We start Thursday with the fallout of the Wainstein Report, which stated Wednesday that North Carolina academic advisers pushed athletes toward sham classes from 1993-2011.
You can read all about it here, and even though no head coaches were directly implicated, the report is not favorable for a once-proud academic institution that has been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons in recent years.
As the (Raleigh) News & Observer's Luke DeCock says, UNC finally got some real answers, revealing an ugly truth and an apology from chancellor Carol Folt.
What's next, though? FoxSports' Stewart Mandel looks at how the NCAA Committee on Infractions came down on Minnesota's men's basketball program in 2000. What happened with the Tar Heels certainly looks worse, and it cuts right to the heart of what the NCAA says it is about.
The NCAA announced in June that it was re-opening the UNC case. Has or will it make the same kind of progress and/or conclusions that the Wainstein Report did? When? Does it use the Wainstein Report to take matters into its own hands, as it did with the Freeh Report on Penn State -- a move that probably cost the NCAA credibility after reducing Penn State's sanctions on two different occasions. Maybe UNC takes the initiative and self-sanctions?
So much is up in the air right now, but Wednesday appeared to be at least a start for UNC in escaping this cloud of controversy.
Here are the rest of your ACC morning links ...
Scott Shafer is very, very impressed by Clemson's defense, Aaron Brenner writes in the (Charleston) Post and Courier.
Freshman B-back C.J. Leggett could make his debut at Pitt, Ken Sugiura writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Bobby Petrino thinks Louisville's bye week comes at a perfect time, Jeff Greer writes in the (Louisville) Courier-Journal.
Pitt's defense will need a team effort against Georgia Tech to match Aaron Donald's shutdown show from last year, Sam Werner writes in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Syracuse is blasting the Clemson fight song and practicing a silent snap count in preparation for Death Valley, Nate Mink writes in the (Syracuse) Post-Standard.