Former UNC players react to news of Butch Davis' firing

Posted Jul 27, 2011
“I think it’s going to set the program back 10 years,” said Ryan Taylor, a tight end on last year’s team and a seventh-round pick of the Green Bay Packers. Taylor was making a reference to the school’s 3-9 and 2-10 finishes in 2002 and ’03 respectively. John Bunting, Davis’ predecessor, won eight games in a season only once in his six-year tenure. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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