Duke and North Carolina will always capture the nation’s attention in basketball, and North Carolina and N.C. State perhaps even more so, in any sport, within the boundaries of the Triangle and the state. The ACC moves the needle, annually and perpetually, its stature grounded in decades — generations — of mutual angst, bile and occasionally respect.
This Saturday, when other regional rivals will collide in every corner of the state, is just as good in its own way. Perhaps even better, because it’s a day for getting even, on the field and in the office — opportunities that do not come along often, leading to results savored and remembered for years, not to mention the occasional brawl.
If those big ACC games are the meat in the North Carolina college sports sandwich, weekends like this make everything taste good:
