DeCock: Heels heal on the field

Posted Sep 3, 2011
For the North Carolina fans still wounded, one way or another, by how the Butch Davis Era ended, Saturday’s backhanded dismissal of James Madison will go a long way toward bringing a fractured fan base back together. “This should prove to everyone we still got the talent,” defensive lineman Quinton Coples said. “We’re still going to go out and get the job done, no matter what happened in the past.” (Raleigh News & Observer)

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