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.
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….
Joe Paterno is dead. Following twelve bizarre hours of “is he, isn’t he”, he now apparently officially IS. Considering the mondo-bizarro twists in JoePa’s legacy over the past six months should we have expected any different ending?