Durham – Opening jump ball of Seattle University at Duke University.
Saturday November 30th has arrived and the first piece of Business is to wish my Sister, Sharon Jordan, a very Happy 65th Birthday 🎂 out in St.Peters, Missouri. Sharon is one of my two remaining Siblings and a kinder Soul 💕would be hard to find !
Very pleasant experience inside Cameron Indoor last night 🌙 as we ran into a couple of pretty special people along the way. We also did or did not see Mr. Reitzel on the scoreboard during the action 🎬.
For those who want to ” Hate ” on 17 year old Freshman Cooper Flagg it would be easy to point out that the young man 👨 failed to even score in double figures against the Redhawks last night.
Fans of Cooper will point out that the stat line shows 9 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists. That passes for flirting with a Triple Double while playing just over half the contest.
The Blue Devils held SU scoreless coming out of the break for just over eight minutes, turning a 37-25 lead into a 50-25 advantage
Fun night 🌙 and bumping into fun people made it quite memorable !
Next Up – Women’s ACC Soccer ⚽️
It was a clean sweep last night 🌙 in the three Quarterfinals for the Atlantic Coast Conference. When you add tonight’s match between Virginia Tech and Duke is all ACC, the league will occupy ALL four spots in the Final Four ! 6pm is the start time here on Campus. Congratulations 👏👏👏 to the ACC for the very rare sweep of the Final Four.
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Georgia – Georgia Tech really messed with my sleep 💤. After walking 🚶♂️ across the street after the end of the Basketball 🏀 game, I turned on the TV 📺 where the Bulldogs – Yellow Jackets were coming out of halftime. Should have made for a few relaxing minutes but as Lee Corso loves to say- Not so Fast.
Glued to the TV for the second half and each of the EIGHT overtime periods it quickly became a 3 hour process. Georgia beating Georgia Tech was the outcome Duke needed in its pursuit of the Best possible Bowl 🥣 game destination.
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Football 🏈 games that we will follow today in addition to attending the Duke @ Wake game (Noon).
Virginia at Virginia Tech 👀… winner becomes the 12th ACC team to earn a Bowl 🥣 bid.
NC State (5-6) at North Carolina (6-5) as the 🐺🦊🐺 try to become team #13 by spoiling Mack Brown’s final Home game.
Duke needs SMU to beat Cal, Clemson to beat South Carolina and Miami to take care of Syracuse. It wouldn’t be a bad thing if Kentucky beat Louisville and Boston College pushed the Pitt (7-4) losing streak to five straight.
Two more significant games for me have Appalachian State (5-6) at Georgia Southern ➕ Bronco Mendenhall and New Mexico (5-6) at Hawaii. Both teams are looking for a victory and a Bowl 🥣 Bid !
In my 61 years, Duke has only played in a Top Tier Bowl one time. It was the Peach 🍑 Bowl 🥣 versus Texas A&M. This year the desired Bowls for the ACC take place in Orlando, Jacksonville and San Diego. We really hope to be in one of those three cities just after Christmas 🎄.
The group of cities that sit just below that three are Charlotte, El Paso and New York City.
If you are headed to Blacksburg tonight, Bundle Up and then some.
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Wrapping it up with a Fun Weather fact about the 7 Days ahead in Whistler, British Columbia.
When I talk about where we moved from, I get asked about how Cold 🥶 does it get in the Winter ? In a few hours we will be sitting inside the Stadium 🏟 at Wake And later the Soccer ⚽️ Stadium 🏟 at Duke. Both places will be much colder today than any moment at Whistler – go figure 🤔
Have yourself a Blessed Day and if the opportunity 🙏 presents itself, choose Kindness !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 