Lucas: Carolina Nights

Posted Apr 7, 2009
Our grandparents and parents have the Justice Era and the Ford Era. This is ours, right here in front of us. This is...well, it's not the Hansbrough Era, because he wouldn't like that. It's been more about his entire class, it's been the Green/Ginyard/Frasor/Copeland/Hansbrough Era. This is what we'll be talking about in our rocking chairs in 40 years. I wanted to write this down, so I could remember it. But I couldn't because I was shaking. (Tar Heel Blue)

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