Butch Davis may have Tar Heels turned around

Posted Jul 21, 2008

It's nowhere near basketball season, but North Carolina is on the map again, threatening to become relevant in football for the first time in years. You can thank second-year coach Butch Davis for this. UNC is being picked by some media to finish in the middle of the Coastal division or higher (ACC media predictions come out today). At least one handicapper, Jason Lowry, sees North Carolina in the ACC championship game. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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