Butch Davis explains ‘you should have went to Harvard’ comment
Posted Nov 12, 2014
In a call to a Greensboro, NC, radio station Monday, a man claiming to be ex-UNC defensive tackle Tydreke Powell stated that former Tar Heel head coach Butch Davis “came into a meeting one day and he said, ‘If y’all came here for an education, you should have went to Harvard.'” Davis, talked to the online-version of Time magazine to give his side of the story as it relates to Powell’s claims.
(NBC Sports)
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