You didn’t notice the little blue and white pill they gave you that first day on campus? They generally slip it to you while you’re gazing in awe at the chapel. We realized, after we wrote that first tuition check for our daughter, that they slip one to the ‘rents too.

Let’s hope next year’s ACC/Big Sky challenge is more exciting. A preview courtesy of http://www.sportspickle.com

Big Sky-ACC Challenge not as exciting as hoped

With the longtime early-season Big Ten-ACC Challenge losing its luster and freshness in recent years, ACC officials looked to strike up a new rivalry this season with the first-ever Big Sky-ACC Challenge. But early results have been mixed at best.
“I’m not sure the Big Sky Conference is really up to the challenge of taking on the ACC, in all honesty,” said North Carolina head coach Roy Williams. “We all hoped they would be and that they’d be a nice replacement for the Big Ten, but that’s not been the case. A lot of their players are getting hurt and even brought to tears. The beatings have been brutal.”
In the opening of play on Tuesday night, Duke beat Montana State 128–34, North Carolina topped Eastern Washington 101–19 and Wake Forest walloped Sacramento State 84–31. Six Big Sky players were removed on stretchers, at least two dozen were reduced to tears and two players on each team quit the sport of basketball by halftime of their respective games.
“The bad thing is that our conference signed this deal to play the ACC through 2015,” said Portland State head coach Ken Bone. “If things keep up like this, we probably won’t even have a conference by then.”