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DTH SPORTSATURDAY 11/22/08 SPORTSATURDAY STAFF scon POWERS SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS EDITOR RACHEL ULLRICH DTH SPORTS EDITOR POWELL LATIMER, DANIEL PRICE, JOE MCLEAN ASSISTANT DTH SPORTS EDITORS EMMA PATTI DTH PHOTO EDITOR CONTRIBUTORS DAVID ELY MIKE EHRLICH SPORTSATURDAY EDITOR DAVID REYNOLDS, LOUIE HORVATH ASSISTANT SPORTSATURDAY EDITORS JILLIAN NADELL, MOLLY JAMISON SPORTSATURDAY DESIGN EDITORS ALLISON NICHOLS DAILY TAR HEEL EDITOR PRODUCTION MANAGER: Stacy Wynn BUSINESS AND ADVERTISING: Kevin Schwartz, director/general manager. Megan McGinity, advertising direc tor; Lisa Reichle, business manager; Rosanne Niforos, retail sales manager; CUSTOMER SERVICE: Kristen Bullins, Nate Hewitt and Amanda Lathom, representatives. DISPLAY ADVERTISING: Lauren Ahlschlager, Lauren Baum, Catherine Coley, Chris Creech, Lauryn D'Angelo, Blake Ervin, Katherine Fitzpatrick, Mackenzie Gibbs, Kaitlyn Jordan, Luke Lin, Megan Ratdiffe, Jenna Tenace, Megan Winterhalter and Caldwell Zimmerman, account executives; Dane Barnes, marketing associate. ADVERTISING PRODUCTION: Penny Persons, manager, Beth O'Brien, ad production coordinator. DTH Sport Saturday is published by the DTH Publishing Corp., a non profit North Carolina corporation, on home football Saturdays. Advertisers should call 962-1163 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Editorial questions should be directed to 962-0245. Office: Suite 2409 Carolina Union Campus Mail: CB# 5210 Box 49, Carolina Union U.S. Mail: P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3257 Cover photo: DTH FILE/David Enarson Cover design: Jillian Nadell Championship Sports - | ~ SATURDAY TOCwJSCState During the Week... Pre-Game Monday 9:ooam Countdown to Kick Off with Ron Stutts 7:00 AM Monday Press Conference with Coach Davis 10:00AM Off the Top Sports, Live from Top of the Hill Tuesday 11 :00am Tar Heel Sports Network Pre-Game 7:00 pm Butch Davis LIVE Post-Game Th iL-Lff uiffu i- 3:oopm Tar Heel Sports Network Post-Game Show 7:00 pm The official kickoff with Jeff Hamlin . .. , n V n 4:oopm Ham s Postgame Party THE MOST COMPLETE COVERAGE OF UNC FOOTBALL ON THE AIR! Welcome to the inaugural ‘Louies’ u T'ta uckle your seatbelts. It looks like the next 11 weeks will be J—J wild.” That’s how I ended my first column of the year, just in time for week four of the season. And a wild 11 weeks it has been. Now, in the final Sport Saturday col umn of the year, it’s time to give out some year-end awards. So without further ado: The A1 Gore Award for Most Stunning and Complete Turnaround from a Devastating Loss goes to Virginia. The Cavs came back after getting trashed by Duke to win three straight games against ACC contenders —and a fourth against East Carolina. The Britney Spears Furthest Fall from Superstardom Award goes to storied pro grams Florida State and Virginia Tech. As late as two years ago, the tandem began the season in the top 16 in the land, much like Britney broke into the music world at 16. Now both teams are on the outside looking in on the champi onship race. And Britney, we 11... Moving on, the Milli Vanilli Does Anyone Want to Win This Thing? Award goes to the entire Atlantic Coast Conference. Yes, I’m aware that Milli Vanilli hasn’t been heard from since the early ’9os, but it’s hard to find precedent for a group of people DELAY OF GAME §> LOUIE HORVATH THE CHAMP IS HERE that seem to have zero interest in winning awards or in this case, conferences. Whenever a team got on top in the ACC, it immediately failed to stay there. Want proof? 3-10 that’s the record of ranked ACC teams when playing unranked teams in the conference, not counting Clemson more on them later ranked teams are 1-9 in such games. Before this week, the two teams with division leads right now have combined to spend a total of two weeks in the top 25. (Maybe that is why they are in the lead.) Not one of the 12 ACC teams wants to stay on top and win this thing. The only anomaly in this reasoning is Clemson. First they lost as a ranked team to start their ACC campaign, and they then proceeded to hand victories to two ranked teams when they were out of the top 25. They were the only team that suppos- 3 edly “good” teams could consistently beat. For this reason, I deem Clemson the recipient of the Staples Easy Button Award for all of the opposing fans who filed out of stadiums after their teams beat Clemson and thought, “That was easy.” This year’s Little Lebowski Urban Achievers Award goes to Duke. They were spoken highly of, and everyone seemed to like them. But they didn’t really play a role in the resolution of the story. The Oprah Award for Most Seemingly Random Fluctuations goes to Miami. The ’Canes quickly went from light weights (losing three out of five early) to heavyweights (five wins in a row). And of course, since this publication is distributed at North Carolina, there must be an award for the Tar Heels. UNC wins the Villain from “Die Another Day” Award for its change of face after a simple noninvasive surgery. Without T. J. Yates and Brandon Tate, the high-octane Tar Heels transformed into a grind-it-out ball-control team and did so with mixed reviews. Like the villain from “Die Another Day,” they had their goal right within their grasp, but they still managed to let it get away. Because... well, they always do. Because... well, they always do. 3
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