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November 9, 2006
And so it begins....
This is a very, very important post: the first in the category "Circuses: The Holy Game" for the 2006-2007 NCAA hoops season. Thus begins a long and tough March to Madness that will end, fittingly enough, in early April (you thought I'd say March, didn't you? You cheeky monkey over-eager turd).
Pain attention, Goddammit!! This is important. Some people like to follow politics, some root for one side or another in various African civil wars and still others want to know which tribe or team is winning on Survivor: Intercourse Island or Fear Factor: Power Tools. Some even attend performances of Cats, if only to test their tolerance levels under certain types of extreme duress.
But real afficionados, I mean true connoiseurs of edge work, follow the Holy Game. So if you think you're ready to roll with us, keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road and remember always that there is no medal for second place in a Chicken Race like NCAA hoops.
Now, its time to get down to brass tacks. UNC returns this year loaded with almost enough talent to beat a Waffen SS division and, much more importantly, more than enough talent to beat the ever living piss out of Duke (assuming that, as God intended, the fundamentals dictate the course of events). The local rag has the thing covered, of course (for instance, here and here).
The Heels are generally ranked number 2 behind what I believe is currently the most overrated team in America. I refer of course to Florida, who, to be sure, won the Big One last, but only in the most open tournament field since the fall of Rome (or, more to the point, since Jim Valvano stumbled to the top in a gentle, earlier time before the roughly four dozen new rules his tactics prompted).
All we can do now is wait and see what rough justice will be handed out on the courts. It will all end on April 2, 2007 in the Georgia Dome.
Posted by dag at November 9, 2006 11:38 PM
Comments
All very fitting points. I would add only the following:
1) This is the holy game, not to be confused with the Holy Game (note the capitalisation), which is, of course, hockey. It's what Jesus would do.
2) The biggest obstacle that UNC will face on the courts this year is that age-old venerable team that has stymied them so many times in the past: UNC. So much depends on which UNC team shows up to play, the championship quality one, or the high-school wanna-be one.
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at November 10, 2006 8:54 AM