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BJD95 - who has written 383 posts on StateFans Nation.
1995 NC State graduate, sufferer of Les and MOC during my entire student tenure. An equal-opportunity objective critic and analyst of Wolfpack sports.
2010 All-ACC Basketball Picks
In what we hope to make an annual tradition, we once again announce our selections the same night regular season play is complete. Yes, you will notice a distinct Terrapin flavor with respect to the major awards, but if you have watched them play down the stretch, I think you’ll understand (even if you [...]
Continue reading...2009-10 ACC Hoops – A Jumbled Freaking Mess
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Over the past couple of weeks, things finally settled down enough for me to watch more ACC basketball. I leave my esteemed comrade VaWolf to give you the best ACC analysis by the numbers anywhere, but here’s how I see things. First, every single ACC team is fatally flawed. Most in multiple areas. [...]
Continue reading...BJD95’s Wolfpack Club Resignation Letter
Monday, January 18, 2010
To follow up on my late October rant, I have indeed put my money where my mouth is. Here’s my letter, with private stuff I don’t want on the internet carved out: January 19, 2010 NC State Student Aid Association PO Box 37100 Raleigh, North Carolina 27627-7100 RE: Cancellation of Wolfpack Club Membership Membership #******/Ticket #***** Dear Sir or Madam: At [...]
Continue reading...ACC-Big Ten Challenge Preview
Monday, November 30, 2009
As has been noted by many voices in many publications/forums – this has hardly been much of a “challenge” for the ACC. The Big Ten has always lost, and has usually been crushed. Many believe that this year will be different, and we at SFN agree. Rather than predict each game in standard format, [...]
Continue reading...Clemson Gameday/Live Blogging (Colliding Charlie Browns?): Haltime Update – State on pace to hold Tigers under 50 points!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
As Alpha noted earlier this week, the troubled, bruised, 1-4 NC State Wolfpack is pretty much the last hurdle between Clemson and its first Atlantic Division title. The very same Wolfpack that lost at home to Duke by 3 touchdowns, then got smoked even worse by Boston College (a team that Clemson manhandled a [...]
Continue reading...Shocking – Lee Fowler Still Doesn’t Get It
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Lodged deep within the N&O’s write-up of the upcoming Wolfpack hoops season (all WTNY, all the time, just like the buffoonish duo of Fowler and Lowe want it) is this little gem from Fowler’s always jabbering mouth: Too many times, loyalty’s a one-way street. Fans want the coach to be loyal to them, but they’re not [...]
Continue reading...Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out
Saturday, October 31, 2009
The above is, of course, a famous quote by Dr. Timothy Leary. Leary was a 1960s counter-culture icon who promoted the use of LSD as somthing positive for mind and spirit. No, I’m not suggesting that you use drugs to numb yourself to the continued futility of all things regarding NC State (especially its embarrassingly [...]
Continue reading...Pack vs. Noles – Bytes & Gameday Shitstorm Thread
Saturday, October 31, 2009
I’m going to try very hard not to watch this train wreck, so don’t expect many updates. But there needed to be a place for the masochists to put their comments. For broader topics of conversation, your SFN profile also works on our message board forums that can be accessed by clicking here. So, [...]
Continue reading...Profiles in Competence – Michigan AD Bill Martin
Friday, October 23, 2009
You may remember a well-received Ron Wellman post from this summer. Today, we highlight another university whose athletic director knows what he’s doing – The University of Michigan and Bill Martin. Hat tip to long-time SFN commenter Noah for sending this in (although the snarky title is all mine): Bill Martin, athletic director at [...]
Continue reading...Boston College 52 NC State 20
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Photo courtesy of News & Observer/Ethan Hyman. Link to N&O Photo Gallery. We are just going to turn the The Live Blog into the post-game entry for two reasons: (1) I can’t emotionally deal with putting together a post game entry and (2) BJD’s comments in the live blog and the comments from [...]
Continue reading...“Welcome to the Football Apocalypse” Post Game Thread
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Have at it, folks. I’m out of words to describe this horse crap. Don’t tell me that we’re young, don’t tell me to be patient. The football product Tom O’Brien and staff have put on the field the past two weeks has been embarrassing. We might as well wave the white [...]
Continue reading...Duke Gameday Thread
Saturday, October 10, 2009
We’re about 2 hours away from kickoff, and we can expect to see two things today – (i) a whole lot of offense; and (ii) a Wolfpack win. I’m not confident that we will beat the mammoth spread, but I am confident of a victory. Which is an especially good thing today, given [...]
Continue reading...Awful Pack Handed Awful Loss
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The ending was a perfect microcosm of the Keystone Kops effort by NC State. Wake was stopped dead to rights on 3rd and 6, but 2 (maybe 3) embarrassingly bad missed tackles later, and it’s first down Deacs. 30-24 is your final, and the game was not as close as the score would [...]
Continue reading...Comprehensive (But Scattered) Thoughts on the Pitt Game
Saturday, September 26, 2009
When I think about today’s game, I recall the first glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. I had been going to NC State football games my whole life (in fact, one of my earliest memories is of the eerie silence settling over C-F when Penn State beat us on a last [...]
Continue reading...Murray State – What to Watch For
Friday, September 11, 2009
Tomorrow night begins a 2-game stretch of games that one must watch differently from the remainder of the schedule (games that all but the shittiest of the shitty < < cough >> UVA – win fairly easily). Fortuntely, we’ve already seen State play a legitimate opponent, so we know some areas of improvement to [...]
Continue reading...Wilson the Passer vs. Wilson the Runner
Friday, September 4, 2009
There’s been lots of chatter in the comments and in the forums about Wilson not looking to run. I don’t think that is the case, and the stats back that up. Wilson had 11 rushing attempts last night, compared to an average of 11.56 per game last year (in the 9 games where [...]
Continue reading...South Carolina Post-Game – The Perfect Blueprint
Thursday, September 3, 2009
You have to hand it to the ol’ ball coach. He managed to do what nobody could in 2008 – stopped Russell Wilson cold. When asked by the media afterwards how he managed to bottle up Wilson like that, Spurrier exclaimed “We’ve got athletes!” That they do. But what almost nobody [...]
Continue reading...Fear and Loathing* in Carter-Finley
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
This time tomorrow, it will be gameday. For the first time in several years, disaster doesn’t seem imminent. The players are confident. The fans are confident. Hell, the weather is even going to be perfect. Doesn’t that scare the crap out of anyone else? At NC State, we are always the [...]
Continue reading...Atlantic Division Preview – The Case Against…Boston College
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
As college football season approaches, I noted how difficult it was to pick someone to win the ACC’s Atlantic Division. On the flip side, I could easily argue the case against every team. The “slow season” for Wolfpack news is an ideal time to explore this in more detail. Previously, we talked [...]
Continue reading...Giglio’s Top 25 (Pack at #24)
Sunday, August 23, 2009
We link to lots of J.P.’s stuff, because he’s interesting and fair in his coverage and analysis. Today, we have another reason to link him, as he has NC State as his pre-season #24 team: 24. N.C. State (6-7): If the Pack can figure out the start, you know Tom O’Brien has the closing kick [...]
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
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