Answering Questions with Questions
ESPN promos suggest that Duke/UNC is the Best Rivalry in College Sports. Is this valid?
1. Do Duke and UNC play each other on the same date every year?
2. Do Duke and UNC only play each other once per year?
3. Is Duke/UNC broadcast on national television?
4. Is the losing school’s entire year wrecked with a loss?
5. Is the winning school’s entire year made with a win?
6. Are the losing coaches of this game fired for losing?
7. Is the rivalry insulated from Dick Vitale’s pernicious ear rape?
8. Are weddings, births, deaths and other major life decisions rescheduled due to conflicts with Duke/UNC?
9. Is Duke/UNC defined by seething, uncompromising hatred of each other?
10. Is any rivalry that isn’t football ‘the best college’ anything?
[Answer key: 1) no 2) no 3) no 4) no 5) no 6) no 7) no 8) no 9) no 10) no]
VERDICT: NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
