Misdirected Skydiver Crashes Duke Football Opener Instead of Landing in Chapel Hill
FanHouse —
... If you were wondering why the North Carolina Tarheels came out so flat yesterday, it's because their pregame festivities got all screwed up. They were supposed to have a skydiver come out of nowhere (well, the sky actually) and deliver the game ball in the middle of Kenan Stadium. Problem is, he never showed up. Where was he? Kicking it at Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham. ...
Skydiver Accidentally Lands At Duke's Football Field Instead Of North Carolina's Football Field
FanIQ Blog —
... Yesterday, North Carolina was scheduled to have the game ball delivered by skydivers for their opening game. But the ball never showed up. Why? The team in charge of floating the ball down from the sky landed at Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium instead. ...
Duke has an aerial attack, sort of
The 5th Corner —
... Nothing wrong you saw on the video, just a skydiver landing in Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham. The glitch is that skydiver was supposed to land in Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill. From the only column I read on the story so far it stated that Duke officials were a bit surprised". You think? I find it hilarious that this happened, but for the Carolina football team, that was supposed to receive the game ball by aerial delivery, the mistake wasn't as funny I have to imagine. ...
Dear Aerial Adventures
Tar Heel Fan —
... It is my understanding that you were contracted by UNC to deliver the game ball for kickoff Saturday night at Kenan Stadium and mistakenly ended up landing at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham instead. In an effort to avoid a similar mistake in the future allow me to offer these handy satellite photos of the two stadiums available for free on Google should you feel the need to do your homework next time. ...
Misadventures In Weekend Skydiving
RCS Sidelines —
... a pair of skydivers, set to deliver the game ball pre-kickoff for the McNeese State-North Carolina game, swooped in from the sky and planted their feet right on the field at Wallace Wade Stadium. Seemed like a perfect execution, and the crowd certainly appreciated it. Slight problem, though: they landed in the wrong stadium.
The jumpers, clearly confused, instead arrived at the JMU-Duke game, and not UNC's home field, Kenan Stadium, some 10.5 miles from Duke's field. Whoops.
According to UNC assistant athletic director for promotions Michael Beale, ...
