I especially enjoyed the halftime tribute honoring Duke's Beijing Olympians.
Cheering for Coach K was a privilege. Watching him accept the applause reminded me of his patriotism and the almost (but not quite) no-win situation in which he had to operate.
USA! USA!
Not sure how loud it got, but we definately had a chant of USA in our section. I mean how cool is that. Not too many chants you can get going that everyone in the stadium can join in on, but thanks to the Duke involvement we could.
I was impressed by the JMU fans joining the standing ovation for the Duke Olympians, including Coach K and staff. I can think of a few ACC schools that would not have behaved this way.
I had a chance to chat with several of their tailgating fans, and they were very pleasant and gracious. Of course, that was before the game...
Unfortunately, there was a JMU fan and 2 carolina fans sitting behind us last night. I felt they behaved with class until halftime when none of them applauded the olympians, Coach K, and when they didn't participate in the USA cheer. That bummed me out. If, for some bizzare reason, I attended a carolina game and they honored their olympians and if their basketball coach had brought home the gold, I would have cheered for them and for the USA. I just don't get it. That was the only bummer last night. The rain didn't bother me very much. In fact, it felt great!
Is there a video or a photo of that?
Thanks!
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/c...y/1201181.html
Photo #15 has Coach K being honored at half-time. Were there any of the other Duke Beijing Olympians too?
The original link for the full gallery was posted in the main page:
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/c...y/1201181.html
Photos 86-90 are about the half-time tribute. 86 has Wojo on the backdrop. It would have been nice to have honored the other Olympians too.