A Win is a Win

It was an absolutely beautiful day in Chapel Hill yesterday. Dad, who flew up Friday, and I arrived in the Hill around 8:45 and immediately joined the line waiting for the Carolina Coffee Shop to open. The CCS is my favorite breakfast location in Chapel Hill and I could pass up the chance for some corn flake French toast. Dad was impressed and commented several times that he really liked the place while eating his breakfast and listening to the classical music.

After breakfast we walked around campus and took in the sights at Tar Heel Town on Polk Place. We needed to kill some time before the game so we checked out the Carolina Collection at Wilson Library and dad was again impressed by the Sir Raleigh Room (a recreation of a British room from the 1500s with real oak wall paneling and period furnishings) the maps and other memorabilia were also interesting. As we headed out the front doors of Wilson we were greeted by the UNC band playing a selection of UNC tunes and we followed them to the stadium.

As far as the football game goes, it was pretty sorry for both teams. The highlights were: 1)The weather, a little warm but gorgeous, 2) the Tech crowd was great, 3)the Tech defense has only given up 1 TD in the last 3 games 4) we won and clinched the Coastal Division and are on our way to the ACC Championship Game on Dec. 2 in Jacksonville. The ugly 1)the offense other than Tashard Choice's 100+ yard day. Sometimes you have to win the ugly ones but as the saying goes, a win is a win.

Here are some camera phone pics:

Warmups


The Captains (R-L): Ball, Anoai, and Johnson


Victory!


Post-victory "Ramblin' Wreck" Singing"


I finally got YouTube to recognize my cell phone videos correctly so here are two:


Cell phone video of the Tech player entrance




Post-victory "I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" Singing