What to Watch Tonight Other Than the Most Overrated Rivalry in Sports
by furrer4heisman on Feb 9, 2011 8:00 AM EST
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Virginia Tech doesn't have a mid-week game this week so we're expected to Duke and North Carolina battle it out in the most overrated rivalry in sports. There are a few reasons I can't stand it when these two teams play, but most of them concern Dick Vitale and the hyperbole he uses when describing these games. Mostly, I'm not a fan of it because there's no real conflict.
There's no culture clash between these two schools. It's basically a school of rich white kids against a school of richer white kids. Remember that documentary HBO made about the two schools? I went into that thinking it would be great after the wonderful documentary they made about the Ohio State-Michigan football series. Instead, I came away from it wanting to punch both fanbases in their collective faces.
Yes, the two schools are extremely close in proximity, but so are Belmont and Lipscomb. There's the private school/public school thing, but UNC might as well be private. It's basically Cave Spring High School. Any hatred UNC and Duke fans have toward one another can only be considered self-loathing. You want real hate? Go sit next to The Antlers when Kansas visits Mizzou. That, friends and neighbors, is real, genuine hatred.
I've gone through the trouble of perusing TV Guide to find things we can watch together instead of Duke-UNC:
All Time Eastern
8:00 - Rocky III, AMC: My prediction? Pain.
9:00 - Modern Family, ABC: One of the few sitcoms I'll watch.
9:00 - King of the Hill, Cartoon Network: This show's a lot funnier when you've lived in Texas.
10:00 - General Hospital, Soap: Dante's no good for you, Lulu.
10:00 - Charlie Sheen: The Party Never Stops, E!: I love a good train wreck.
10:30 - Cops, G4: Cops goes to New Jersey, where hopefully a few Sitch wannabes will be taken down.
10:30 - Man vs. Food, Travel: Is it just me or has Adam gained about 50 lbs since the show started?
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Cave Spring High School?
I went to CSHS, believe me its not private or anywhere near it, and most of the rich kids now goto Hidden Valley High School so it’s mostly middle class kids there now anyways
other options
knicks v. clippers on nbatv coverage starts at 7:30!
league pass has zabe and the suns v. curry and da warirors on league pass at 9:00 or
texas v. sooners on the deuce also at 9:00!
re options
check that ciurry v. zabe is tomarow @ 9:00 on league pass
soo tongiht its martin and the nuggets v. curry and the warriors @10:30 pm east/ after the knicks game!
8 miles
The rivalry is big because of North Carolina fans, as in the people who live in North Carolina. Tobacco road is an 8 mile road that connects Duke an UNC. If you think about it, having TOP players nationwide year in and year out, it should be a big rivalry. The have 10 NCAA title between them. UNC has won 6. Most people think they only won 5 but they won one in 1926, which most people forget about. Duke has had four NCAA titles. Now as far as the hatred goes, not to much of it. Yes, they dislike the others schools but really no fighting or mouthing off. I have family that live in the Raleigh and have been there a lot. Going out all you see is UNC, Duke, NCST and Wake fans everywhere. It’s crazy.
Belmont and Lipscomb
are three miles apart. Advantage: Battle of the Boulevard.
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by furrer4heisman on Feb 9, 2011 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
Agree
I agree with Belmont and Lipscomb being closer and having the advantage in distance. Really the only thing that give’s UNC and Duke the advantage is the number of fan bases and national attention. I mean, how many people have heard of Belmont or Lipscomb? The only reason I know about these schools, I went to Liberty University. Both Belmont and Lipscomb are private schools that are big into religion. Not much hate going on there. Other than one is a Christian school (Belmont) and the other, I believe is Church of Christ.
how do they ecen let you write anything on this site, you obviously don’t know your donkey from a hole in the ground. Two of the most storied programs in NCAA basketball history and it’s overated, the only thing overrated is your ego.
Yes, it's overrated.
The two programs are great, but it’s not the end-all-be-all of college rivalries like ESPN makes it out to be. It’s one of many things I’m tired of hearing of. That includes the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, and I’m a Sox fan. It’s a great rivalry, but it’s overblown. Syracuse-Georgetown, Kansas-Mizzou and a few Big Ten match-ups are just as good if not better than Duke-Carolina.
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by furrer4heisman on Feb 9, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
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