Jason, I know you at least used to work for CNN, so I and understand some of your facts are, umm...suspect.
I'm pretty sure the first pie bet was made pre-2001-02 season. I'm thinking it was the 98-99 season. I'm also pretty sure Bersticker was not part of the pie bet, although you are correct I was intrigued by him as a freshman at 6'11 and so athletic. There was a lot of trash talk around him early in his career. I was much more silent on him after his So. Year.
I think the bet was something to do with who would sweep the season series...and Duke swept UNC that year. I lost and paid up.
If you guys think pies are expensive now, you should have paid to have someone make it for you with a specialty dye, then have it packed in dry ice to be shipped next day UPS...there was no internet pie company online back then
Oh, I do live on a little island in Florida, but not the Keys...I'm in southwest Florida.
This season I have two pie bets, UNC has to be a top three seed or better in the ACC tourney to win a pie from Troublemaker. I'm pretty sure about that one.
With you, I'm not so sure, I thought you bet Duke would sweep UNC...but someone needs to go back and find that thread, I can't seem to find it.