realize the weekend’s not over yet, but hey — this thing’s a Sunday tradition.
1. That the ACC will not surrender its punch-line status. Another year, another glorious start for the nation’s wannabe superconference. It began Thursday night with N.C. State’s nationally televised 34-0 shellacking at the hands of South Carolina and continued Saturday with Virginia Tech (11-3 a year ago) falling to East Carolina, Virginia (9-4) losing 52-7 at home to USC and of course league favorite Clemson laying a colossal egg against Alabama in front of a national, prime-time audience.
However, the biggest blunder in ACC country Saturday took place in the sky. A pair of parachuters who were slated to deliver the game ball for North Carolina’s opener against McNeese State inadvertently landed eight miles away — at Duke’s stadium. “In about five years,” said concerned UNC associate AD Rick Steinbacher, “maybe this will be funny.”
Oh no — it’s plenty funny right now.
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8/31/08
Magnolia Tribune
