Davis hoping inexperienced Tar Heels learn fast

Posted Aug 27, 2007

Butch Davis has gotten a good look at the potential and talent he has to work with in his first season at North Carolina. Calling the Tar Heels inexperienced barely begins to describe it. Of their 84 scholarship players, 59 are either freshmen or sophomores, while only 10 are seniors — meaning that Saturday's opener against James Madison will be as much about on-the-job training as starting the Davis era in Chapel Hill. (WCNC.com)

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