UNC RB Bernard has big decision to make

Posted Oct 30, 2012
Giovani Bernard is going to have a tough decision to make after this season: Stay or go to the NFL? If he stays, his Heisman campaign can start in the season opener against South Carolina. Bernard's decision will be impossible to predict. His teammate, offensive guard Jonathan Cooper, told me he changed his mind several times last year before deciding to return for 2012. (ESPN.com)

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