Duke ''Players'' suspended

USA! USA! Duke ''Players'' Suspended

This is like being passed by  the guy who rode your bumper for 10 miles, blinking lights for you to pull over, and then coming across him 10 miles down the road getting a ticket.  It's like seeing the school bully get his ass kicked.  It's like finding out the guy who beat you in the sales contest had falsified his orders.  It's like realizing that John Kerry is not the President of the United States.  It's like being 16 again. ''The Atlantic Coast Conference suspended on Monday the officiating crew that worked Florida State's overtime loss at No. 2 Duke on Saturday. ''Edward Corbett, Raymond Natili and Mike Eades will each be suspended for their next game for assessing the technical foul that resulted in Alexander Johnson's disqualification with 9:23 remaining in regulation of the Seminoles' 97-96 loss on Saturday''. -ACC suspends officials for bad call ''Some ACC coaches have long suggested the Blue Devils often get the benefit of doubt from officials and always seem to get the critical calls. Duke, which tonight plays North Carolina at Smith Center in Chapel Hill, is 21-1 overall and 9-0 in the ACC, two games ahead of N.C. State in the conference standings. "I wondered if Duke would start getting all the calls once they started contending for a number one seed in the NCAA tournament," said one ACC coach, who requested anonymity for fear of discipline from the league. Another ACC coach said the league's actions against the officials might change the way Duke's games are officiated. "Everybody left who plays Duke is going to get a fair chance now because it's never been under more scrutiny," the ACC coach said That's how sorry-ass the officiating has been where Duke is involved.  Oh, they're a good team, and have been for years, but nowhere near as good as their record.