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6 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 Young Tar Heel squad growing week by week Yates and Austin show potential BY MIKE EHRLICH ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Following two consecutive painli.il losses, some of the typical grumblings and doubts have begun to resurface about North Carobna football. But UNC coach Butch Davis said the success of this football program will not be measured in the short term. “Success is a byproduct of the things that you do to prepare to win film study, practicing hard," he said. “It truly may not come on the week that you want it to. But it all lays the foundation for the successes that you want to have this week, next week, next month, in the foture.” With a wildly inexperienced line up of players and an offseason over haul of the coaching staff, a rebuild ing process could have been expect ed. And a project of this scale could end up taking longer than some Tar Heel faithfol had hoped for. “There’s no shortcuts to being good," Davis said. “It’s hard work." The youthful UNC squad is going through a trial by fire as many play ers are being thrown into the heat of battle for the first time. And they will need this experience and more in order for UNC to turn the comer. “We’re playing the season with 51 guys that never played in a col lege game," Davis said. “And a high percentage of them had never even gone to a college practice. “So they’ve got miles to make up, and you can’t do it overnight.” Junior offensive lineman Garrett Reynolds said that the attitude in the locker room has remained opti mistic, though. “I don’t think the confidence pww.yogurtpump.coj3 hbhmibp pu^ fflNf The Carolina Challenge is an annual business and j social venture competition. This new and innovative contest will enable those with great ideas or an entrepreneurial drive to battle it out for a chance to win a piece of at least $50,000 in prize money. 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But it was not the accomplish ments of his right arm that caught the eye of his coach; rather, it’s been his display of mental toughness. “Everybody’s going to get upset and frustrated, but he doesn’t allow the frustration to carry over to the next play," Davis said of Yates. “If Sports there was one characteristic that you would love about any athlete in any position is that once that play’s over with, you can’t change it, and you can’t let it affect the next one.” Austin makes presence felt Another Tar Heel that has proved himself to be well ahead of the learning curve is true fresh man Marvin Austin. The defensive tackle has logged three tackles, one for a loss, so far this season. “He is mature, more so than maybe any freshman defensive lineman that I’ve been around, and I’ve had an awful lot of very, very good ones,” Davis said. “And just his maturity and his grasp of how to play the position he’s really, really good.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. 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CAROLINA PERFOHMING 919 843 3333 y' 1/( (y www.carolinaperformingarts.org Cheating across the board Since the Patriots were caught filming the defensive signals of the New York Jets last week, Patriot haters every where have been fighting for the chance to pile shame on the New York Yankees of the NFL. Some have invoked compari sons to Dick Nixon and Watergate. Others have said that this incident taints each of the team’s three Superbowl seasons. Still others have called on the NFL to ban the Patriots from the NFL for the next two seasons. From the sound of things, it would seem as if the Patriots invented cheating. Bending the rules in sports isn’t anything new. When it wasn’t ste roids and stealing signals, it was spit balls and corked bats. But these days, cheating seems to take center stage in the sports world more often than ever before. As it stands right now, major cheating scandals have rocked four major sporting events within the last three months. Let’s recap. NFL: Before Bill Belichick and Camera Gate, there was Rodney Harrison and Human Growth Hormone. Harrison, the Patriots safety, was suspended four games for using HGH, a violation of the league’s steroid policy. The good THIS WEEK TODAY MEN'S SOCCER vs. William & Mary TIME: 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: Fetzer Field THURSDAY FIELD HOCKEY vs. Appalachian State TIME: 7 p.m. LOCATION: Henry Stadium JAMES DILLARD PUT ME IN, COACH news for Harrison: With the full extent of Patriots’ cheating still coming to light, he can sleep easy knowing he’s not alone. MLB: Everyone knows about the Home Run King, Barry Bonds, and the steroid controver sy that will never die, but few peo ple picked up on the story of Rick Ankiel. The Saint Louis Cardinals pitcher-turned-outfielder recently showed up on a list of a Florida pharmacy as having received shipments of HGH in 2004. NBA: NBA players might play defense, but at least they don’t cheat. Problem is, their referees do. In perhaps the worst sports scandal ever, referee Tom Donaghy didn’t just break the most sacred code in sports, he broke the law. The vet eran official, whose skills (legal and perhaps otherwise) presided over such playoff debacles as Game 3 of the Spurs-Suns series, allegedly FRIDAY WOMEN'S SOCCER vs. Ohio State TIME: 5 p.m. LOCATION: Durham VOLLEYBALL vs. Georgia Tech TIME: 7 p.m. LOCATION: Carmichael Auditorium Friday, Sept. 21st fm n @ Nightlight W 4 Starts 10pm A dance party A # venture for V \ W Nourish International DJs from WXYC will Mtk play dance music from around the world Admission $5 WANT A BETTER JOB? [ We're looking foA ft a few good \ I students to join I 00000 ® Work on BrSnlclmlLtreet ® Earn udto SB.OO/hour working with yam friends to hejja make UNC the university in^^kffition! Make a difference at your university! 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In the sports world these days, it seems everyone has adopted the unofficial Patriots motto, coined by Chargers running back and Patriots hater LaDainian Tomlinson: “If you’re not cheat ing, you’re not trying.” And Tomlinson would know. His Chargers got mollywhopped by the Patriots on Sunday night. Maybe they should’ve tried cheating... So why is cheating so in vogue these days? Take another look at the Chargers. Linebacker Shawne Merriman (Tomlinson’s teammate) was suspended four games last year for violating the league’s steroid poli cy, but made the Pro Bowl anyway. When it comes to cheating in sports, the message is clear: Crime does pay. There might be a fine or a suspension, but as long there are wins and stats, plenty of teams are willing to pay once the penalty is served. Just look at Belichick. Despite all the negative press he received this week and with the ink barely dry on his check for the $500,000 fine, the Patriots rewarded him with a multiyear extension to his current contract. And they say cheaters never prosper. Contact James Dillard at jdillard@email.unc.edu
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