Duke-UNC, when Tobacco Road becomes the Golden Mile
(02/02/00 5:00am)
It's hard to explain the Duke-Carolina rivalry.
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It's hard to explain the Duke-Carolina rivalry.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Although the tipoff to Duke's 61-49 loss to Virginia was yesterday afternoon, the Blue Devils may have lost the game Thursday night.
After a long talk with her team, North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell somberly made her way to the press table and tried to describe the massacre she had just witnessed.
This is not your typical Duke-UNC matchup, mostly because this is not your typical Tar Heel team.
Gail Goestenkors must have walked out of Florida State's Tallahassee Civic Center breathing a huge sigh of relief.
RALEIGH - Before the season began, Gail Goestenkors knew the Blue Devils would have trouble with N.C. State.
Wide receiver Richmond Flowers will leave Duke to transfer to Tennessee-Chatanooga this spring, the redshirt junior announced yesterday.
The men's and women's fencing teams got off to a slow start this weekend, beginning their season a combined 1-9 at the UNC Invitational in Chapel Hill.
Yesterday afternoon, Carl Franks celebrated his one-year anniversary at Duke by flying out of town on a recruiting visit.
The NFL does it. The NBA does it. Major League Baseball does it. NCAA basketball does it. Division I-AA football does it. So, why is there no playoff system in Division I-A football? It works for every other sport known to man. Even bowling uses a tournament to determine its champion. The people want playoffs. I say give the people what they want. The regular season gets shortened to 10 games-eight conference games and two non-conference contests. This will eliminate games in which Kansas State scores 80 points against the Iowa School for the Blind. Each game will mean something in order to make the final field. The season, at the latest, will end the last week in November. At this point, the 16-team playoff will begin. But who will play? Well, teams play in a conference for a reason, and teams will be rewarded for successful conference runs. Eight conference champions receive automatic bids to the tourney. Those conferences: ACC, SEC, Big Ten, PAC-10, Big East, Big Twelve, Mountain West and MAC. After these eight teams, eight at-large bids remain. A committee, similar to NCAA basketball, will determine these teams based on different criteria, much like the BCS standings. With these eight at-large bids, Alabama can win the SEC championship, but Florida and Tennessee could also make the tournament based on their records and standing. The problem with the BCS that will be alleviated by this committee is that the committee has a pulse. A game between Middle Tennessee State and Arkansas-Little Rock will not affect the standing of a top 10 team just because it played one of those teams earlier in the year. After the 16 teams have been determined, this committee will also seed them using similar criteria from the selection process. And don't worry, the money will still roll in. Each bowl will host a game in the playoffs. Home field advantage is not an issue. The big bowls can bid for the final few games, only everyone will watch the games prior to the championship in this system. Granted, this eliminates the lesser bowl games. But, who cares? You're gonna miss the Humanitarian Bowl? In addition, a couple of early losses does not exclude a team from the national championship picture. In the end, the playoff system is the most logical option. Sixteen teams go in, one champion emerges. No BCS, no computers, just football. And who doesn't want to see that Cinderella team, like Marshall, face mighty Nebraska in January? Go Herd!
Golfer Matt Krauss' incredible finish to the 1998-99 season was rewarded by his appearance at the elite Savane College All-America Golf Classic earlier last week in El Paso, Texas.
The athletic department will embark on an aggressive fund-raising campaign to fully endow the costs of the men's basketball program, Athletic Director Joe Alleva announced Friday.
CHAPEL HILL - So this is how the season ends, not with a bell but a whimper.
Eric Jones will never forget his introduction to the Duke-North Carolina rivalry.
The youthful women's basketball team will almost definitely learn something about itself tonight.
Late Tuesday afternoon, Scottie Montgomery sat alone in Wallace Wade Stadium. Sitting there, he thought about his past and he thought about his future. Most of all, though, he thought about Duke football and how his chapter in its history was about to end.
The one word that could never describe the football team is predictable.
Tomorrow afternoon, when Duke's four senior captains take the field for their final home game, someone in Wallace Wade Stadium will inevitably ask, "Who's Number 56?"
A collegiate team still searching for its identity matched up against the best assemblage of talent in America. A collection of teenagers barely removed from getting their first jobs faces a group of veterans who have pulled paychecks playing professionally for years.
I realize that this is one of those columns that will receive universal praise and admiration from guys and jeers and mocking from women. Normally, I would say women wouldn't even read this story, but I know they are helplessly drawn in by my stunning headshot.