One of the great things about living in ACC country and not having a dog in the college basketball fight is getting to watch the spectator bloodsport when Duke and Carolina fans go at each other. And do not for a minute think that just cos the Tarheels are in the same area code as DFL things have calmed down any much. Over on Facebook this afternoon, a friend's comment on Ol' Roy's latest gaffe (more on that in a minute) erupted into a huge flame war mostly revolving around how much Coach K sucked. Yes, it started with a Heels fan taking Williams to task and ended up in a dogpile on Duke. That's just the way it goes around here.
Good times.
And speaking of the way it goes around here. I gotta give a Colbertian tip o' the hat to Ol' Roy. If you're the defending national champs and having a season that's starting to look scarily Wolfpackish and you've just lost to Duke, how do you avoid all that uncomfortable attention and negative feedback on your team the day after a big loss (and the fourth in a row to boot)? If you said get yrself sorta misquoted kinda maybe comparing a losing basketball season at UNC to the earthquake in Haiti, well, congrats. Here's a hat tip to you too. Ain't nobody talking about those four losses in a row just now. Sheer brilliancy!