Radio station briefly claimed Ed McCaffrey was headed to coach North Carolina, not Northern Colorado

Posted Dec 13, 2019
Sometimes, school abbreviations create confusion, as the University of South Carolina-University of Southern California battle illustrates. A fun example came Thursday from Colorado radio station 104.3 The Fan, which briefly reported that Ed McCaffrey was taking the head coaching job at North Carolina, rather than the other UNC, Northern Colorado. (Awful Announcing)

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