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BLSays · College BB · UNC BB
Wristy Business
Can it get any better for a provocateur? Two local teams advance to the Sweet Sixteen. That delights the normal “have a real life” fans for both UNC & NC State which is great. But to scratch the itches of their respective goonie bird contingents, there is also manufactured controversy.
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“The Verdict”
A butterfly flaps its wings and…. a hurricane is created. In 1871, Mrs O’Leary’s cow kicks over a lantern and…. The largest of catastrophes have their genesis in the most insignificant of events. In the Spring 2010, a serendipitous man-child named “Marvin” tweets and….
BLSays · UNC BB
It Was “Something”… What?
It was “something”. “What” depended on your bias position. If the jersey colors were switched, then the perception of “what it was” would switch too; but it would still be SOMETHING. But it was officially “nothing”. …. the “no call” joins the ever-growing pantheon of “let’s screw State because we can”.
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BLSays · NFL
Bounty Hunting & Big Games
Are the Saints really Sinners of the worst kind? Do you really care so long as your favorite player isn’t carted off?….. Tar Heels win last week’s “Greatest Game Ever”….. and BobLee recalls Sam Huff, Gaylord Perry and Tim Stoddard.
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ACC · BLSays
Why Johnny Can’t Win
In 1955, Austrian readability expert Rudolf Flesch wrote a book called Why Johnny Can’t Read. (readability expert ??). I like to begin a column with a catchy title. My alternate title – “Non Amicus Wolfpackus” is beyond “catchy” to bewildering.
“Johnny” is maligned, embattled and disparaged ACC Commissioner “Little Johnny” Swofford. No matter what he does, Johnny Can’t Win. Neither could Hannibal.
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ACC · BLSays
Karl Goes KooKoo and ….
It had been a terrific day. I was seated in Sec 109; Row R in Dean’s Dome – Primo Fat Cat Country….. with special pals. Earlier I was with an…
BLSays · UNC-CH
The BEST _____ IN THE WORLD ????
The #1 post Super Bowl story is “Gieselle said ____”. So what better time for a BLSays column about Chapel Hill……
BLSays · College BB · College FB
McGuire, Case & Quantrill Weep
Each event alone was marginally notable, but occurring within 24 hours of one another was a Sports Apocalypse. Carolina & State will no longer play a home & home schedule in basketball…. and The MU-KU Border War will never again be fought….
BLSays · NFL
TV’s Lost Weekend
It has become a tradition in American sports spectatoring in late January – The Lost Weekend. Millions of big HD flat-screens from Atlantic to Pacific hungry for something to show. Our options: The Pro Bowl. Aarrgghh!