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April 05, 2005
North Carolina, Raise Up!!!
I didn't take my shirt off, but I did bring a Petey Pablo CD-R for Hell to rock once the championship belonged to NORTH CAROLINA!!! I didn't twist anything 'round my hand or spin anything like a helicopter, but I did throw that dynasty sign several hundred times while walking down Franklin Street, urging all my Carolina fam to throw their diamonds up. Dynasty, baby!!
While I was on Franklin Street I wore the mask, slapped high-fives with practically everyone I saw, and even jumped over one of the bonfires. It was awesome.
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In 1982 I was just a little kid who felt fortunate to be able to stay up really late and watch that magical game. In 1993 I was a college kid living in Morrison dorm....and after that false time-out and the subsequent free-throws, it was all about the crazy cross-campus run to Franklin. 2005 is gonna be my favorite of the three, though....a bunch of my favorite people in Hell both during and after the game, nothing but celebratory good vibes and non-violent pandemonium on Franklin Street, and the thrill of watching those seniors come all the way from 8-20 three years ago to THAT #1 SPOT.
Hey sportswriters, can we now come clean and admit that despite your lazy analysis, teamwork and talent are not always mutually exclusive?!? Go Heels!
Posted by Tim at April 5, 2005 03:30 AM
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Man, I wish I was in Chapel Hill with you guys last night...
Posted by: John at April 5, 2005 10:08 AM
Todd, Carlie and I were representing in Santa Monica last night with about 150 or so Carolina Alumni at the unfortunately-named Yankee Doodles. We were downstairs- the Illini alumni were upstairs. There were chants back and forth, but by the time we left after "One Shining Moment", the upstairs had emptied of orange and gone back to being a cheesy sports bar. People kept asking Todd where they could get a Jackie Manuel has a posse t-shirt like his...
Posted by: Stuart at April 5, 2005 11:54 AM
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Posted by: Jay at April 5, 2005 02:34 PM
all my roommates love dook. so post-game, i left the tv on for ALL the commentary and repeats of UNC winning--even after i went to bed. it was all so very beautiful.
Posted by: yonni at April 5, 2005 05:39 PM
I love that I got to see this, even though I was in a room (kid you not) full of people who had donned Illinois face paint NOT because they were illini fans (one only was) but because they'd bet in the pool on an illinois win. Bastards + Assholes + Mercenaries never win.
I was so proud of those boys. Personality over machines! And they beat a team I had watched before and liked: it wasn't a dog and pony show, it was a GAME!
I am going to buy up all bits and pieces of Carolina propoganda I can here in Mobtown.
I was proudly wearing my Jackie teeshirt and now I know the rules: the jackie jersey in the final four, the teeshirt in the final: WIN WIN WIN.
Posted by: claire at April 6, 2005 07:22 PM