the team's 0-3 start. He didn't understand it and he definitely didn't like it, but Bunting was the boss. Bunting could say what he wanted...
Friday, October 19, 2001
WSOC: Win No. 500 For Dorrance
Raleigh News & Observer/By Robert Alfonso Jr.
Anson Dorrance doesn't give much thought to the many successes of North Carolina's women's soccer program. He leaves that to others. On Thursday, however, after No. 1-ranked UNC defeated No. 13 Clemson 3-0 at Fetzer Field, he couldn't help but acknowledge one accomplishment. Nobody would let him avoid it -- the Tar Heels program's 500th and his own 500th victory as a women's coach...
FB: Heels Provide Inspiration For Texas Prep Upset
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
The football coaching staff at Klein Oak High in Spring, Texas, just outside Houston, needed something last week. The team was preparing to play The Woodlands, the No. 1-ranked team in the state, and was looking for any way to get an edge...
FB: UNC's Five-Step Recovery Program
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL -- After three games, the North Carolina football team was without a win, without much of a sense of hope. The schedule looked difficult, and a worst-case scenario -- nine straight losses to open the season -- seemed possible. It looked as if it would take new coach John Bunting years to rebuild the program...
MBB: Doherty Says It's A Deal
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL -- Fifteen months after being hired, North Carolina basketball coach Matt Doherty finally has signed a contract with the university, he said...
WSOC: Dorrance Gets 500th Win
Durham Herald-Sun/By Jim Furlong
CHAPEL HILL -- Before the game, more than half a dozen photographers and TV cameramen shadowed the man who has coached 17 national championship teams. During the game, after his team gained an early 1-0 lead, the crowd of 1,325 at Fetzer Field watched Anson Dorrance draw closer to a first-of-its-kind achievement...
FB: UNC Notebook: Heels Coach Tattoed
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
UNC strength coach Jeff Connors lost a bet with his players - and now has a decorated right shoulder to show for it...
Thursday, October 18, 2001
WSOC: Victory After Victory
Raleigh News & Observer/By Robert Alfonso Jr.
CHAPEL HILL -- When talk turns to women's soccer, two names often come to mind -- North Carolina and Anson Dorrance...
FB: Clemson's 'Surgeon General'
Durham Herald/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- UNC coach John Bunting won't be visiting any fortune-tellers before Saturday's game at Clemson, but he's talking about resorting to mystical means to stop Woodrow Dantzler, the Tigers' out-of-this-world quarterback...
UNC and Nike: If Universities Must Make Deals, This One Has Some Merit
Charlotte Observer/Editorial
Two points come immediately to mind after the flagship University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced a new $28.3 million uniforms-and-cash deal with Nike...
Wednesday, October 17, 2001
Nike, Heels Reach Deal
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL -- The University of North Carolina announced Tuesday that it has signed an eight-year, $28.34 million contract with athletic apparel manufacturer Nike that is among the most lucrative in college sports and requires the company to disclose more information about its manufacturing plants...
MBB: Doherty Still Unsigned
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina hired Matt Doherty as its men's basketball coach on July 11, 2000. He coached the Tar Heels to 18 straight victories last season, a No. 1 ranking at one point and a share of the ACC regular-season title. And on Friday night, he and his team began practicing for his second season with a midnight session...
MBB: Doherty Cashes In On UNC's Latest Deal With Nike
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina has renewed its contract with apparel giant Nike, whose trademark swoosh will adorn UNC sports gear until at least 2010...
FB: Bowl Berth In Reach For Tar Heels
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
CHAPEL HILL -- When the immediate shock of Sept. 11 subsided and the trivial pursuit of college football started anew, the North Carolina Tar Heels looked up and saw they were still 0-for-2001. Coach John Bunting then said he wouldn't be shocked if his team ran the table. With victories, that is...
Nike Swoosh Means More $$$ For UNC
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina basketball coach Matt Doherty will receive almost 60 percent of his total compensation package from Nike under the terms of the shoe company's new, eight-year contract with the university released on Tuesday...
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
FB: Dantzler, Parity Give ACC Credibility
Raleigh News & Observer/By Caulton Tudor
For a league without a team in the top-10 national rankings, ACC football has become uncharacteristically intriguing this season...
FB: Perkins' Surprising Comeback
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL -- Anyone who had said last spring that Anthony Perkins would play football for North Carolina this year would have been classified as psycho...
Monday, October 15, 2001
WSOC: Heady Play Lifts Tar Heels
Durham Herald-Sun/By Joe Johnson
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina played heads-up soccer and beat Wake Forest 1-0 on Sunday at Fetzer Field on Sunday...
FB: Sellouts, Not Victories, Elude Tar Heels
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
CHAPEL HILL -- If the North Carolina Tar Heels were playing a potentially critical game in their season Saturday, you couldn't necessarily tell it from the stands in Kenan Stadium...
Sunday, October 14, 2001
FB: Interception Helps Heels Hold Off Hoos
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL -- Virginia was moving the ball Saturday
afternoon at Kenan Stadium, moving against North
Carolina's defense like no team had all year. The Tar
Heels, leading by six in their biggest game thus far -- it
seems, now, that there will be other, bigger ones up
ahead -- blitzed, sending a wave of players after
Cavaliers quarterback Matt Schaub...
FB: Williams Finds Plenty Of Room To Operate
Raleigh News & Observer/By Lorenzo Perez
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina knew it would have its
opportunities to run against a Virginia defense that
came in giving up almost 200 yards a game on the
ground...
MBB: Even Peppers Doesn't Know Hoops Future
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
Julius Peppers attempted to explain his stance on his
basketball career at North Carolina Saturday, but the
situation remains a bit unclear...
FB: UNC Picks Off Victory
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- Two up-for-grabs, there-for-the taking moments. Two players, both
from Virginia, seizing those moments, saving the game for North Carolina against
the home-state Cavaliers. A 30-24 final score, good for an above-.500 record for the
Tar Heels, good enough for a bowl scout to introduce himself to John Bunting after
the game...
FB: Tar Heels Turning The Corner
Durham Herald-Sun/By Frank Dascenzo
CHAPEL HILL -- By now it's obvious John Bunting is orchestrating something special
at North Carolina...
MBB: Peppers Mum On Playing Basketball
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- Julius Peppers strides into the postgame press conference wearing
a white No. 40 basketball jersey, that of former Tar Heel Joseph Forte. Sure,
nobody's going to read anything into that...
FB: Tar Heels Get Tough Victory Over Virginia
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
CHAPEL HILL -- Because they still have five games to go, the North
Carolina Tar Heels may still feel a bit voyeuristic about looking ahead. But
who can blame them for craning their necks?...
FB: UNC Keeps Winning Streak Alive With 30-24 Win
Chapel Hill News/By Eddy Landreth
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina plowed ahead Saturday in its quest for a winning
season, a possible bowl game and maybe even a conference championship by
extending its winning streak to four games...
FB: Reid Makes Huge Play With 67-yard INT Return For Touchdown
Chapel Hill News/By Anthony Jeffries
CHAPEL HILL -- Dexter Reid expected to make a routine play on a pass to
Virginia tight end Kase Luzar...
FB: Tar Heels Hang On, Clain 4th Win In A Row
Charlotte Observer/By Ron Green Jr.
CHAPEL HILL -- In two separate instants Saturday, North Carolina's reborn
football season hung in the October air...
FB: Big Plays Help UNC Hold Off Virginia
Winston-Salem Journal/By Bill Cole
North Carolina came up with two critical plays late, the last coming in the final minute, to beat Virginia
yesterday afternoon for the first time in four years by taking a 30-24 win at Kenan Stadium...
