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Clips with Coach: CAN/WILL DUKE RUN THE TABLE?

Irving at Oregon (AP/Troy Wayrynen)

Editor’s Note: Apparently I have great influence, because my dad, former college basketball coach Denny Carroll, has decided he needs to be a blogger. So I’m going to help him get some practice (we’re talking about practice).

Feedback is welcome, but only if it’s nice.

Prior to Duke freshman phenom Kyrie Irving going down with a toe injury, there were some rumblings among college basketball writers about the possibility of Duke accomplishing the same memorable feat Coach K’s mentor (General Robert Montgomery Knight) did with the Indiana Hoosiers in ’76, i.e. “Run the Table” (undefeated NCAA Champs!).

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Guy of the Month: Brian Rose

Name: Bri-man
Age: 24
Occupation: Fun Team Intern for the Hudson Valley Renegades
Likes: Army, the Yankees, Mount St. Mary’s College Blue Knights, the NFA GoldBacks, and the Hudson Valley Renegades
Loves: family, tailgating, Walt Disney World, and friendship
Dislikes: Anyone who beats Army in football and the Red Sox (me too Brian!)

As Highland Falls prepares for the mass exodus to Philadelphia tonight for the Army-Navy game, it seems only appropriate that December’s Guy of the Month honor be awarded to the greatest Army football fan I know, Brian Rose.

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Today Show Tries for Sentimental Segment, Gets Awesomely Great Dancing Instead

One of the main things I remember from my Christmases of yore is people writing in to K104.7 asking to be part of the radio station’s holiday giveaway. People would write letters explaining how hard their year has been, about how they couldn’t afford presents for their kids, etc. The DJ would read all the letters with Christmas carols playing in the background. And I would always, always cry.

I’m thinking that’s exactly the reaction the Today Show was going for yesterday when they interviewed the Roberts family, who had just lost their husband/dad in Afghanistan. Meredith, that tricky vixen, was going to surprise the family with a buttload of gifts on the front lawn. Instead, she was upstaged by Keegan Roberts, who was clearly just feelin’ the (imaginary) beat.

Merry Christmas to all!

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