N.C. State-Duke Blue Wolfpack Demons Conspire to Win ACC Football (Satire)

Since BC joined the ACC, N.C. State hasn't been very good at football. Neither has Duke. They say that misery loves company. I guess that's the logical jump that has to be made to explain this curious spring football development in the ACC:

N.C. State football coach Tom O'Brien and his staff observed Duke's spring practice on Monday morning.

Duke coach David Cutcliffe said that since the teams do not face each other for five seasons that they could welcome in the State staff.

"It's not often that you get to watch another team's practice," Cutcliffe said. "So we agreed to swap out a day to watch each other work. That's really all it was, end of story."

Cutcliffe, who enters his third season at Duke, said his staff will attend an N.C. State practice when they start this spring.

Cutcliffe and O'Brien would have you believe this is no big deal. But make no mistake about this move. This is a blatant attempt by both programs to gain a competitive advantage by pooling coaching brainpower to win their way into the 2010 ACC Football Championship. 

O'Brien is likely trying to learn how exactly Cutcliffe's Blue Devils defeated Maryland, Virginia and his own team last year (the only ACC programs that Duke has defeated over the last 5 seasons). O'Brien is looking for any advantage possible in hopes of taking down Maryland in this coming season's regular season finale. On the other hand, Cutcliffe is trying to find ways to avoid a four game losing streak in the ACC to the likes of Wake Forest, Duke, Boston College and Florida State, as O'Brien's Wolfpack did last year.

I guess both O'Brien and Cutcliffe have thrown in the towel on next season. They both have no hope of facing one another in the 2010 ACC Football Championship Game in Charlotte? Try to hold back your laughter.

It is also reported, yet unconfirmed, that Frank Spaziani has scheduled time with the Montana State coaching staff of the Big Sky Conference to learn how exactly the Bobcats took down the Weber State Wildcats last season. This move will likely gain approval from both the ACC and the Big Sky Conference as BC and Montana State are scheduled to face one another, well, never.