Cooter Arnold To Start

Posted Sep 8, 2005

According to sources close to the situation, true freshman Cooter Arnold will get the starting nod at tailback when North Carolina opens its 2005 football season at Georgia Tech on Saturday. “I think this guy’s got a great future,” John Bunting said of Arnold, during his Wednesday morning teleconference. “I thought he would be good, but I didn’t know he would be this good. This is a great kid who’s got a great future for us.” (Inside Carolina)

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