Happy Birthday Jim Boeheim

by Sean Keeley on Nov 17, 2009 11:03 AM EST

Jim Boeheim, Tom Seaver and Danny DeVito all turn 65 today. There was a lot of championship DNA spawned on November 17th, 1944. Boeheim became a basketball champion, Seaver became a baseball champion and DeVito became a...champion of the limoncello industry?

Boeheim will likely spend his birthday in low-key fashion. Practice as usual. Maybe dinner with the family. Perhaps, though, this might be the perfect opportunity to finally reach out to his long-lost doppelganger brother. You know, the one coaching basketball at Cal-State Fullerton...

I'm talking about Bob Burton, head basketball coach of Cal-State Fullerton. Currently in his sixth season, Burton remained under the radar until last night when his Titans upset the UCLA Bruins and now the parallels are too much to ignore. Jim coaches basketball, Bob coaches basketball. And...well, that's a start. But wait until you look at each of these guys next to one another:

My God...I don't know if they're brothers by another mother or Bob Burton was cloned in a Cal State Fullerton lab as part of their ongoing experiment to create the most cantankerous, grouchy curmudgeon in history. Whatever's going on, it's too much to ignore. More photographic proof after the jump:

Huge H/T: Anish Shroff

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wow the resemblance is uncanny..

and anytime the term doppelganger is used i’m a fan!

by orngfan on Nov 17, 2009 11:18 AM EST reply actions

That is scary.

by NOLACuse on Nov 17, 2009 11:26 AM EST reply actions

oh sweet mother of GOD

that second row of pics (after the jump) with the “pleading” pose is downright scary

goosebumps

by goober112 on Nov 17, 2009 11:29 AM EST reply actions

I know right?

I actually thought the first one was him until I realized my mistake.

by NOLACuse on Nov 17, 2009 11:31 AM EST up reply actions

Same here.

Go Tartans!

by voteprime on Nov 17, 2009 1:01 PM EST up reply actions

but does Bob Burton constantly pick his nose?

by stumpycuse on Nov 17, 2009 11:43 AM EST reply actions

The best Limoncello is made by these guys...

http://www.knappwine.com/knappwinery/index.jsp

…and so is the best of any other type of NYS wine.

Not a spokesman, just saying. If you’ve never gotten liver-full
of Kat-Knapp I pity you.

The 'Cuse is in tha house, oh my God oh my God.

by StrawHatGuy on Nov 17, 2009 12:49 PM EST reply actions

Knapp does make a nice Limoncello

But for my Finger Lakes wine, I’ll take Standing Stone over anything else.

I’ve done a lunch buffet at Knapp once (Easter buffet, I think). It was very good.

by MrPlow99 on Nov 17, 2009 4:09 PM EST up reply actions

I think DeVito

is clearly the champion of playing a television role that your were born to play. Him as Frank in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia might be the best character on TV in a long time.

by shandeezy7 on Nov 17, 2009 12:55 PM EST reply actions

That show

is EASILY the funniest show on tv right now. Puts others to shame.

Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10

by PoetryInMoten on Nov 17, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

Kitten Mittons

Is your cat TOOO loud?!

by nc44 on Nov 17, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions

My son's birthday!

My son was born early – at 28 weeks, to be exact – late this morning, a little before 1 a.m. – now that I know today is Boeheim’s birthday, I understand why my son couldn’t wait to come into the world. Go Orange! I’m going to raise the poor guy to be a Syracuse fan – I hope that doesn’t mean I’m a cruel dad!

"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998

by kotite4ever on Nov 17, 2009 1:23 PM EST reply actions