Butch Davis says firing a 'total surprise'

Posted Oct 5, 2011
Former North Carolina football coach Butch Davis said during an ESPNU interview Tuesday that his firing in July was "a total surprise." Davis appeared as a guest college football analyst on "The Experts," and told host Anish Shroff he had no idea he was going to get fired by Chancellor Holden Thorp. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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