Don't look for Butch Davis to say much Thursday

The area football coaches are speaking Thursday in Durham at a luncheon at the Washington Duke Inn, and you can bet many questions will be directed at North Carolina coach Butch Davis.

But don’t expect Davis to say much about the NCAA probe into his program. UNC officials said Tuesday that athletics director Dick Baddour will speak for the school. The issue of agents will be a hot topic Thursday but there are more compelling stories out there.

One is the appearance at the event of new East Carolina coach Ruffin McNeill. And the other is the health of N.C. State assistant Dana Bible, who was struck with cancer last season.

Capital Sports’ Steve Wiseman and Dane Huffman will be at the event and will update the site Thursday afternoon.