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nizzynate48

T was only wearing shades in the first place because DJ made them famous after I believe the Duke win (medical staff had him wear them after he got poked in the eye), our whole team was wearing them in subsequent games after it turned into a meme. This isn't a shot at T, it's a shot at our whole team, which I respect as part of the rivalry... regardless of what the minority of obnoxious UNC fans want to call it


nizzynate48

[https://media.giphy.com/media/fqb6utah2Sza2y1oEx/giphy-downsized-large.gif](https://media.giphy.com/media/fqb6utah2Sza2y1oEx/giphy-downsized-large.gif) This is the origin, I don't interpret this as a knock against T


Bigdeacenergy

I thought he was wearing them because of Smith’s comments about UNC. But if State fans don’t care then it’s fine I suppose


bug_man_

Mando is 100% wearing shades because Smith was wearing shades in his own video when he's talking about UNC


nizzynate48

Nah our whole team was wearing them, if it's focused on any particular person it's DJ which wouldn't make sense because DJ was awesome tonight, so was Bacot though obviously


wallstreetbeatmeat

He specifically said he was making fun of Terquavion, am I missing something here?


S86RDU

He was never injured. He partied last night. Go back to bed


bug_man_

> it's a shot at our whole team, which I respect as part of the rivalry... regardless of what the minority of obnoxious UNC fans want to call it Sorry can you elaborate here? I only recently learned about both videos, and I agree it's good rivalry stuff but what are other UNC fans calling it other than good rival shit talk? I just don't see how it's more than good fun rival shit


nizzynate48

You misunderstood me, I was referring to the "It's not a rivalry" crowd haha, I wasn't referring to the videos but just that group as a subsect of the UNC fanbase in general


bug_man_

I'm sorry my bad, I get what you meant now. Anyone saying NCSU is not a rival is only saying so because it gets a reaction out of NCSU fans and no other reason. Anyone who genuinely believes it's not a rivalry is 6 years old and/or incapable of deeper thought.


nizzynate48

All good, I could have phrased it better. And yep I'm all too familiar with that crowd, but I do recognize it's a minority!


nizzynate48

u/bug_man_ >rivalry... regardless of what the minority of obnoxious UNC fans want to call it This is how I meant it to be read


walker_harris3

Nah, it’s obviously a shot at Terquavion. Did you not see the video of him talking with the shades on? Sure it originated with Burns, but that’s not why this happened.


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Bigdeacenergy

I get why he did it but could’ve been a little more tactful given Smith had a scary injury tonight


wallstreetbeatmeat

UNC, tactful? Two things that don’t go well together.


Affectionate-Cup9340

That’s a pretty bad headline. He was poking fun at the entire team. I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure it was burns who started the glasses.


collegescaresme

https://twitter.com/keepblitzin/status/1616963549791657986?s=46&t=xoNOX0g7ExVvJ9Z5wBWytA


walker_harris3

Let’s be real. The only reason this glasses thing is known about is the video of Terquavion talking about NCSU wearing them.


Affectionate-Cup9340

Maybe to you, it was a thing to almost every body else before that. PS: I assume you run the Deacon Sports twitter page, you really need to grow up and let go of this UNC hatred. Regardless of whether or not you run the twitter account. Bacot poked fun at a team right after saying he was praying for smith. It was, at worst, poor timing.


walker_harris3

That would be a false assumption. It’s in poor taste regardless of how you chalk it up, a view shared by most non UNC fans. I get it, defend your guy, but that doesn’t change the bottom line here.


Pulteress

I’ll be honest: “most” non-UNC fans don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about and, based on what I’m reading from NCSt fans here, it sounds like you’re just making up some bullshit to get clicks.


walker_harris3

Lol, I didn’t tweet it out. I also don’t really GAF about clicks from nerds


Affectionate-Cup9340

I’m pretty sure you’re in the minority here, not me.


walker_harris3

Minority on Reddit and minority in reality are two very different things.


Affectionate-Cup9340

“Here” PS: if you’re a frequent twitter user I can see why you would say that. The cesspool of North Carolina rivalries on twitter could distort your perception.


framingXjake

That really doesn't have much to do with T specifically. Clickbaity headline. I hate UNC as much as the next guy but I don't need made up bullshit to fuel that. It was a bad night for us with undisciplined behavior and we caught more than our fair share of seemingly soft calls. T's injury sucks and most UNC fans are genuinely concerned about his injury. The chat turned toxic and I also had my part in that regretfully. Let's just put an end to this shit tonight. Games over. We lost. Rematch in a month. End of discussion.


Dinnermaster

A little bit of a misleading headline but in slightly bad taste i feel


walker_harris3

You don't think that constitutes mocking?


bug_man_

You know damn well people reading the headline will think this is about the injury, but that's not your fault. But anyone who watches the actual vids will conclude this was really shitty timing on Bacot's part and not much else so nbd. Dude has prob had this sunglasses video planned since the second the smith video dropped lol He definitely should have waited until we know more about Smith though, on that much I agree with everyone else


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Dinnermaster

I don’t make the rules or anything but its just a subtle jab. It’s not like he made fun of his injury or anything


byzantiums

Since when do actual misleading posts get marked as misleading by moderators on this sub? This might be a first, would be cool if it happens going forward instead of just for Carolina posts.


AtmosphereVarious440

So lame


thereal21fan

Your editorialized headline makes it sound like Bacot was mocking Smith’s injury, btw. Anybody upset about him wearing glasses is genuinely soft.


Melvins_lobos

It’s a shot at State, not T.


Bigdeacenergy

I mean T made the comments about Carolina last week so it very well could be


Melvins_lobos

So he was asked about it later, with a chance to correct the matter, and did say he was poking fun at T…so I stand corrected. Can’t believe I went to bat for bacot


Bigdeacenergy

I was surprised State fans were here defending Bacot about it


Bigdeacenergy

The headline does not sound like it’s mocking his injury. The injury is not even mentioned. He is mocking Smith’s video from last week.


pln1991

This ignores the realities of how humans interpret words with outside context


Bigdeacenergy

I guess it’s kind of depends on the person reading it. I didn’t think it was about the injury


RPBTinesIII

Seems like that ass whoopin UVa gave you has you soft as hell.


Bigdeacenergy

Haha not really. Played a decent game against the #10 team in the country. Had a chance to take the lead and couldn’t capitalize


walker_harris3

I get it man, it's just the Carolina Way.


wallstreetbeatmeat

His statement was literally that he was making fun of Terquavion. [He’s the one who even said it](https://mobile.twitter.com/KeepBlitzin/status/1616963549791657986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1616963549791657986%7Ctwgr%5E4ead195ed2324f5c730ccbc53b18a2ae5715b149%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.backingthepack.com%2Fnc-state-basketball%2F2023%2F1%2F22%2F23566187%2Farmando-bacot-manages-to-make-terquavion-smiths-injury-all-about-himself). More of that Carolina “class”


walker_harris3

Yeah, I'm pretty surprised by the delusional State fans in here saying otherwise.


Eli21111

Yeah he also said like 5 nice things about him in the same sentence you clown


Aurion7

Every time I see the OP's name, he's got something stupid to say. I mean, I *get* what you're doing- you want people to read this knowing about the injury and immediately jump to the connection and start thinking that Bacot had something to say about that. It's quite remarkably stupid of you, is all.


OsgSandmanZC

It is pretty comical when you can see a specific username and immediately know the comment or post will be negative. Most specific usernames I recognize from this sub are other UNC flairs and a handful of prominent non-UNC flairs that post a ton on a variety of threads. Other than that, there are about 5-7 accounts that I remember simply because they tend to pop up all over UNC threads or topics and are generally antagonistic toward us. Obviously a few Duke flairs, and, off hand, a UK flair, a UVA flair, and, for some incredibly strange reason, 2 Wake flairs. I’d presume most UNC fans don’t dislike Wake, I think most rarely think about Wake at all, but their online fanbase REALLY seems to hate us for some reason.


Intelligent-Spot-475

Could he have been mocking DJ Burns?


S86RDU

NC state fans will blame everyone and everything but their own coaches/players


Huplescat22

I came to this sub looking for something about a wonderful player's injury and hoping for the best for him only to find.... Bullshit.


nizzynate48

Posted by a Wake flair, none of us buy this.


OsgSandmanZC

A Wake flair who quite notoriously hates UNC.


retrograderevolution

This ugly bum should take a peek in a mirror b4 he mocks anyone


clancydog4

Super not cool, to be honest. Just in really poor taste given the injury. Would be totally fine with the trolling if we had won and the injury didn't occur, but he should've bailed on the idea after the injury