Chansky’s Notebook: ‘Win Your Own State’

Posted Sep 28, 2021
I’ll go back to a Dean Smith-ism when he asked fans if they would rather get to the Final Four or beat Duke twice in a season. Both, of course, but they had to pick one. So, goals have changed from making the College Football Playoff to local bragging rights. "You have to beat your own state," Mack Brown said. "If not, how are you going to win out of state?" (Chapelboro.com)

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