There’s something right in the world when Virginia Tech beats North Carolina in football. When the Heels turn the tables, as they did in 2009 in Blacksburg and 2012 in Chapel Hill, it’s a more crushing loss than losing to Miami, Clemson, or even Boston College.

I’d even rather lose to Duke than UNC. At least Coach Cutcliffe is a likable guy, and the Blue Devils have some underrated ballers. And as far as we know, they do things right, as the saying goes.

Carolina? Not so much. Any school that hires Butch Davis and John Blake, thumbs its nose at NCAA rules and mostly gets away with it, makes a mockery of the “student-athlete” with no-show classes and mostly gets away with it, and then just lies through their teeth repeatedly and never owns up to what it has done, is not a school I want to lose to.

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