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Urgent Score Update - From the Comcast Center in College Park, Md. Terps 83 Duke 81. It was awesome. Mason Plumlee, a kid who has been hyped by the Duke loving media as National Player of the Year, scored all of 4 pts. Plumlee managed to get more fouls in the game than points. He was completely outclassed by Alex Len. Coach K and his boys from Durham had no answer for Len. Nada. Len was on fire against the vaunted Devil defense. I was watching the game out at the infamous Kicken Chicken with my buddy Phil and Phil's wife. Phil's wife is a big Terps fan, being that she's from Maryland. We were having a time watching the 2nd half. The only disappointing thing about the whole night was the dearth of Duke fans at the bar. It was very busy, as probably 150 folks were in the joint during the game, munching on the atrocious food they serve. But only about a half dozen of them were pulling for the Devils. What a bummer. I was strolling around looking for Duke fans to mock & much to my chagrin found nobody nearby. It wasn't that upsetting though. I went over to the bar and ordered a celebratory shot, drank it quickly, and raced out of the Kicken Chicken. It's gonna be a real shame when the Terps leave the ACC for the Big 10. The Duke/MD game in College Park is always fun to watch, especially when the Terps win. And that's gonna end in a couple years. Hopefully, the 2 schools will schedule each other in the non-conference moving forward. They probably won't though. It's hard to blame Duke for possibly being reluctant to schedule games in the Comcast Center. The students spend a great deal of time and energy chanting "Fuck Duke" throughout the game. I'm guessing that's gotta be hard on the fragile psyches of Duke basketball players. It's amusing though. You gotta admit that.
Speaking of Duke and students chanting, a few weeks ago the Devils hosted the NC State Wolfpack in Durham. Duke managed to avenge their loss to NCSU from January, pulling it out 98-85. Something worth noting went down during the contest though. NC State has this point guard named Tyler Lewis, a skinny white kid who plays with moxie. Anyway, Lewis' grandmother died recently. A pretty sad occasion for any young man. During the game at Cameron, Lewis got to the foul line. While setting up to shoot his free throws, Lewis was paraded by the Duke students with this gem of a classy taunt - "How's your grandma?" That's right, leave it Duke students to rub it in that this Lewis kid had lost his granny, all in an attempt to distract the kid while trying to net 2 points. Those Duke students will do anything to "help" the team. Very nice, Dookies. Well played. I'm not the slightest bit surprised myself. ESPN has done a number of stories over the last 20 years about how well coordinated and clever the Cameron Crazies are with their taunts. The students have been praised for their depth of research on opposing players and creativity in getting under their skin. Why should we expect anything less from this current crop of undergraduates in Durham?
4 comments:
of all the teams and home crowds you could choose to champion, maryland's is ALMOST as bad as dook's. sadly, as the terps migrate into a primarily football conference, their horrific athletic teams will be exposed for their overall weakness. that being said, bask in your terps hollow victory. their ensuing home loss against clemson or wake or some other ACC softie proves they shot their load against dook. NIT. NIT. NIT.
Above must be really sore - though did predict the Terps follow-up loss (surprising no one). But while we UMDers are vulgar, that's not the same as cruel and classless. Only in Dook are general obscenities the same as taunting a kid's tragedies.
not sore. i just remember several years of similiar behavior from terps fans, especially in the years where they were expected to compete. i guess that's why they've been so tame lately. since gary's gone, they suck and their fans just have to suck with them.
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