Position papered over
Well, you have to give them credit for more than mere truthiness:
The ACC preseason football poll is out. Virginia’s website, Virginiasports.com, says Virginia Picked By Media to Finish Sixth in ACC Coastal Division.
Let’s see. There are twelve teams in the ACC, and two divisions. So UVa must be headed for — well, let’s see how this sort of thing is handled elsewhere:
The Baltimore Sun says Media picks Maryland football team last in ACC’s Atlantic Division.
Sixth, even.
Which made me think of this:
Somehow this reminds me of the old Cold War-era joke about the auto race between an American Chevrolet and a Soviet-built Moskvich. The Chevy won. Pravda duly reported that the Moskvich placed second, while the filthy American capitalistmobile came in next to last.
All in how you look at it, comrade.
