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As we all know, Duke basketball and ESPN grew up together; slept on each other's sofas, double-dated, brought each other homework when the other was too hung over to make it to class. But now the relationship has become frosty. Hey, we all grow up, man. Duke and ESPN just don't like all of the same things anymore. From Duke Basketball Report:
All of this adds up. And the latest bit of drivel from Bristol really makes you wonder: has ESPN decided that Duke Hating is good for ratings? Is it official business for the dominant player in sports media to bash one school in particular?
Yes, the folks at Duke are somehow under the impression that ESPN has been picking on them. Instead of this nonsense, Duke should construct campus statues of Vitale and Berman, at which all students should gather and pay homage at least once per day. A more symbiotic relationship you will never find in nature, unless it's that tiny bird that lives on hippos and cleans their ears.
Hey ESPN: Enough Is Enough [Duke Basketball Report]
Unreal ... Cameron Crazies Mad At ESPN! [The Big Lead]
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Oh yea, Duke is one of the most under-appreciated and marginalized institutions in the country. Like, for instance, did you hear that the free iPods every incoming student got were just regular old iPod videos and not the brand new touch? Those poor, poor Dukies. Is there no justice in this world?
Dick Vitale drinks at the teat of Coach K ...
Deadspin: From Yahhhhhhhhh to Whaaaaaaa in one day!
I assume that's Concrete Brad crying in the photo?
That's like Sox or Yanks fans saying ESPN hates them. Except more douchey, cuz, well, fuck Duke.
Duke should get over itself. Go out. Have some fun. Maybe hire a few strippers.
Oh, wait....
Apparently Coach K is pissed that Jay Bilas, Dickie V, Mike Patrick, and Joe Lunardi didn't offer the courtesy of a reach-around last time(?)
While Duke adores a minuet, the Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette;
ESPN loves to rock and roll, a hot dog makes them lose control -- what a wild duet!
Duke is the clownfish to ESPN's sea anenome.
Dickie V. refused to swallow.
Awww, J.J., don't cry!! Grandpa Mikey's gonna make it all better.
Why do I want to punch that little kid in the face?
That little brat will probably be the PG for Duke circa 2018.
They'll always have those hard to remove cum stains as reminders.
The TV branch (of ESPN) is unaviodable if you want to see Duke play on television. But here's a suggestion: turn the sound down. Put on some jazz instead. Ignore the commentators completely.
David Sanborn record sales are going to be at an all time high!
Dorks.
@WWKD? - Fred Willard? WTF?: +1
Rick Ankiel hates Will Leitch.
That photo is of every Dook fan since the dawn of Coach K's career. Biggest cock-gobblers in the free world.
Is there any way I can say how excited that photograph gets me without sounding like a pedophile?
Diaper pansies.
Next up, the Patriots will be saying that the Countdown Crew is disrespecting them.
Are they mad because it came out that ESPN is only televising 20 of their games, instead of the usual 21?
Duke is the Brown of the South.
Son: Comfort me, father.
Father: I cannot, son. For I am dead inside.
Wow, people at Duke feeling a sense of entitlement? I am shocked.
thomas hill approves...
During the Duke-Wisconsin game last night, with Duke up 20, Dickie V said how Duke was playing great defense ... and Jon Scheyer promptly fell on his ass defending a crossover.
Did anybody point that out? Nope.
Quit bitching, Douche Bag Report ... I mean Duke Basketball Report.
And may I point out the score of the game that made that douche cry?
GO TERPS! DIXON YOUR MOUTH!
This is kind of like Notre Dame football saying NBC hates them.
Daddy pops Xanax and Vicodin because you cry.
@Technicolor Jan Stenerud:
I'm thinking Dartmouth without the whimsy.
I guess now I should expect President Bush and Rudy Giuliani to start bitching about how Fox News hates them?
ESPN clearly also hates poker, Sportcenter and old guys yelling at each other.
Ohhhhhh...I get it. Their mad because ESPN shows all Duke games...not just the ones where they win. It hurts their image. I blame VanPelt.
@Hawkeye_Dills:
Dick Vitale licks the taint of Coach K.
Fixed
I don't think NBC is digging Notre Dame right about now, either.
@Lady Andrea:
They laugh alike
They talk alike
You bet your ass
They walk alike
You can lose your minnnnnnnd,
When cousins are connected by the spiiiiiiiine...
@Arriaga_II: *They're mad, dumbass. My non-Duke education was showing.
Alternate caption: Daddy, Coach K touched me like you do but didn't spit on ot first. WAH!!!
@ClueHeywood: It prepares them for life back in New York....
@CheeseForMe:
One of the all-time great pictures. The only thing that could make it better would be Lonnie Baxter driving by in the background waving a gun out the window.
@Johnny LaRue: I have a weird feeling NBC doesn't care either way... Even when losing, it seems like people tune in just to point and mock the Domers.
@SteveJeltzFan: I wanted to make it my background on my computer, but I had the same thought.
@Technicolor Jan Stenerud:
I think Duke is the Cornell of the south.
"I went to Cornell... maybe you've heard of it."
- Andy from The Office
@Botswana Meat Commission FC: This always makes me smile. On Senior night for Williams and Reddick no less.
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ESPN:Duke::Joanie:Chachi
that kid is weeping for the missed synergy opportunity
@Botswana Meat Commission FC:
True but if it were Lonny Baxter it would be even better.
Hey. li'l Duke kid: Santa's dead, Jesus hates you (and is dead as well), your mother blows gas station attendants for fun and profit, and, yes, that's your dad's small penis in your dirty hole. Also, there's absolutely no chance you'll get in to Duke, but that's OK as most community colleges will take anyone.
should have been you, NORBY!
@Technicolor Jan Stenerud: Is that why one of those lacrosse players transferred to Brown ? Plus, I think Brown might have better football than Duke.
Josh McRoberts really needs to grow up.
@Sarcastro:
Nah, he'll get in. Duke legacies can always count on getting into to that glorified country club they call a university.
@CheeseForMe:
D'oh. Good catch.
@Upstate Underdog:
Your local special ed class has better football than Dook.
First thing he's crying on the sidelines, next thing his mom's cutting his steak for him as he dodges the "gay"... it happens all the time with these Dookies.
Al Jazeera will hate Mohammed before ESPN hates Duke.