Dascenzo: Season No. 2 will be huge for Davis

Posted Aug 15, 2008

Second-year should be better than the first, right Butch? I mean history is really on Davis' side when you come right down to it. The guy Davis replaced as North Carolina's head football coach last season, John Bunting, won his first year. Bunting looked like a decent choice, until the next season and the next season and, well, you know what happened. After 45 losses in six seasons, Big John got shown the exit. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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