Duke at North Carolina

• slingshot4ever

  And another one:
  
  http://www.jotbyjot.com/2009/04/top-11-biggest-sports-rivalries.html
• slingshot4ever

  And another:
  
  http://www.kidzworld.com/article/6556-greatest-sports-rivalries
• september63

  

  For the 1st time in a long time. Duke/NC game=Who cares!!
• slingshot4ever

  ^^^^
  
  Agreed. I was hoping Cuse UConn would go to OT.
• hoops23

  

  georgemc80 wrote: It wasn't too long ago that Duke dominated this series with something like 16 out of 18 wins. UNC has been dominant lately...looks like Duke has the advantage this year...I hope that Duke begins another long run tonight, but would not be unhappy if it became more back and forth on a yearly basis.

  Duke had a nice run, but check the overall series. I believe UNC still holds a 30 game advantage.
• karen lotz

  

  slingshot4ever wrote: And another:
  
  http://www.kidzworld.com/article/6556-greatest-sports-rivalries

  You lose all credibility with this one. Kidzworld.com??? Did you see what "rivalry" was listed second?? Pacers/Pistons since 2004? How many of those games have meant anything at all? The match up is filled with plenty of "tough defence." Wow, thrilling storyline there.
  
  Try this one:
  
  http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/polls
  
  go to the 3rd feature poll. You'll see outside of Ohio and Michigan, no one cares about the OSU/Michigan rivalry. I know its a hard concept for a lot of bucknutz to wrap their brains around.
• slingshot4ever

  The 3rd poll has nothing to even do with football. And since when does the name of a website mean anything? I see you decided to ignore the first link I posted which was an ESPN ARTICLE as well as the other site I posted.
  
  Ignoring 2/3 of the polls shows that you just lost all credibility.
• georgemc80

  LTrain23 wrote:
  
  Duke had a nice run, but check the overall series. I believe UNC still holds a 30 game advantage.

  Thanks for the information.... The point of the post was to point out dominant runs from both schools...that I believe weakens a rivalry.
• swamisez

  

  Too bad most of those Carolina wins came when they were still shooting at peachbaskets.
• hoops23

  

  swamisez wrote: Too bad most of those Carolina wins came when they were still shooting at peachbaskets.

  Not true at all.
• swamisez

  

  Duke Basketball was not any where close to being a program of note from 1920-1961.
  
  The arrival of Jeff Mullins and Art Heyman signified the beginning of Duke Basketball as we know it.
  
  If you wipe out the series from their first meeting in 1920 all the way to 1960
  The Duke Carolina series is much closer than the 130-98 tally.
• wildcats20

  

  swamisez wrote: Duke Basketball was not any where close to being a program of note from 1920-1961.
  
  The arrival of Jeff Mullins and Art Heyman signified the beginning of Duke Basketball as we know it.
  
  If you wipe out the series from their first meeting in 1920 all the way to 1960
  The Duke Carolina series is much closer than the 130-98 tally.

  So to make it look better for the Dookies you have to get rid of 40 years of basketball. :rolleyes:
• swamisez

  

  1920-1960 Carolina was still playing teams from the local YMCA
  
  Duke University consisted of a few buildings and old tobacco plant homes.
• reclegend22

  

  The most hilarious thing I saw last night was the fact that OSU-Michigan wasn't even mentioned as an option on ESPN's Sports Nation poll last night for the best rivalries of the last decade.
  
  Fact is, that rivalry can't hold a candle to Duke-Carolina. No one else around the country cares.
• Prescott

  The most hilarious thing I saw last night was when the PTI pair, Kornheiser and Wilbon, discussed the duke-vs-North Carolina game.
  
  Wilbon:"Usually this game is a 10, but this game is about a 4. I will not watch this game, it isn't worth it. It is about 6 or 7 on my priority list. The game of the night isn't duke-vs-UNC, it is Syracuse-vs-UConn."
  
  The fact is that it takes two teams to make a rivalry. The past few years, duke and michigan have not held up their end of the bargain.
• swamisez

  

  Jay Mariotti being the ridiculous shill he is said he planned on watching New Mexico UNLV instead since "both of those teams are ranked"
  
  OSU Michigan football is still pretty intense. It is up there 1 or 2
• RiverRat13

  swamisez wrote:
  If you wipe out the series from their first meeting in 1920 all the way to 1960
  The Duke Carolina series is much closer than the 130-98 tally.

  Carolina is up 70-55 since Dean took over in '61. So Carolina had a 17 game advantage over the 40 years you want to throw out and a 15 game advantage over the last 50 years. So both eras are pretty comparable.
• swamisez

  

  we will go with those numbers Rat.
• wildcats20

  

  Again, you're going to discount 4 years of basketball to make the series look better for the Dookies.... :rolleyes:
• swamisez

  

  Yeah, I don't think its out of the question to discount seasons when a program is developing.
  
  Much in the same way, If I were to look at your body of work
  Years 0-3 Wildcats was a chronic bedwetter and notorious pooper of the pants.
  
  However, when he matured out of diapers he has since decreased the intensity of his pooping and wetting himself.
  
  Unfortunately, as we all will, he will return to this type of behavior in his elder years.
  
  So in order to get a better handle on the true history of his ability to control his bladder and bowels I am going to discard his developmental and anticipated issues.
• reclegend22

  

  That was a graphic I wanted no part of when opening this thread.
  
  
• ironman02

  Wow. Interesting example, swami.
• swamisez

  

  bathroom humor, watching Carolina makes me think of it for some reason.