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I'm so mad I could punch a hole through a cardboard door! This has ruined by beer pregame!
 
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I think this a valuable edition to the thread. Pretty damning, if you ask me. But that's just my opinion.

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Edit: It's a UNC grad driving to the would-have-been game in the same conditions Duke would have faced.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Mother Nature saved Roy from an a$$ whuppin'.
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I mean, let's be honest with ourselves here: how much do you think K "duked" his pants thinking about either having to play in front of 15 to 20,000 UNC students or "throwing his team chemistry off" by traveling a couple hours earlier? Weak. Spin it however you want, but Duke will never live this one down. And that's just one more reason why they will always be the state of NC's number two (pun intended, a-thank you).
 
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volprof said:
I think this a valuable edition to the thread. Pretty damning, if you ask me. But that's just my opinion.

8 Miles - YouTube

Edit: It's a UNC grad driving to the would-have-been game in the same conditions Duke would have faced.
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Oh me. It is amazing how much the youth of our country need to learn before they before they become responsible adults.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
Oh me. It is amazing how much the youth of our country need to learn before they before they become responsible adults.
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Not quite sure what you mean by that post. If you're referring to employment effects, I'm sure he's doing just fine. Probably has a lawyer job with a UNC grad. No worries there. If you're referring to age, he's older than I am: must be in his thirties (hardly what I would consider a "youth").

Fact of the matter is, spin it however they want, Duke played this storm to its advantage. Sure, it was re-scheduled a couple days before the Syracuse game, but like Duke knew that would be the case beforehand. Duke righteously botched this one and their fans ought to be ashamed.
 
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volprof said:
Not quite sure what you mean by that post. If you're referring to employment effects, I'm sure he's doing just fine. Probably has a lawyer job with a UNC grad. No worries there. If you're referring to age, he's older than I am: must be in his thirties (hardly what I would consider a "youth").

Fact of the matter is, spin it however they want, Duke played this storm to its advantage. Sure, it was re-scheduled a couple days before the Syracuse game, but like Duke knew that would be the case beforehand. Duke righteously botched this one and their fans ought to be ashamed.
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I am just relaying that the conditions last night were as bad as the conditions were last week in Atlanta where thousands of motorist were stranded on the interstate for up to 24 hours. Women were giving birth in their cars in subfreezing weather and children had to stay overnight in their schools. I guess people approach conditions differently depending on their agenda.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
I am just relaying that the conditions last night were as bad as the conditions were last week in Atlanta where thousands of motorist were stranded on the interstate for up to 24 hours. Women were giving birth in their cars in subfreezing weather and children had to stay overnight in their schools. I guess people approach conditions differently depending on their agenda.
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The dude in the video made it in just fine. Anyhow, that's not my point. The fact is that Duke could have planned ahead and made it in earlier. The forecast suggested they should do so all week long. They avoided this. Maybe they simply wanted to save some money, but I figure a program like Duke has plenty to burn. It's not like they have much invested in any other sports.
 
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And I might add that classes at both UNC and Duke were cancelled around noonish. Duke decided they'd wait till 6 to determine whether or not they could make the trip. You be the judge here.
 
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yeah, great idea. Get there early so you can get stuck afterwards. Don't worry about the possibility of something bad happening, you can make it, so do it. Volprof's desire to see the game trumps everything else. How ridiculous. I hope you're not really a UT Professor. I'd be embarrassed to have my kid taught by you.

UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham said in a statement that Duke's bus couldn't make it to the Durham campus to pick up the Blue Devils for the 11-mile drive to Chapel Hill. He called the postponement "the best decision to make at this time" due to safety concerns.
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it's drastically different for a commercially licensed bus to travel somewhere than some guy in a POV. The media reports that the bus couldn't get to Cameron. For you to insinuate that this was on Duke is just absurd.

It's a great idea to send a bunch of kids to play basketball when this is what I-85 looked like:

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volfanbill said:
yeah, great idea. Get there early so you can get stuck afterwards. Don't worry about the possibility of something bad happening, you can make it, so do it. Volprof's desire to see the game trumps everything else. How ridiculous. I hope you're not really a UT Professor. I'd be embarrassed to have my kid taught by you.
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Volfanbill, personal insults aside, do you know that the forecast had been calling for these conditions around a week in advance? And do you also know that Chapel Hill has hotel accommodations? And I could be wrong, but I've heard that UNC personally offered to accommodate the Duke team and staff should they chose to make it in. Like I said, that may just be hearsay though.

And chances are that I've already corrupted your kid. Chances are they were probably eager to be corrupted anyhow. But, in case they weren't, I'll take hemlock, just like Socrates.
 
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And to make it clear, Volfanbill (so that you know that when I corrupted your kid it was with the best intentions), I have no problem with the game being postponed. It's how Duke chose to postpone it that I have a problem with. They showed no regard for the fans traveling to the game. Even Jay Bilas himself (Duke player and grad) had already set out for the Dean Dome. This was purely a selfish decision on Duke's part. I don't care how you cut it.
 
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volprof said:
Volfanbill, personal insults aside, do you know that the forecast had been calling for these conditions around a week in advance? And do you also know that Chapel Hill has hotel accommodations? And I could be wrong, but I've heard that UNC personally offered to accommodate the Duke team and staff should they chose to make it in. Like I said, that may just be hearsay though.

And chances are that I've already corrupted your kid. Chances are they were probably eager to be corrupted anyhow. But, in case they weren't, I'll take hemlock, just like Socrates.
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it's not a personal insult, it's calling it as it is. UNC agreed it was the best idea, Duke agreed to it, and by all reports, the bus couldn't get to the stadium. Why force the "accommodation" of the team just for a ball game? Why not wait until it's safe all around to make it happen?
 
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volprof said:
And to make it clear, Volfanbill (so that you know that when I corrupted your kid it was with the best intentions), I have no problem with the game being postponed. It's how Duke chose to postpone it that I have a problem with.
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by being informed their chartered bus can't make it? Yeah, what a piss poor way to make the decision.
 
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volfanbill said:
it's not a personal insult, it's calling it as it is. UNC agreed it was the best idea, Duke agreed to it, and by all reports, the bus couldn't get to the stadium. Why force the "accommodation" of the team just for a ball game? Why not wait until it's safe all around to make it happen?
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I understand that, and that's a reasonable question. The fact is, however, that Duke had prior notice. And their classes were cancelled around noonish. No excuses, particularly when you consider that UNC played GT in Atlanta during the great ATL debacle. UNC planned ahead and braved it out.

And I'm not sure when you came into this thread, but please understand this: UNC had announced that they were allowing more students in. There stood to be somewhere between 15 to 20,000 students in the arena last night. All surrounding the lower deck.
 
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volprof said:
I understand that, and that's a reasonable question. The fact is, however, that Duke had prior notice. And their classes were cancelled around noonish. No excuses, particularly when you consider that UNC played GT in Atlanta during the great ATL debacle. UNC planned ahead and braved it out.

And I'm not sure when you came into this thread, but please understand this: UNC had announced that they were allowing more students in. There stood to be somewhere between 15 to 20,000 students in the arena last night. All surrounding the lower deck.
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and your point? Having those students made it easier for the chartered bus to get to Durham and get the team?
 
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volfanbill said:
by being informed their chartered bus can't make it? Yeah, what a piss poor way to make the decision.
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To make it clear, once again, volfanbill, Duke knew this was coming. Their classes were also cancelled. No excuses. UNC played at GT during the Atlanta freakout a couple weeks ago. I don't know how else to explain this.
 
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volfanbill said:
and your point? Having those students made it easier for the chartered bus to get to Durham and get the team?
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I just now saw your Duke icon next to your avatar. I thought I was just arguing with a UT fan about this game. That explains it now. Nevermind. Carry on. You're right: Duke is awesome and fearless.
 
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And also, just FYI, Pitt women's bball team made it in to Chapel Hill last night for the game tonight. Sorry the bball team you love so much is notorious for chickening out of tough road games (they otherwise don't have to schedule or play).

Spin away, spin doctors.
 
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