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A little sad in a way, no?
Continue reading ‘Odds and Ends: Biggest Game Since 1997 Edition’
From SI.com:
College basketball’s unrivaled rivalry is about to get its close-up. HBO Sports will examine the Duke-North Carolina rivalry next February in a one-hour documentary tentatively titled “Duke vs. North Carolina.”
The critical success of last year’s documentary on the famed Michigan-Ohio State series in college football prompted network executives to greenlight an exploration into the hoops version of the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s.The campuses sit only eight miles apart, but a river of mutual dislike runs through them.
Cool. The article indicates they might attempt an advanced screening in Raleigh. If so I might have to see what you have to do to be a part of it.
Talk about two ships passing each other, UNC is heading to the Final Four with a 36-2 mark and the prohibitive favorite for NPOY in Tyler Hansbrough leading the way while Duke is heading who knows where.
Greensboro(THF)-Veggie Tales actor, Bob the Tomato, has filed a lawsuit in Federal court seeking an injunction against North Carolina State head basketball coach Sidney Lowe from donning his red blazer versus North Carolina on Saturday. Citing Federal trademark law, Mr. Tomato’s attorney, Archibald Asparagus, asserts that Lowe’s wearing of the red blazer during basketball games constitutes trademark infringement given the Wolfpack coach bears an uncanny likeness to Veggie Tales star. The lawsuit also states that Lowe and his employer North Carolina State benefited both monetarily and competitively through this infringement and have asked the court for an immediate cease and desist order. Individuals close to Bob, including fellow Veggie Tale actor Larry the Cucumber say that their friend was initially flattered by Lowe’s impersonation of him but that feeling quickly disappeared after the Wolfpack lost to East Carolina.
“All he could talk about was how he did not want to be associated with a program that lost to a second tier conference team with no basketball history.” Larry said. “Between you and me, it was the 20-17 deficit at halftime against Presbyterian that really did it. I mean, it was the Blue Hose for goodness sake, how do you trail a 1-17 team at halftime?”
Larry indicated that Bob was not interested in money nor did he have any ill feelings towards NC State, but just did not want his reputation ruined.
“He was so afraid that one of his fans was going to see Lowe wearing the blazer in a game where NC State was getting drubbed and think that he was coaching the team.” stated the cucumber. “Bob takes these things very seriously.”
Neither Sidney Lowe or NC State were available for comment.
In light of Bob’s legal foray, Laura the Carrot is also considering her own litigation against Clemson coach Oliver Purnell.
Standard disclaimer: Yeah it’s a joke people.
Since this is the run-up to UNC-NC State in football columnist across this fine state are digging deep for angles of every kind as though the fact UNC and NC State are playing each other with possible bowl eligibility on the line is not enough of an angle. Anyway, the Fayetteville Observer, which rarely cross my field of vision, has an article stating that the upcoming game has some sort of impact on in-state recruiting. Let’s take a look shall we with lots of THF snarky commentary.
As is the case with most games between schools like North Carolina and South Carolina the media usually picks up on some kind of narrative to hype the game. Surprisingly they have not really talked about the “real Carolina” probably because there really is no debate and if you have any doubts simply type “Carolina” into Google and see what you get. The story everyone seems to be dwelling on is the return of Steve Spurrier to face UNC for the first time since Duke beat UNC 41-0 in 1989. As you might recall that the end of an interesting two seasons which saw the Heels go 1-10 back-to-back and Duke cobble together consecutive winning seasons which resulted in a share of the ACC title. At any rate The State picks up on this particular narrative discussing what happened that day in Chapel Hill when Duke came and absolutely pummeled UNC which included a concerted effort on the part of Spurrier to run up the score and embarrass UNC.
StateFans Nation has posted a video from YouTube of a UNC fan giving his analysis of the UNC-ECU game. SFN took great joy in this poor guy’s misconception that he should be posting videos of himself in a public forum:
Dear High School Recruit,
Think of how it would be to go bust your ass for fans like these. This guy readily admits that he doesn’t have the money to buy a cable package that allowed him to watch the game…but, why let not actually viewing the game impact your ‘analysis’
You know what? This country is flush with people who lack the common sense to know that the last thing they should be doing is putting themselves in front of a web cam and then posting it on YouTube. Sadly enough, some of them can be found amongst our respective fan bases. That being said, if laughing at this guy affords you the feeling of superiority you’ve been missing because UNC has beaten NC State for three straight seasons on the football field(and pretty much everywhere else with a few exceptions) then by all means carry on.
ACC Now decided we needed to compare Chuck Amato to The Coach That Shall Not Be Named once more before we can fully move on. I don’t know…I thought we pretty much dealt with this in December but as SFN pointed out it is nice to have these numbers available should you need them. At any rate, both fan bases are very glad their annual autumn nightmare is truly over.
The Wizard of Odds has been running a spoof billboard contest and last week an enterprising Wolfpack fan took a shot at UNC and Butch Davis. I decided to respond in kind.
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