Rivalries don't exist when one team wins 60 of the 70 games ever played.
They certainly don't exist when one team goes 22 years without ever beating the other.
And they definitely don't exist when it takes nearly a quarter-century for a team to stroll into the opposing squad's stadium and steal a win on its home turf.
But any time North Carolina or Duke makes the shortest drive in the ACC to face the other, the uncomfortable closeness and ingrained hatred should prevail regardless of history, right?
Well, when the Tar Heels and Blue Devils face off in field hockey, it usually isn't a question of "if" UNC will trounce those poor sops from Durham - it's a question of "how badly."
In fact, North Carolina's domination of the Blue Devils in field hockey has been so consistent that the Tar Heels don't consider Duke to be their top rival. That distinction goes to Old Dominion. And North Carolina might even harbor more bad blood for perennial-top-five program Wake Forest than for Duke.
At least, that used to be the case.
All of those jaw-dropping numbers mentioned above - they need to be accompanied by an asterisk - a Carnie Wilson
