Excited beyond belief

Posted Nov 29, 2006

Not many universities in this country can stage this kind of excitement in an entire year, much less pack it into one week. Normally, the men's basketball team and the women's soccer team would capture all the headlines in the days following the end of the regular season in football, particularly one in which the Tar Heels finished a disappointing 3-9. This, however, is far from a normal week. And Butch Davis is not just another hire. (Chapel Hill News)

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