Dwight Jones says offense should be fine despite changes

Posted Aug 2, 2011
North Carolina receiver Dwight Jones said he was stunned last week when he was told of the firing of then Tar Heels coach Butch Davis. Jones said he was working out at Cummings High School when he got the news in a phone call. “I found out the day it happened,” Jones said Monday nigh. “It was a shock. I didn’t think it was going to happen. But you’ve just got to move on now.” (Burlington Times News)

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