How long can Buffalo hold out?
I'm trapped in the bowels of the RBC Center, so I can't get any breaking news reports. But if, by chance, there are reports of Canadian troops massing at the border and planning an assault on Buffalo, here's an explanation why.
N.C. State is playing an exhibition against the University of Guelph, a school in Ontario about 30 miles southwest of Toronto. That means the Canadian national anthem has to be played before the game.
Apparently though, no one told the first string organ player at the RBC. Midway through a few notes were missed and the whole rhythm of the song broke down.
Then things got really bad.
By the time the organ player had stumbled to the end, I was having flashbacks to the time Carl Lewis mangled the Star Spangled Banner. Really, it was that bad.
So, in order to avert an international incident, allow me to apologize to the Great White North on behalf of peace-loving Americans everywhere.