Wiederer: Butch Davis should be accountable

Posted Aug 29, 2010
During his introductory press conference in Chapel Hill, Butch Davis lauded the Tar Heel football program as a "sleeping giant" and promised to end the slumber. That was back on Nov. 27, 2006. Yet it's worth remembering now mostly because it was a far different Davis who appeared Thursday night at the Kenan Football Center at an urgent press conference called to discuss a growing scandal that has the potential to severely wound the program. (Fayetteville Observer)

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