We asked Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer reporter Andrew Carter for his thoughts on North Carolina going into Saturday night's game against Illinois at Memorial Stadium:
No real long-term ramifications after the Tim Beckman departure, though that was an embarrassing, albeit brief, episode for Larry Fedora and Bubba Cunningham, the UNC athletic director.
Carol Folt, the chancellor, was indeed pretty upset judging from her tersely worded statement that indicated she’d only found out about Beckman’s presence after it became public (thanks to your story, by the way). Fair or unfair, right or wrong, UNC is probably the least appropriate place in the country for someone like Beckman to get a second chance — even in the kind of low-level volunteer position that he assumed there.