Here comes the pain ...

by JL Blue on Sep 17, 2006 10:03 PM EDT Comment 2 comments

Well, of course that remains to be seen. But forget this football business. We all know what UNC and Kentucky are really about ...

Welcome to the SBN, Carolina. But don't get too settled in. On Dec. 2, things are going to get very uncomfortable in the Dean Dome.

Yeah, yeah yeah ... talent, high ranking, hype ... you're gonna have it all. The Wildcats? They're the underdogs, the upstarts, the also-rans. (Well, in this game at least).

But beware. No one plays harder than a Tubby Smith-coached team with a chip on its shoulder ... and this team is going to have a HUGE one sitting there.

I look forward to it already, to the stunned silence of the crowd, to the amazed faces of the top-ranked Tar Heel players, as Randolph, Ramel and Joe tear through town to a huge win.

Well, at least that how I see it ...

(This friendly trash talking brought to you by JL at A Sea of Blue ... )

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Chips?

No one plays harder than a Tubby Smith-coached team with a chip on its shoulder ...

So what happened the past couple of years, then? The Wildcats played so soft you'd think the only chips they had were of the potato variety.

(And uncomfortable? I was in the Dean Dome for this. There is no fear for whatever motley crew you care to bring this time.)

by T.H. on Sep 18, 2006 2:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Last few years?

Took double OT to keep them out of the Final Four just a year ago ... maybe last season just seemed like an eternity.

Tightened rotation and full summer of playing together -- remember that Morris foolishly tried to go pro, effectively screwing his team in the process this time last season -- should make foa very different team.

I'm mostly just blowing smoke, as your guys are freakin' loaded ... but stranger things have happened. Like Serge Zwikker turning out to be better than terrible, for instance.

How's Neil Fingleton doing, anyway?

by JL Blue on Sep 18, 2006 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs