From: mlsa@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (MICHAEL LAUREN SHERMAN)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Re: duke/unc coexistence
Date: 16 Dec 92 17:25:51 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <matthew.724189748@base.cs.ucla.edu>, matthew@base.cs.ucla.edu (Matth
ew Merzbacher) writes:
>oday@lobster.gsfc.nasa.gov  (Orin Day) writes:
>
>>In article <Bz3yB4.EoB@apollo.hp.com> stuart@apollo.hp.com (Stuart Troutman)
>>writes:
>>>
>>> Yes, it IS possible to live in the heart of the NC Triangle and manage to
>>> live peacefully and happily with the Duke-UNC rivalry. In fact, I'd say it's
>>> more fun to have such a high-level of basketball competition in such a small
>>> area.
>
>>I said in my post that it was possible, but also that it is far
>>from the norm.
>
>I couldn't disagree more with Mr. Bonehead Duke-Fan. :-)
>
>Seriously, I must disagree with Orin, but I think his conceptions about the
>rivalry are based mostly from a student's-eye-view, while mine are (more or
>less) solely a resident's viewpoint.
>
>I grew up in Chapel Hill and have always been a big UNC fan, and, like the
>vast majority of the fans, I enjoy the rivalry for what it is.
>
>The students, however, are a little more serious about the whole thing.
>Most of that comes from having 18-year-olds on their own for the first
>time often mixed with a gracious amount of alchohol.
>
>Typically, though, the talk you hear from the older locals is something
>like, "Well, Carolina looked fine against Texas, but Jeez Duke is good
>this year," or, "Duke beat Michigan, but that doesn't make Montross/Carolina
>any less scary an opponent."
>
>Typically it's a healthy dose of respect and rivalry.
>--
Honestly net.people, how much does this whole PUKE/dUNCe who hates who more
thing make you want to bobby HURLey?  I mean really, who the fuck cares
whether the teams hate each other or the fans or the people in the area or the
cows the teams the fans and the people in the area are fucking, I mean come
on, give us all a break, I bet that the average person who is just living in
the area and is a basketball fan couldn't give a flying fuck either way and
basically just feel damned happy to have three great basketball teams so near
to them.  However, those who have a connection to the school most likely root
for that school with varying degrees of fervor.  I think the best thing to do
is give the damn topic a rest.  Quite frankly I hate the whole lot of the
duh reasearch (yeah, we've developed a new color of blue) triangle, I hope
that the next time some one breaks into the Camoron Indoor Stadumb or the Dean
Smith memorial egodome they blow those damn buildings up.  As always, I am not
suggesting that violence is the answer because if you just leave the schools
to do their own research they will probably blow themselves up.  Then Garyland
will truely reign supreme on tobacco road and the faithful shall proclaim Gary
Williams is God Amen
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>
>Matthew Merzbacher     ARPA:   matthew@CS.UCLA.EDU
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