Worth More Than Words - but here's a shot...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgnZs8m9Zl4

"In the state of North Carolina it's the path to basketball glory, it's the rich versus the middle-class. If you lose the head-to-head-matchup, the National Championship doesn't mean anything. It leads down Tobacco Road. It's the two most storied basketball programs in the history of our sport - and then you play some 8 miles down the road. SOMETHING CRAZY'S GOING TO HAPPEN. Elbows, blood, contendency. This is DUKE vs. CAROLINA, you have to step back and appreciate the beauty of it."

"This game is special; it's better than any other game. The rivalry is bigger than any one of us. They're not playing - they're fighting. 8 miles of Tobacco Road connects them, 88 years of bad blood divides them. Another chapter in the most storied of stories is about to unfold." - ESPN, February 11, 2009

"Time. Each day; each event. Measured in hours; minutes; seconds. And then lost to eternity. A precious few are not. They linger; committed to memory; treasured. This rivalry is just that - TIMELESS. There is just something magical about this rivalry." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M3EbE0XFKo&feature=related

A rivalry brings about the best and the worst in the human spirit. Transcending sport, mutating it into an artform. A rivalry is often born in jealousy - covetting thy neighbors success. Confrontations filled with physical aggression. Emotional aingst. Agrimony passed along as if it were a family crest. Why do I hold you in low esteem? Because my predeccessors did. Voices from distant places - awakened by the call. Sleep? Dream? Is it real? Rise again Carolina! Rise! When you face your rival, 110% is not only cliche - it's underachieving. Newspapers spewing headlines; bragging rights in bold letters. When rivalries meet, middle-age alumni struggle to close vintage letter-men jackets, mistakes are magnified, victory much sweeter. So stare down on your rival, because the misguided notion 'we'll get them next time'... IS THIS TIME!!!