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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."

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David Cutcliffe, AP David Cutcliffe, AP

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August 31, 2008  09:54 AM ET
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He looks like Karl Roves half brother. I think there is a story here.

August 31, 2008  10:34 AM ET
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Looks like ACC football is going in the wrong direction on several fronts!

August 31, 2008  10:45 AM ET
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thats funny. if duke was smart they wouldve jacked UNC's gameball and then they could play for it.

August 31, 2008  12:59 PM ET
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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!

August 31, 2008  02:47 PM ET
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Feet and knees together Devo

August 31, 2008  05:42 PM ET
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Steinbacher is wrong...it's funny now!

September 1, 2008  12:59 AM ET
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A Virginian not seeing any difference between Dunk and UNC football is its own punch line...

September 1, 2008  01:01 AM ET
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er... I meant "Duke and UNC"... the above would be a different punch line...

September 1, 2008  10:12 PM ET
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Neither one of them know what do do with the ball..

 
September 2, 2008  10:14 AM ET
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Whoa, that is some major forehead! Is Cutliffe's middle name "Beldar"?

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