Blake, UNC Players Talked In 2009

((HT: WRALSportsfan.com, Raleigh News and Observer/Giglio))

Surprising no one, really, the release of the University of North Carolina phone records revealed that former assistant coach John Blake was in contact with suspended players Marvin Austin and Cam Thomas during the trip to a California training facility in 2009.

The same cell phone records also indicate:

1) That contact was made among Blake, Butch Davis, and agent Gary Wichard and,
2) Blake contacted Wichard and Austin during the first NCAA visit of the investigation...

From Giglio... How-evah...

Austin said in a March 2011 interview that no one at UNC knew about the trip to California. The trip came under scrutiny during the NCAA investigation into whether players received preferential treatment, benefits or services.

"They had no reason to know," Austin said of the trip at UNC's pro day before the NFL draft on March 31. "I didn't think I had to call the university and say, 'Well, I'm going to California to go train.'"

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WRAL-TV's Erin Hartness has the first words out of the Triangle...