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Tudor: A year in sports worth remembering

N&O sports columnist Caulton Tudor weighs in on North Carolina's 2012 sports moments: sad, sobering, elating, and uplifting.
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Tudor's prediction: Look for 'fierce' Duke to show up

If fierce and fiery Duke shows up in Bank of America Stadium against Cincinnati, the Blue Devils should be good enough to spring an upset that lets 2012 end with a bowl victory, a winning record and more offseason confidence than the program has had since the days of Bill Murray.
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Tudor: Several ACC teams will have to play catch-up in league play

Only Duke and N.C. State – at times – are in tune with preseason expectations as ACC teams draw closer to the start of league play.
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Tudor and DeCock tackle issues on upcoming football bowls

News & Observer sports columnists Caulton Tudor and Luke DeCock debate some of the big issues of the bowl season, from N.C. State and Duke’s chances to the national championship and the ACC’s fortunes.
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Tudor: Williams, Heels getting turned inside out

Watching Roy Williams pace the sidelines, you can almost hear him praying for a Tyler Zeller or John Henson or Tyler Hansbrough or Sean May to appear at the scorer’s table to restore a reliable offense.
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Tudor: ECU bowl foe turned stinging loss into late gain

Florida’s 27-20 win on Nov. 20 in Gainesville did more to elevate Louisiana Lafayette’s football profile than any of the Cajuns’ eight wins or 6-2 record in the deceptively potent Sun Belt Conference.
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Tudor: Final football exams on deck for Glennon

With his newly presented master’s degree in liberal studies tacked atop the business finance undergraduate degree he earned last year, Mike Glennon arrived at football practice Saturday assured of an impressive Plan B.
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Tudor: UNC's Bernard right to take the money and run to NFL

The risk of injury is too great, particularly for a running back, which is why it makes sense and cents for UNC star Gio Bernard to leave now and enter the NFL draft.
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Tudor: ECU's mission is to find another Terry Holland

Terry Holland, at age 70, deserves to have a long, happy retirement, but East Carolina is fortunate that its athletic director will continue to have some impact on the department’s future.