Chansky’s Notebook: The Trench Fighter
Posted Aug 10, 2016
When Bill Dooley took over Carolina football in 1967, he ran off about half of the squad he had inherited. Spring practice was more like boot camp, and those who survived it could stay around and play for the Tar Heels in the fall. Those who couldn’t cut it turned in their pads and spent their autumn Saturdays watching from the stands.
(Chapelboro.com)
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