For sports fans, certain dates/activities are anticipated like a little kid looks forward to Christmas. Baseball fans celebrate the beginning of the MLB season, like Alabama and Auburn fans celebrate the late summer beginning of college football. Well, in North Carolina, there’s an activity that goes down every October that all true Tar Heel fans have had on their calendar since the end of the last basketball season. It’s called “Late Night with Roy”, once known as Midnight Madness.
In light of the Tar Heel struggles on the gridiron, Late Night was greeted with a resounding cheer. Julianna and I haven’t seen a movie in about six months, but I definitely made sure we had a sitter for Amelia this past Friday. 
GG came up in the afternoon to watch the nugget, so that we could sneak away that evening for a sneak peek at the UNC basketball team. Amelia couldn't have been happier to see GG's car drive down the street!
Casual sports fans will think I’m crazy. What kind of person goes to a college basketball practice... not a game… on a Friday night!? Well, any self-respecting Tar Heel fan does. And they drag their wife to it as well! Surprisingly enough, Julianna actually enjoys Late Night. I think she likes the skits, silly dances, and stadium snacks, more than the practice.Prior to practice, the team is introduced, and then each class does a skit or dance. Think back to your high school talent show days… the "entertainment" usually pretty bad. Regardless, we love it and the team sure looks like they’re having fun. The best part is that the Chapel Hill/Tar Heel community comes out in full force to support the team.
This year’s skit highlights were sophomore guard Bobby Frasor riding a horse pretending to be an inept NC State fan, senior guard Wes Miller doing his best rendition of Justin Timberlake's hit “Sexyback”, a Shakira inspired Hula dance by the sophomore class, and Reyshawn Terry getting his groove on.
UNC alum, Stuart Scott, of ESPN SportsCenter fame, hosts the entire process and it turns into a great evening. After the skits and dancing, the team laces up their Air Jordan's and hits the court. ..
By my account, it should be a pretty good year for the Heels. The heels are led by Player-of-the-Year candidate Tyler Hansbrough and, in my humble opinion, a very underrated senior forward, Reyshawn Terry.
Friday the 13th was pretty lucky for this Tar Heel fan!
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Click the thumbnail below for a few more photos of our day...
(click "slideshow" when you get to the album)
...and if you're interested, there are many more Late Night videos to watch.
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