Are Tar Heels over-recruiting?

Posted Dec 11, 2008
North Carolina's football players are taking final exams this week, but they're not the only ones at the school who may have to solve a potential math problem. The Tar Heels will lose 12 scholarship seniors after they complete the 2008 season vs. West Virginia at the Meineke Bowl on Dec. 27. But coach Butch Davis and his staff have already secured 24 oral commitments for next season – and they're still recruiting. So how does the equation work? (Charlotte Observer)

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