Dukie and Me

[bfs3]

Duke fans can’t even admit that it’s not the same Duke that they fell in love with for the reasons they did. Back in the day their players all stayed 4 years and graduated. Now they are like most every other program using one and done players like crazy, their own players entering the portal in significant numbers, and rarely do their players stay for 4 years anymore. Many of the things that made them “special” aren’t in place there anymore.

Right. That was their whole shtick. They were supposed to be the golden boys who all graduated from a top university. I remember an article where Shane Battier was calling out Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry (?) about how they’ll never get to enjoy the experience of searching their couch cushions for spare change to buy a pizza. That was the example he used to talk down to high schoolers entering the draft to make millions instead of going to college. I wonder how he feels about NIL

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Does the city need to have a subway?

In 1906 the White Sox beat the Cubs. In 1944 the Cardinals beat the Browns.

Chicago and St St Louis each had both participants once.

Not really, so you are correct.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Try this one “name the only city besides New York to have had a subway series”?

Try this one, name the first sports figure to be on Wheaties boxes. No fair Googling, no one can guess this right the first time.

 

[JCisthegoat]

I have noticed the same. Much of the ire Duke fans had towards our squad seemed to directed mostly to JC. I suppose that's far, most of my hatred for Duke was hatred for K. I always felt our guy had to come from further behind, but caught K. Seems like Dukies didn't like any hint that someone may be better than K. And the argument could be made with JC.

True ball knowers know Calhoun > K.

Although both are probably top 2

 

[Frank06830]

The hatred for JC is likely the result of the 99 Huskies wiping out their season with the National Championship they'd been lead to believe was theirs for showing up.

When we went to the 99 Final Four we flew in on Saturday and while driving around we were listening to the "experts" on ESPN radio proclaiming Duke was so good their second team could probably win the Championship.

So when your fans, especially the easily the brain washed students, get the rug pulled out by the upstarts from UConn what else can you do but obsess over how unworthy they were and what a fluke it was to lose to these farmers from the hills of Connecticut...........

Coincidently in the mid ‘90’s, Christian Lattner’s backup Clay Buckley was working with us. Coming off a recent double national chip in ‘91-‘92, I asked him if he thought Jim Calhoun and UCONN would ever win a Natty. He was the nicest guy, but with deep conviction he said No. Calhoun didn’t have it. Everytime we have won our 6 chips, I take deep pleasure in recalling this conversation. Tempted to reach out and ask him “How do you like them apples”