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BJD95 - who has written 391 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.
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If any university has more of a “Charlie Brown kicking the football” complex than NC State, it’s South Carolina. The chickens went winless in bowls for longer than Moses’ sojourn in the desert, until an aged Lou Holtz led them to a few respectable victories. Gamecock basketball has been most notable for NIT Hall of [...]
Continue reading...So This Is the Way Baseball Season Ends…
Saturday, June 5, 2010
…not with a bang, but a whimper. That said, I still tip my cap to the team for a compelling ACC run. You have to imagine that the Pack Nine were physically and emotionally drained after that. And this was always a flawed team, just one that had a well-timed hot streak late. Omaha was [...]
Continue reading...A Bold But Logical Plan to Fix Football
Thursday, May 27, 2010
As I mentioned in the comments of Derek’s recent column, I think there’s really only one way to approach the 2010 football season. Well, only one way that doesn’t involve a great deal of “wishcasting.” And as I am quite fond of saying – “hope” is not a strategy. I think certain things about NC [...]
Continue reading...Bill Friday, “Fowler Fan”
Monday, May 24, 2010
Over the weekend, the News & Observer ran a fairly interesting piece about the rising costs of running athletic departments. As is usually the case in such analysis, there’s someone quoted for certain hand-wringing over the “big business” nature of modern college sports. And when a North Carolina media outlet runs such a piece, NC [...]
Continue reading...Remember – The Hard Work is Just Beginning
Monday, May 10, 2010
Now that a few days have passed, and the initial euphoria is starting to wear off – let’s put everything into perspective. Chancellor Randy Woodson is off to a great start. And by removing a clear, absolute impediment to athletic success (Lee Fowler), he is giving us a fantastic opportunity to move forward. But we [...]
Continue reading...Sweet Sixteen Preview
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
After a first two rounds that matched the drama of any in recent history, we are but 48 hours away from Sweet Sixteen play. I don’t know if it’s ideal for ratings, but the most rabid sports fan couldn’t have scripted it any better. You have elite, “blue blood” programs (Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse, Michigan State), [...]
Continue reading...Random Day One NCAAT Observations (and Looking Ahead)
Friday, March 19, 2010
First, of all – let me state the obvious, in a poorly done Comic Book Guy voice: Best. First Day. Ever! (We aren’t the only people that hold this opinion.) Those of you who’ve been reading my drivel for any length of time know that I absolutely loathe blaming losses on officiating. It’s typically the [...]
Continue reading...Comprehensive ACCT Thoughts
Sunday, March 14, 2010
I decided to hold my thoughts on State’s ACC tourney performance until it was all over (and since I had stuff going on last night, I waited until today). So here goes: 1) State’s half-court defense against Clemson and Florida State was as good as I’ve seen us play in many, many years. Even against [...]
Continue reading...2010 All-ACC Basketball Picks
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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 don’t [...]
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. Duke is [...]
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 [...]
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, I [...]
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 few [...]
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 [...]
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, here [...]
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 the [...]
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 the community [...]
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 flag – our players [...]
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 that a [...]
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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