"A red sun rises, blood has been spilled this night. "
--The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
That's right. BLUE blood. Tonight was the epic rematch between the Dook Blue Devils and the Carolina Tar Heels, and this time the Fates looked down upon us in Chapel Hill, smiled, and said "Silly us. Let's rectify the terrible mistakes of the past."
And thus, our fierce gladiators Raymond Felton, Sean May, Jawad Williams, Marvin Williams, Jackie Manuel, Melvin Scott, Reyshawn Terry, and David Noel pressed forward against our enemies, fought through the loss of fallen comrade Rashad McCants, and stunned the evil Devils by coming back from a nine point defecit and defeating the vile Dookies.
I shan't bore you non-sports types by telling you of the heroic feats performed by Sean May, achieving his 8th straight double-double and scoring 26 points with 24 rebounds tonight. Nor shall I tell you of how Dook's hero J.J. Redick, star 3-point shooter, was practically shut out in the second half by the Heel's powerful defense.
Instead, I will leave you with images of the celebration that ultimately follows every magnificent defeat of our most dreaded enemy. Fans flock to Franklin street in jubilation, building bonfires, dancing, drinking- making merry. Girls hop on shoulders, sometimes baring it all, while guys jump through fires, proving their mettle. It's something I only experienced once during my time at Carolina. There was no way I'd miss the insanity that comes with beating the team we hate most, so my friend and I drove up to the Hill this morning. Eight hours later, we left exhausted but excited, rejoicing in our tremendous victory.
By the way, this is also the first time UNC has been the ACC Regular Season champions since 1993. Oh yeah, we also won the NCAA National Championship that year. So marinate on that for awhile. And with the undefeated Illinois finally losing their first game today, this may mean the regular season ends with UNC as the number one team in the country. We'll find out tomorrow...
Franklin Street fills with students, most demanding free coffee (from Starbucks); others, boobs.
The bonfires begin as S.W.A.T. teams start firebombing the unruly crowd.
Carolina prefers their students extra crispy.
Me, the Wolfman, Cristina Michelli, and Nick Griffin- Class of 2004; Casey Hart- Class of 2003. You can't get rid of us!
--Cbake
*Pictures courtesy of Jerome Carpenter. Check out his webpage why don't you?
That's right. BLUE blood. Tonight was the epic rematch between the Dook Blue Devils and the Carolina Tar Heels, and this time the Fates looked down upon us in Chapel Hill, smiled, and said "Silly us. Let's rectify the terrible mistakes of the past."
And thus, our fierce gladiators Raymond Felton, Sean May, Jawad Williams, Marvin Williams, Jackie Manuel, Melvin Scott, Reyshawn Terry, and David Noel pressed forward against our enemies, fought through the loss of fallen comrade Rashad McCants, and stunned the evil Devils by coming back from a nine point defecit and defeating the vile Dookies.
I shan't bore you non-sports types by telling you of the heroic feats performed by Sean May, achieving his 8th straight double-double and scoring 26 points with 24 rebounds tonight. Nor shall I tell you of how Dook's hero J.J. Redick, star 3-point shooter, was practically shut out in the second half by the Heel's powerful defense.
Instead, I will leave you with images of the celebration that ultimately follows every magnificent defeat of our most dreaded enemy. Fans flock to Franklin street in jubilation, building bonfires, dancing, drinking- making merry. Girls hop on shoulders, sometimes baring it all, while guys jump through fires, proving their mettle. It's something I only experienced once during my time at Carolina. There was no way I'd miss the insanity that comes with beating the team we hate most, so my friend and I drove up to the Hill this morning. Eight hours later, we left exhausted but excited, rejoicing in our tremendous victory.
By the way, this is also the first time UNC has been the ACC Regular Season champions since 1993. Oh yeah, we also won the NCAA National Championship that year. So marinate on that for awhile. And with the undefeated Illinois finally losing their first game today, this may mean the regular season ends with UNC as the number one team in the country. We'll find out tomorrow...
Franklin Street fills with students, most demanding free coffee (from Starbucks); others, boobs.
The bonfires begin as S.W.A.T. teams start firebombing the unruly crowd.
Carolina prefers their students extra crispy.
Me, the Wolfman, Cristina Michelli, and Nick Griffin- Class of 2004; Casey Hart- Class of 2003. You can't get rid of us!
--Cbake
*Pictures courtesy of Jerome Carpenter. Check out his webpage why don't you?
posted by Cbake at 12:52 AM
1 Comments:
In my haste to put up those wonderful photos, I forgot to mention the most random event of the evening being finding a friend of ours from high school in the midst of all that madness. At one point Cristina goes "Is that Erica Hall?"
Thinking it was just an Erica clone (we found many clones of high school friends at UNC, and Erica had one I saw often), I casually walked toward the person and was surprised to hear her shout "Chris BAKER!"
Yep, it was Erica, who went to Appalachian University, graduated last May, and now lives in Charlotte works for NBC. I don't think she'd ever been to Chapel Hill, but was in Winston Salem that weekend for a wedding and decided to drive over with a friend to check the town out. It just happened to be the day of the UNC/Dook game and we just happened to win.
She marveled at the insanity around her as bonfires sprung up and people drank in the streets. "I've never seen anything like this before! It's awesome!" she cried.
Nut, I forgot to mention all that, and she reminded me today through an AOL Instant Message:
coolgirlenh18: so... i go all the way to chapel hill and celebrate on franklin street and i don't even get a shout out on your blog??? WTF chris baker? that was monumental!
Well, I hope that rectifies things, Erica. It was great to see you.
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