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UNC parachutes land at Duke
Duke officials were a bit surprised when about an hour before the scheduled kickoff of their game last night against James Madison, two men parachuted into Wallace Wade Stadium and landed at the 35-yard line with a game ball. Problem was, the Blue Devils - who were warming up on the field along with their foes - weren't expecting it. "All we know is, they must have missed their jump site," a team official said. And they did - because the jump site was meant to be about eight miles away. North Carolina was scheduled to receive the game ball for its contest against McNeese State in Chapel Hill. According to a UNC official, the plane was in the air, but the jumpers from Virginia-based Aerial Adventures opted to cancel the leap into Kenan Stadium because of a severe weather front - which would later delay both games. Evidently, when the clouds eventually opened, the pilot thought they were over the correct stadium, and the skydivers jumped - realizing only when they landed in Wallace Wade that they were in the wrong place. "In about five years, maybe this will be funny," UNC associate athletic director Rick Steinbacher said. "Right now, I'm just glad no one was hurt."
David Cutcliffe, AP
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He looks like Karl Roves half brother. I think there is a story here.
50yearfan
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Looks like ACC football is going in the wrong direction on several fronts!
Spaceman Spiff
Richmond , VA
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thats funny. if duke was smart they wouldve jacked UNC's gameball and then they could play for it.
WVgrant
Charleston , WV
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You see what happens when you "Civ's" try and do what the Airborne Ranger's
and Special Ops have been doing for decades. Next time hire a Vet to do a man's job...damn!
Circus Maximus
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Feet and knees together Devo
CenLA Tiger
Tigerland, LA
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Steinbacher is wrong...it's funny now!
Tacy
Winston Salem, NC
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A Virginian not seeing any difference between Dunk and UNC football is its own punch line...
Prove It
Frellin Cold In, AK
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er... I meant "Duke and UNC"... the above would be a different punch line...
Prove It
Frellin Cold In, AK
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Neither one of them know what do do with the ball..
Big Thor
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Whoa, that is some major forehead! Is Cutliffe's middle name "Beldar"?
George W. Watson
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