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Throwback Thursday: Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS North Carolina Tar Heels, 1949
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This week the Notre Dame Preventing Irish face the College of North Carolina Tar Heels on the street. The 2 groups have confronted one another 22 instances, with Notre Dame successful 20 instances, and North Carolina successful as soon as (their second win was vacated in 2008). The longest win streak is held by Notre Dame (10) from 1949-1959. The present win streak can be held by Notre Dame (4) 2014-2021. Notre Dame’s largest margin of victory is 42-6 in 1949, and North Carolina’s largest margin of victory is 12-7 in 1960.
Notre Dame’s all time document is 0.729 (930-333-42), and North Carolina’s all time document is 0.559 (715-559-54). Notre Dame has performed 38 bowl video games and has a bowl document of 0.474 (18-20-0), and UNC has performed 36 bowl video games and has a bowl document of 0.417 (15-21-0). Notre Dame has had 105 consensus All-People, to UNC’s 15. Notre Dame has had 522 NFL draft picks, to UNC’s 247. And Notre Dame has spent 851 weeks within the AP Ballot, to UNC’s 262.
This week I’m going to flash again to the 1949 assembly between the Irish and the Tar Heels. The next excerpt is from the December 9, 1949 difficulty of the Notre Dame Scholastic.
New York Sees 42- 6 ND Victory
By BILL RILEY
New York Metropolis, Nov. 12.—For 3 quarters this afternoon an impressed North Carolina crew pulled off heroics that equaled the efforts of the little Dutch boy who held again the ocean along with his thumb within the dike. However the 67,000 individuals who had jammed mammoth Yankee Stadium noticed the dike lastly break within the third quarter as Bob Williams & Co. rushed down the sector in an 85-yard march after which swamped the Carolinians within the closing interval to win, 42-6.
The Justice-less Tar Heels primed their protection to cease Williams’ lethal passes, they usually succeeded for half the sport. However Billy Barrett, Leon Hart and Frank Spaniel shook wearying Carolina defenders within the third and closing quarter; the Irish passing assault appeared as awesomely environment friendly as within the Michigan State sport.
Earlier than Williams, Barrett, et al., placed on their present, North Carolina challenged the Irish extra vigorously than had some other crew to date this season. Whereas the stadium was nonetheless partially unfilled, with lower than three minutes of the sport gone, Tar Heel finish Kenny Powell crashed the Notre Dame line and smothered Williams’ tried kick from the Irish ten-yard line. Dick Bunting, an amazing tailback who shouldn’t be taking part in second string to anybody, carried twice for 5 yards a time, and a rating.
Notre Dame got here again, however solely to midfield or so, and Carolina once more took over. A penalty nullified a second Tar Heel rating, and the fireworks started. Frank Spaniel took off from his personal 22 and, with sensible blocking, went all the best way, 78 yards for the primary Notre Dame landing. The Tar Heels blocked their second kick in fifteen minutes and the rating remained 6-6 on the half.
By halfway within the third quarter a galaxy of stars vivid sufficient to light up this grey November day had pounced on a break and turned it into the primary of 5 second half scores. Notre Dame acquired an amazing break when a fourth down roughing-the-kicker penalty gave them a free first down. The Irish started to march. The landing got here when Williams handed to Leon Hart who, whereas carrying a half-dozen Carolinians on his again, lateraled the ball to pint-sized Billy Barrett. The quick Chicagoan dashed the remainder of the best way to a rating.
“Notre Dame was extra unbelievable than ever whereas fulfilling its-commitment with a king-size stomping of North Carolina yesterday afternoon.” — Lewis Burton, New York Journal-American.”
Notre Dame picked up two extra factors as Hart grabbed after which muffed a fumble by Bunting and recovered within the North Carolina finish zone.
It was the fourth quarter which noticed the complete flood of Irish energy wash over the Tar Heels. Williams threw 11 yards to Spaniel for the primary fourth interval landing. And Williams threw 29 yards to Barrett for the second. Within the interval Williams accomplished at the least three passes extra to fireside the Irish march.
Mike Swistowicz, not designed for damaged area operating, went straight down the sidelines for a rating after intercepting a Tar Heel cross on his personal 15. Irish blockers knocked off potential tacklers who blocked Swistowicz’ approach with the calmness and precision of expert skeet shooters selecting off clay pigeons.
Barrett scored the ultimate landing of the sport on a catch of an 18-yard cross from Johnny Mazur, Williams’ substitute at quarterback. Steve Oracko arrange the rating by recovering a Carolina fumble on the Tar Heel 23.
Bunting, Billy Hayes, Iru Holdash, Powell and Artwork Weiner all performed impressed ball for Carolina. For many of the first half the Tar Heel line was over and thru the Irish ahead wall. However the second half advised the story—North Carolina had a web minus of 5 yards on the bottom. Altogether the statistics aren’t sufficient to reward the valiant battle that the Tar Heels waged with out the assistance of their ace, Charlie Justice. Nevertheless, they confirmed as soon as once more the mighty energy of Frank Leahy’s nice Inexperienced machine.
Do you suppose Coach Freeman will be capable of lead his squad to victory this weekend in opposition to North Carolina? Or will the boys fall on the street to the Tar Heels? What say you?
Cheers & GO IRISH!
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Drops Out of Harris’ Veepstakes
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday withdrew his name from contention to serve as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate. In a social media statement, Cooper thanked Harris for her campaign’s consideration and reaffirmed his confidence in her victory. “This just wasn’t the right time for North Carolina and for me to potentially be on a national ticket,” he said. “She has an outstanding list of people from which to choose, and we’ll all work to make sure she wins.” A source told The New York Times, which reported Cooper’s veepstakes exit before his announcement, that his team had reached out to Harris’ campaign a week ago to say he did not want to be considered. Sources told Politico and NBC News that Cooper had dropped out for a few reasons, including a possible U.S. Senate run in 2026 and fears that North Carolina’s conservative lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, might try to seize power if he left the state to campaign. Harris is aiming to announce her pick for No. 2 by Aug. 7, when the Democratic Party kicks off its virtual nomination process. The party convention is slated to begin Aug. 19 in Chicago.
Read it at The New York Times
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper backs out of consideration to be Harris’ running mate
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has informed Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign that he does not want to be under consideration in her search for a vice presidential candidate, the governor said Monday night.
Cooper said in a statement explaining his decision that although he was taking himself out of consideration for the role, he’s still backing Harris’ candidacy.
“I strongly support Vice President Harris’ campaign for President,” Cooper said. “I know she’s going to win and I was honored to be considered for this role. This just wasn’t the right time for North Carolina and for me to potentially be on a national ticket.”
“As I’ve said from the beginning, she has an outstanding list of people from which to choose, and we’ll all work to make sure she wins,” he added.
The New York Times first reported that Cooper was withdrawing his name from consideration.
One source directly involved in Harris’ search for a running mate said Cooper took himself out of the mix because he wants to run for the U.S. Senate in 2026. The source said Cooper never indicated to the campaign that he wanted to be vice president and told Harris aides that he did not want to be considered.
NBC News previously reported that interviews with some Democratic insiders pointed to Cooper, along with Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, as top contenders to join Harris on the Democratic ticket.
Other governors, including Kentucky’s Andy Beshear and Minnesota’s Tim Walz, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are among those who have also been floated as potential running mates.
The Harris campaign previously said she plans to select a running mate by Aug. 7.
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Feds approve Cooper plan to relieve up to $4B in NC medical debt, as Harris weighs in
A plan unveiled at the beginning of this month by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to leverage Medicaid funds to help North Carolinians struggling with medical debt has been approved by the federal government.
On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a plan that has the potential to relieve $4 billion in existing hospital medical debt for people in the state, according to a news release. In order for the plan to take effect, hospitals would need to sign on.
“Unlike most other debts, medical debt is not intentional because people don’t choose to get seriously ill or have an accident,” Cooper said, according to the news release.
“Medical debts are often beyond people’s ability to pay, ruining their credit, keeping them from getting credit cards, loans and jobs and sometimes driving them into bankruptcy. That’s why we’re working with hospitals and federal partners to help relieve the burden of medical debt for North Carolina families,” he said.
Vice President Kamala Harris — who appears set to become the Democratic presidential nominee for the November election, and has been considering Cooper as a possible running mate — has been “coordinating” with state officials on the medical debt plan, The Washington Post reported.
“No one should be denied access to economic opportunity simply because they experienced a medical emergency,” Harris said in a statement sent as part of a news release Monday.
“Yet today, more than 100 million Americans struggle with medical debt — making it more difficult for them to be approved for a car loan, a home loan, or a small-business loan, which makes it more difficult for them to just get by, much less get ahead.”
“I applaud North Carolina for setting an example that other states can follow by advancing a plan that has the potential to relieve $4 billion in medical debt for two million individuals and families. This critical step also strengthens financial assistance for emergency medical procedures moving forward,” Harris said.
Harris wrote that over $650 million in medical debt had been forgiven through the American Rescue Plan, which was passed under the Biden administration.
The News & Observer has contacted several hospitals and the North Carolina Healthcare Association, which represents hospitals, regarding their stances on the plan.
UNC Health “continues to have discussions with state and federal officials,” UNC Health spokesperson Alan Wolf said in an email.
“We support efforts to reduce medical debt and we expect to receive more details on the approved plan soon,” he said.
Medical debt relief provided
According to Cooper’s news release, hospitals that opt in to the plan must implement the following to be eligible for enhanced payments offered under the plan:
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For those on Medicaid, relieve all unpaid medical debt dating back to Jan. 1, 2014.
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Relieve all unpaid medical debt that has become virtually impossible to collect dating back to Jan. 1, 2014, for people not enrolled in Medicaid whose income is at or below at least 350% of the federal poverty level (FPL) or whose total debt exceeds 5% of their annual income. A family of two at 350% of the FPL makes about $71,000 a year.
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Provide discounts on medical bills for people at or below 300% FPL.
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Automatically enroll people into financial assistance, known as charity care.
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Not sell medical debt of people making below 300% FPL to debt collectors.
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Not report debt covered by policies laid out in the plan to a credit reporting agency.
Patients of participating hospitals will not need to take any actions to benefit from medical debt relief, according to the news release.
Plan to leverage Medicaid funds
When the state expanded Medicaid in December, it implemented a mechanism that allowed hospitals to receive higher federal reimbursements in return for paying the state’s share of costs under the expansion bill.
The federal government covers 90% of Medicaid coverage costs for the expansion population, while the state covers 10%. This funding mechanism was called the Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program.
The medical debt relief plan further leverages federal funds by providing higher HASP payments to hospitals that choose to implement the plan.
Hospitals often only collect a small fraction of the medical debt they are owed, Cooper said during a press conference announcing the plan on July 1.
However, large debts that remain on the books can prevent people from buying a home or getting a credit card and sometimes can lead people into homelessness and bankruptcy, he said.
North Carolina has one of the highest percentages — 13.4% — of adults with medical debt, according to KFF, a health policy organization. About 20 million people — or nearly 1 in 12 adults — owe a combined total of at least $220 billion in medical debt in the United States, KFF says.
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