The Tarheels

Beyond banging a 14 year old when he is 18 which is statutory rape (and he wouldn't be getting off in most situations), I am sure he is a great kid. He will fit in well with the new Thug U.

 

The one thing that makes any case like this tough is that every state is a little different with regards to statutory rape/age of consent laws. So, I looked up Florida's and yep, looks like he SHOULD be a felon now:

800.04 Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years of age.--

(2) PROHIBITED DEFENSES.--Neither the victim's lack of chastity nor the victim's consent is a defense to the crimes proscribed by this section.

(3) IGNORANCE OR BELIEF OF VICTIM'S AGE.--The perpetrator's ignorance of the victim's age, the victim's misrepresentation of his or her age, or the perpetrator's bona fide belief of the victim's age cannot be raised as a defense in a prosecution under this section.

(4) LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS BATTERY.--A person who:

(a) Engages in sexual activity with a person 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age; or

(b) Encourages, forces, or entices any person less than 16 years of age to engage in sadomasochistic abuse, sexual bestiality, prostitution, or any other act involving sexual activity

commits lewd or lascivious battery, a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

 

I agree.

 

I'm glad that you never made any mistakes in your life. He made one and you crucify him. You're pathetic.

 

Seriously, LOL! One mistake - it's freaking statutory rape. When the next Butch Davis recruits kills someone, will that be a mistake? You are pathetic to make excuses for a rapist. Real classy!!!!

 

There is a big difference between murder and statutory rape. Hell there is a big difference between rape and statutory rape, and you know it. An 18 year old having consenual sex with a 14 year old is an error in judgement. The real shame is people like you are happy to hear it. I hate to see that this kid made a mistake that has the potential to haunt him for the rest of his life. You don't give a shit about all of that though, you're just happy that this hurts his chances of playing football for a rival school. I say again, you're absolutely pathetic.

 

Listen, statutory rape is a freaking felony for a reason. I don't want him at NCSU and if you weren't such a pathetic fool, you wouldn't want him at UNC-Ch. According to the law (and dadgum common sense) there is no consensual sex with a freaking 14 year old if you are 18 or older (look at the dadgum law I posted). Seriously, you can't be this dense. As the father of a couple of daughters, it doesn't make me happy that this kid has ruined his life potentially but neither do I want someone who committed felony statutory rape get off scot free just because he plays football. Stop being a pathetic UNC-Ch moron!!!

 

for those that didn't renew IC because of the price increase...

If you have not yet prepared yourself, get ready. Preseason, North Carolina is going to be ranked in the Top 25 nationally in football this year. Why is that a big deal?

Rankings are generally meaningless in the pre-season. Their primary usefulness is to stir up debate among fans during the off-season. There is another effect of the polls, which is that to end up highly ranked, it pays to start out highly ranked. For example, if Texas, who will be ranked either second or third next year, goes undefeated, they will very likely end up ranked higher than if Alabama (who will be ranked lower than Texas in the preseason) goes undefeated – simply because they started the season ranked more highly. And, it is always more important to be ranked at the end of the season than before it starts.

There is some evidence that recruits pay attention to rankings, but they may not be as important as other factors such as proximity (perhaps the No. 1 factor), playing time, and the excellence of the business school. Just kidding on the last one. But recruits do want to play on winning teams, and teams that play on a big stage. When the team receives attention, they receive attention.

How do we know, at this point, whether UNC will be ranked in the polls that really matter? Off-season polls fall into an “unofficial” category. The Associated Press Poll is the most prestigious, and doesn’t come out until a couple of weeks before the season. Well, the good folks at lsufootball.net went to the trouble to compile the numbers from every legitimate and semi-legitimate poll out there, and North Carolina’s average ranking in those polls is 21st. Where do you think the AP voters will get the info for their ballots? In any event, when the AP rankings come out, expect North Carolina to check in anywhere from 20th to 25th.

The Tar Heels made a very brief in-season appearance in the AP Poll in 2001, in new head coach John Bunting’s first season. After demolishing then No. 13 Clemson in Death Valley 38-3, the AP voters elevated UNC to No. 23. The Tar Heels lost their next game on the road at Georgia Tech, and dropped from the rankings never to be seen again during the Bunting era.

North Carolina did not reappear in the AP polls until last season. After beating Connecticut, then 5-0 and ranked No. 24, the Tar Heels checked in the AP Poll at No. 22, then rose to No. 18 after beating Notre Dame in Chapel Hill. A loss the following week dropped UNC out of the poll, but they reappeared the following week at No. 21 after beating Boston College (then ranked No. 23), and again the following week to No. 19 during their bye week, then rose to their highest ranking of the year, No. 17, after beating Georgia Tech (then ranked No. 22) on November 8, 2008.

The way the season ended, and the subsequent sour mood that descended on UNC fans, you’d never know that as of November 14, 2008, the Tar Heels stood at 7-2, ranked No. 17 in the nation, and had beaten three ranked teams. The loss to Maryland dropped UNC to No. 25; the loss to N.C. State dropped UNC out of the AP Poll for the rest of the season. Altogether, the Tar Heels were ranked in the AP Poll for five weeks during the 2008 season. The progress that North Carolina made, moving from 4-8 to 8-4 in the regular season, has been largely discounted by many fans because the Tar Heels were poised to do so much more as late as mid-November.

The last time North Carolina was ranked in the preseason was 1998, checking in at No. 12 in the pre-season. They lost their first game of the season (how vividly I remember Miami of Ohio’s final drive field goal attempt sailing through the uprights), and the AP voters dropped them out of the top 25 altogether, never to return in the Torbush era. One could point to that game as the beginning of the end of UNC football relevance until last season.

North Carolina’s ranking in the pre-season will end an 11-year absence from the preseason polls, and perhaps mark the end of the beginning of the rise of UNC football.

That’s why it is a big deal.

 

addressing a big need

UNC is definitely in my top four,” Bodine said. “UNC is definitely one of the nicer schools I’ve been to. The coaches seem like real good guys. And then all the stuff they’re doing to their program – they’re redoing all their football offices and stadium.
“I’m really trying not to take a favorite right now, just to go around and see everything [with an open mind] before I make a decision. But [UNC] is definitely up there.”

Duke, Virginia, and Virginia Tech round out the remainder of Bodine’s top four. The 6-foot-4, 278-pound offensive lineman from Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy has received scholarship offers from all four favorite, plus California, Marshall, Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest.

Bodine guesses he will make a verbal commitment sometime this summer.

“Part of me says go ahead and do it and get it over with, but at the same time I don’t want to rush it,” Bodine said. “I’ve never even been to Virginia Tech – obviously Fork Union has a pretty good connection there because of all the guys we send there. Vanderbilt offered me last week [and] that’s another place I haven’t been.”

Bodine plans to attend Virginia Tech’s Spring Game next weekend.

Like many, Bodine is looking for a school with a good combination of football and academics.

“[I’m looking for] the right fit – basically the whole package,” Bodine said. “I want to find a balance of academics and football. I’m not trying to go to a school that doesn’t graduate [it’s players], but at the same time, I don’t want to go to a school that doesn’t care about football.”

UNC assistant Charlie Williams discovered Bodine during a visit to Fork Union last winter.

“I’m guessing [Williams] was there to see [Mark] Shuman,” Bodine said. “When he was there he was like ‘Oh, well you should definitely come down for junior day.’ He took my tape back [to UNC], and I didn’t hear anything from them until I visited.”

Unaware of UNC’s true interest level, Bodine initially paused at the invitation.

“I was talking about going up to [Virginia] Tech, and [Coach John Shuman] just said ‘Look, you need to go to North Carolina,’” Bodine said. “I honestly hadn’t talked to them all that much.”

Bodine made the trip, where he was pleasantly surprised with a UNC scholarship offer.

“I had no idea [they were going to offer],” Bodine said. “Basically, from what they said, all I needed to do was pass a little size test, because they said they didn’t realize I was that big. From what he said, he definitely liked my tape, but for some reason they thought I was 6-2 – and I’m not.”

Throughout his stay, Bodine spent a great deal of time with offensive line coach Sam Pittman, who discussed UNC’s need of centers.

“He said I’m the only true center they’ve recruited in years,” Bodine said. “And now I think they’ve offered me and one more – A.J. Cann. He said they’re looking for someone to come in and contend to play early.”

After starting on and off as a sophomore, Bodine served as a full time starter at center for Fork Union’s high school team last fall. He was expected to see significant snaps as a freshman, but missed that entire season with a broken collarbone.

In addition to UNC, Bodine has visited Duke and Wake