Duke officials were a bit surprised when about an hour before the scheduled kickoff of their game last night against James Madison, two men parachuted into Wallace Wade Stadium and landed at the 35-yard line with a game ball.

Problem was, the Blue Devils - who were warming up on the field along with their foes - weren't expecting it.

"All we know is, they must have missed their jump site," a team official said.

And they did - because the jump site was meant to be about eight miles away.

North Carolina was scheduled to receive the game ball for its contest against McNeese State in Chapel Hill.