A conversation about the 2015-16 NFC South

Aisander Duda and I converse lightly and, at times, seriously about football in the NFC South. Divisions previously discussed include: AFC East, NFC East, AFC West, NFC West, AFC South.

In honor of Vick's heyday, this post treats football as an elusive topic.

Atlanta Falcons 

Duke in the NCAA Tournament: A fan's bracing himself for the inevitable landing

Aisander Duda wrote this. He’s been here many times before. Somehow someway this post is about the mixed feelings of optimism and pessimism that surface at the start of any NCAA Tournament run:

"So, let me get this straight. You're saying we're not losing to Robert Morris? That I can just 'chill' for the next couple of hours while the illusion of a basketball game takes place? One more thing, are these wings real or not?" 

On Sunday evening, Icarus awoke. He first tried moving his arms and then his legs, but his whole body felt stiff and unable to easily rise from the surface of his bed. His head ached terribly, and his eyes were blurry and unfocused. As he regained some sense of the past 48 hours, it dawned on him why it was so difficult to move. 

The Most Popular LCB Articles of 2014

Popular may be a bit of an overstatement, but here they are (and, as always, thanks for reading):

Any New Year's Resolutions this year? Um, to stay away from simplistic binaries.

15. Fresh off the World Cup, Brendan Brody wrote about how "Soccer is Addicting as Hell."

In the Time of Tar Heels: A Short Story

The week ended and the weekend began with Duke losing. I laughed.

After I laughed, I texted Aisander, a Duke fan, "At least your sons aren't old enough that they will remember what Mercer means." Then I laughed some more and wished Aisander's sons were older.

In the time of Blue Devils: A Short Story

This story was not written by me, but by one Aisander Duda ,who used to post here more often, and whose Duke fandom I am constantly trying to unravel, analyze, and, hopefully, to one day understand: