UNC Insider: John Blake - UNC’s Lightning Rod

Posted Sep 21, 2010
It’s been a few weeks since UNC assistant football coach John Blake resigned, bolting from a team rocked by a preseason of turmoil. Instead of basking in the high expectations and national-media love brought on by a defense stuffed with future pros and a shot at the school’s first ACC title since 1980, UNC was the talk of college football late this summer for entirely different reasons. (ACC Sports Journal)

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