3 Types Of Duke Fans

[wilko]

So why a ram?

Cuz the sheep in Chapel Hill can hear a zipper a mile away...

[Lavabe]

Cuz the sheep in Chapel Hill can hear a zipper a mile away...

Oh no ... this has the makings of its own thread!

Cheers,
Lavabe

[Indoor66]

Cuz the sheep in Chapel Hill can hear a zipper a mile away...

Smile when you say that! I'm from Wyoming where men are men and sheep are scared.

[mgtr]

Sheep lie! (Punch line of old joke).

My wife and I are in a different category than any stated -- we never (never) miss a Duke BB game, and have left events and parties early in order to go see the game. We don our Duke shirts, socks, etc. and put our Duke glasses (filled with appropriate adult beverages) on our Duke coasters. If we have a beverage that needs a bottle opener, we use a special Duke opener that plays the Duke fight song upon use.
Now, neither of us ever went to Duke, or have been closer to the campus than I-85 (maybe four times). We like the way they play, we like Coach K, we like that they have no problems with the NCAA, in short, we like the character of the players and the team.
We are diehard Duke BB fans. We don't care about football, women's basketball, or archery. We do think that Mike Nifong and others should burn in the lower reaches of eternity.
If you can neatly break most Duke fans into a, b, c etc, then I guess we are about m or n. But nobody, nobody, is a bigger fan of Duke basketball (at least in the last five or six years) than we are.
End of rant.

[JasonEvans]

Anyone ever meet someone who claimed to be a fan of both, Duke and UNC? I'm sorry to say that I have met many people who make this ridiculous claim. This should probably serve as an indication that I need to stop hanging out with people who are this ignorant, but I press on.

Being a Duke AND Carolina fan. It's like being a Red Sox and Yankees fan, a Buckeye and Wolverine fan, an Auburn and Alabama fan. What a joke.

Uh-oh.

I grew up in a Carolina household. My father, uncle, and grandfather all went there. I grew up bleeding Carolina Blue and watching ACC basketball all the time.

But my grandfather lived in Durham and had season tickets to Duke. Most of my game attendance memories were of going to Duke games where my family of Carolina fans all rooted for Duke to win.

When I went to Duke in 1985, the Duke respect in my family grew even greater. I think all the Carolina fans in the family still smile a bit when Duke loses, sorta like I do when Carolina falls on hard times, but we do not actively root against each other's teams in nearly the way 99.9% of other fans do.

So, if you are looking for folks who are fans of both, come to an Evans family reunion-- you'll find plenty of these strange folks.

--Jason "FWIW, I know a Red Sox fan who likes the Yankees too" Evans

[mgtr]

Continuation of rant:
And we really don't care if North Carolina (we don't think that Carolina is sufficiently specific) wins or loses, unless it is against Duke.
Now, end of rant.

[mgtr]

Though we do understand that Tyler Hansbrough has signed on to play the monster in several Hollywood B movie remakes (Son of Frankenstein, The Blob 2, The Creature from Chapel Hill, etc.).

[Devil in the Blue Dress]

Uh-oh.

I grew up in a Carolina household. My father, uncle, and grandfather all went there. I grew up bleeding Carolina Blue and watching ACC basketball all the time.

But my grandfather lived in Durham and had season tickets to Duke. Most of my game attendance memories were of going to Duke games where my family of Carolina fans all rooted for Duke to win.

When I went to Duke in 1985, the Duke respect in my family grew even greater. I think all the Carolina fans in the family still smile a bit when Duke loses, sorta like I do when Carolina falls on hard times, but we do not actively root against each other's teams in nearly the way 99.9% of other fans do.

So, if you are looking for folks who are fans of both, come to an Evans family reunion-- you'll find plenty of these strange folks.

--Jason "FWIW, I know a Red Sox fan who likes the Yankees too" Evans

I always say that my family is "integrated." We have a couple of generations of Dukies with multiple degrees, some Carolina grads with multiple degrees, some NC State grads (Duke doesn't have a vet school) and one who graduated from SMU. We treat each other's teams with respect when we're together. And oh, yes, the NC State family has strong ties to Ohio State on one side.

It's possible to get along well. We just don't watch games between our teams together!

[mgtr]

I have degrees from Stanford, California-Davis, and Virginia Tech. I still favor Duke over any of them bums!

[mgtr]

Oh, and we pay extra each month to Directv so that we are guaranteed to get all the out of area FSN broadcasts of Duke (and other ) BB games. Talk about serious -- we have money on the line!

[Bluedawg]

One reason Duke is Duke is because Carolina is Carolina. Our close proximity (both physically and emotionally) drives each of us to be the best in the rivalry and, because we are both so good, the best in the sport. Trust me, Duke is a better basketball program because of our rivalry with Carolina.

--Jason "rooting for Duke should be a positive thing" Evans

I agree. I'm hoping that NCSU's "close proximity" will eventually turn them around also.

Could you imagine the triangle with three top ten teams?

[devildeac]

Smile when you say that! I'm from Wyoming where men are men and sheep are scared.

I thought that was an old Greek joke(no offense intended)

[dukemomLA]

All of us in my household are "A" fans -- as described by ThatDukeFan1. We root endlessly for Duke, we are glad for the rivalry with UNC -- but hope they lose -- except in non-conference play, since we believe that the ACC is almost always the BEST conference in the country and often isn't given its due. So we wish for ALL ACC teams to do well prior to ACC play.

We have DirecTV and FullCourtPress to watch as many games as possible -- and Tivo the rest. (....noted: FullCourtPress is NOT needed if one only wants to watch Duke games, as they are almost always broadcast on network or basic cable).

My daughter and son-in-law graduated from Duke in 2001, and contribute financially to Duke every year as their finances permit, as do I.

Their interest is (mostly) Duke MBB. Mine however extends to almost all sports-- and I also LOVE the WBB. We are DIEHARD supporters. Does anyone else out there have a Duke bluedevil rubber ducky? Or a slammer that yells "Ahhhhh, see ya" when you slam it one the table?? (so cool) --- let me know who else is out there.

Go Devils. My daughter is pregnant (yeah) and her T-shirt with a down arrow reads -- "Future Cameron Crazie." Generations of Duke fans, future alums, Rhodes scholars, and...yes more Nobel Prize winners are to come without a doubt.

Great school, great fans, great atmosphere, great CIS. As a Duke mom, I am so blessed to feel part of the Duke family -- a team for whom I have rooted, and chronicled their progress for many years before my daughter matriculated at DUKE.

[Lavabe]

Does anyone else out there have a Duke bluedevil rubber ducky? Or a slammer that yells "Ahhhhh, see ya" when you slam it one the table?? (so cool) --- let me know who else is out there.

Got my ducky in the shower, but I want to know where to get the slammer. DETAILS?

I just got my longsleeve DBR shirt. WAY cool!
Cheers,
Lavabe

[Lavabe]

Uh-oh.

I grew up in a Carolina household. My father, uncle, and grandfather all went there. I grew up bleeding Carolina Blue and watching ACC basketball all the time.

But my grandfather lived in Durham and had season tickets to Duke. Most of my game attendance memories were of going to Duke games where my family of Carolina fans all rooted for Duke to win.

When I went to Duke in 1985, the Duke respect in my family grew even greater. I think all the Carolina fans in the family still smile a bit when Duke loses, sorta like I do when Carolina falls on hard times, but we do not actively root against each other's teams in nearly the way 99.9% of other fans do.

So, if you are looking for folks who are fans of both, come to an Evans family reunion-- you'll find plenty of these strange folks.

--Jason "FWIW, I know a Red Sox fan who likes the Yankees too" Evans

THIS EXPLAINS A LOT!! Thanks for sharing it.

I feel like Dr. Phil.

The worst Duke Hatred Tsunami I've ever experienced is my brother, a Louisville Law School grad, who for some strange reason REALLY likes UNC.

WHY?!?!?! I don't know. My brother defies logic on this one.
Cheers,
Lavabe

[RelativeWays]

I'm more of the 2nd type of Duke fan as I want my team to win before I even concern myself with what other teams are doing. I expect UNC to maintain a certain level of competency on the basketball court as its much more rewarding to beat a good team than one that is sub par. I really enjoy the rivalry and I realize that its a boon for both schools. Do I root for UNC to lose from time to time? How can I not? Schadenfreude is good for the soul.

[Uncle Drew]

Okay 1st I apologize for stirring up a hornets nest and getting people all worked up, that was NOT my intention. And of course a fan can be some of 1, 2 and or 3, though I truly believe most fans would / could affix themselves to one category. Pull for Duke any way you see fit in any manor you choose. The thread was meant to be kind of like the "entitlement" thread I started a few months back. I don't care if you went to Duke, played for Duke or wear Duke underwear, I for one don't think any fan is more entitled than the other. Just as no one can say who is a "true" fan or not.


However as many of us know, trying to explain the Duke vs UNC rivalry (even hatred) is very, very, very difficult to explain to people not attached to one or the other team. In Europe last year I tried to explain to some French and Germans how rabid some of the fans feel about one another. The closest thing I could compare it to would be a world cup final between two adjacent countries. (And hope the result didn't cause a war.) I have also tried to explain the rivalry and compare it to Palestine and Israel. But thankfully no bloodshed has come to pass over duke UNC yet.

I can't imagine attending both schools and earning a degree from both. I'm pretty sure my therapist could label me split personality if I accomplished this feat. And one of the first things I always found out about ANY girl I might be interested in was whether she was a UNC fan or not. Yes I'm crazy (but I'm no beggar so I CAN be choosy!) but I can't bring myself to go out with a female UNC fan no matter how pretty she might be. A female Duke fan would be the antidote for Viagra if I needed such a thing.

That being said when my father died he left explicit instructions his funeral could not be held while Duke was playing. The original time that Saturday was 1PM...Duke played at noon. We watched the Duke game (a win thankfully) and had his funeral. Then two years ago my wife and I planned our Wedding on January 28th only to discover Duke played UVA that night. We got hitched, spent an hour or two with family and then went to watch the game. Thankfully Duke won, but my wife thought I was kidding when I said if Duke lost we wouldn't be consummating the marriage that night.

To all of you, be the best Duke fan you know how to be. But I for one think the words "Go Duke" should always be followed with "Go to hell Carolina go to hell"!

[EarlJam]

Cuz the sheep in Chapel Hill can hear a zipper a mile away...

Pfffffffffffffftttttttttttttttttttttph!!!!!

HA! HA! HA! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

Excellent.

-EarlJam

[DevilCastDownfromDurham]

Quote:

"Pull for Duke any way you see fit in any manor you choose."


I'm sure I make as many typos as anyone else, so I'm not trying to be the spelling police. But this one just made me snort my morning coffee through my nose. Given our reputations as a wealthy fanbase the idea of "choosing the manor" where we watch the games just tickled me. "Hmmm, will it be the chateau in the country or my palatial penthouse for the Temple game tonight?"

Also, I have, and love a Blue Devil Ducky which is sitting on my desk staring at me as I type this.

[wilko]

Smile when you say that! I'm from Wyoming where men are men and sheep are scared.

Oh I am smiling. No disrespect to the men and sheep of Wyoming.
Its a DIG just for our friends in Chapel Hill.