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Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
04-01-2018, 08:29 AM
Every year I check the front page of DBR on April Fool's for a little joke. Nothing this year. Alas.

Also, made me realize that I rely on the forum much more than the website itself. Interesting.

Happy Easter Fool's Day!

Natty_B
04-01-2018, 08:51 AM
It was a day early with the prediction of Loyola and Kansas wins. Bada bing!

freshmanjs
04-01-2018, 09:37 AM
They haven't done one for a long time...at least since the sbnation partnership.

-jk
04-01-2018, 09:51 AM
Yeah, SBN has had to do some wicked cleanup with schools after some really tasteless jokes, so they pretty much killed it off.

-jk

Channing
04-01-2018, 10:29 AM
Lemurs?

Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
04-01-2018, 11:08 AM
I recall a few years ago at the height of conference realignment a story of Duke going to the SEC.

Furniture
04-01-2018, 03:09 PM
http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2018/04/villanova-uses-flurry-of-3-pointers-to-down-duke-mens-basketball-in-final-four

richardjackson199
04-01-2018, 03:39 PM
http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2018/04/villanova-uses-flurry-of-3-pointers-to-down-duke-mens-basketball-in-final-four

ok, I find that to be a little odd since an April Fool's joke normally pranks someone. But of course I'm in the camp who really wanted a chance to play Nova and decide it on the court.

JStuart
04-02-2018, 07:28 AM
Every year I check the front page of DBR on April Fool's for a little joke. Nothing this year. Alas.

Also, made me realize that I rely on the forum much more than the website itself. Interesting.

Happy Easter Fool's Day!

After the 'joke' announcement from the NCAA last Fall that unc 'can't be punished', the entire season has felt like a joke to me.
As amazing an overall tournament this has been so far, it has lost a huge amount of enjoyment for me, simply because of that outrageous decision....not even a token probation. Nothing. April Fool's Day all year long.
Go Duke.

left_hook_lacey
04-02-2018, 07:34 AM
I noticed a lot of the major news outlets didn't have any joke stories up, at least, not when I looked. Even Yahoo!, which hardly counts as a news site, didn't have any up when I checked yesterday. They usually go all out on April Fools day.

I wonder if all the talk and sensitivity around fake news made some of the news sites weary of putting anything up this year.

weezie
04-02-2018, 07:56 AM
Easter and Passover may have had something to do with news people showing a bit of restraint for a change, too.

Highlander
04-02-2018, 08:55 AM
The Boy Scouts had the best one I saw:

https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/04/01/bsa-to-build-worlds-longest-pinewood-derby-track/

JasonEvans
04-02-2018, 09:38 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXf2ct7C2fQ

JasonEvans
04-02-2018, 09:41 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFMUPcuSsJs

With a guest appearance by The Mountain!

Furniture
04-02-2018, 10:19 AM
I noticed a lot of the major news outlets didn't have any joke stories up, at least, not when I looked. Even Yahoo!, which hardly counts as a news site, didn't have any up when I checked yesterday. They usually go all out on April Fools day.

I wonder if all the talk and sensitivity around fake news made some of the news sites weary of putting anything up this year.

Some people might even believe it....