I’m in Chicago on business and just finished watching UNC beat the Illini for the national championship.  On the news they interviewed Governor Blagojevich of Illinois, and he informed them that he had made a friendly wager with Governor Easley of North Carolina.

The bet?  Deep dish pizza and-some-drink-I-can’t-remember against barbeque (Lexington style I’m sure; not that inferior Eastern NC stuff) and cherry wine.  Cherry wine?  That sounds like ripple.  Surely the governor was refering to Cheerwine, the world’s greatest soda.

Oh, and I must remind everyone that Wake beat NC the only time they played this year.