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Cheap Seats Basketball Introspective
After that debacle within Carter-Finley last weekend, the timing for this just seems eerily appropriate, especially since I’m not at all hopeful about the upcoming basketball season. My original intent was a more comprehensive basketball retrospective similar to the one I did for football back in the summer. But I decided that nothing [...]
Continue reading...Cheap Seats Football Retrospective: Part V, 2009
7. August 2009
This is the final part of a five-part series that is by no means intended to be authoritative. Rather, it’s nothing more than an incomplete, inconclusive, sometimes erroneous, while always biased retrospective of recent State football history. Part of this was based on nothing more than my attempt to answer the question so many of [...]
Continue reading...Cheap Seats Football Retrospective: Part IV, 2007-Present
5. August 2009
This is Part IV of a five-part series that is by no means intended to be authoritative. Rather, it’s nothing more than an incomplete, inconclusive, sometimes erroneous, while always biased retrospective of recent State football history. Part of this was based on nothing more than my attempt to answer the question so many of us [...]
Continue reading...Cheap Seats Football Retrospective: Part III, Philip Rivers
31. July 2009
This is Part III of a five-part series that is by no means intended to be authoritative. Rather, it’s nothing more than an incomplete, inconclusive, sometimes erroneous, while always biased retrospective of recent State football history. Part of this was based on nothing more than my attempt to answer the question so many [...]
Continue reading...Cheap Seats Football Retrospective: Part II, 2000-06
29. July 2009
This is Part II of a five-part series that is by no means intended to be authoritative. Rather, it’s nothing more than an incomplete, inconclusive, sometimes erroneous, while always biased retrospective of recent State football history. Part of this was based on nothing more than my attempt to answer the question so many [...]
Continue reading...Cheap Seats Football Retrospective: Part I, The 1990s
27. July 2009
Back in March of this year, any column I would’ve written could’ve only been titled “Why I should’ve gone to [insert SEC school here].” As I left Tobacco Road on Glenwood Avenue after watching yet another State basketball season mercifully end – like so many years before it – on the Thursday of the [...]
Continue reading...1989: ‘Worst Call in NCAA Tournament History’
29. March 2009
On the Sunday of the Elite Eight exactly TWENTY YEARS AGO — NC State should have been participating in the Wolfpack’s fourth Elite Eight of the previous seven years. I want some of you younger fans to step back and let that absorb for a moment. I want you to recognize the difference [...]
Continue reading...Revisiting Last February’s Analysis
3. March 2009
We will come back to this once the 2008-09 season is completely over. But I think it’s a good time to look back at this entry from last February, after a particularly brutal loss to Boston College. Many of our current commenters posted thoughts on that thread. Now that a little over [...]
Continue reading...Pitchers and Catchers Are Reporting This Week
12. February 2009
I was listening to the news with one ear as I worked on the site tonight, and heard that pitchers and catchers are reporting to Spring Training for Major League Baseball. That of course reminded me of my favorite future New York Yankee, some guy we probably remember very well. If ever I meet Andrew [...]
Continue reading...NC State – Florida State Notes and Links (with BJD95 Analysis)
13. January 2009
The Wolfpack men’s hoops team takes back to the hardwoods tonight to battle Florida State in an ACC contest. Confidence in State is not high right now in the fanbase, which has been conditioned to expect sub-par play (to put it kindly) from the backcourt and certain lack of fire from upperclassmen front-court players. In [...]
Continue reading...Laugh. Think. Cry.
9. December 2008
V himself had said that team wasn’t very good. After a 6-8 conference record, State was seeded sixth for the 1987 ACC Tournament in Landover. But somehow – not unlike a few years earlier on an even bigger stage – Jim Valvano’s Cardiac Pack had survived and advanced to the title game, where they would [...]
Continue reading...Jimmy V’s Farewell Speech In Reynolds
3. December 2008
Jimmy V Week is underway on ESPN, and while my wife and I were out at dinner, we saw V’s incredible speech at the ESPY Awards in 1993 replayed on the World Wide Leader. It was moving, as always, but the farewell speech I remember the best from Jim Valvano was one far more direct [...]
Continue reading...Duke Gameday
8. November 2008
At long last, the Devils and Pack meet in the post-expansion era. Even though the teams have combined for just one ACC win, entertainment potential is high, and the TV folks will likely regret passing on it. Yours truly will be inside Wallace Wade, semi-live blogging as blackberry reception allows. Local media have some good preview [...]
Continue reading...ACC Sports Journal: Wolfpack Failed to Fix Line With 2005 Class
7. November 2008
Recently the ACC Sports Journal completed major changes to their website and the layout of their print edition. For anyone interested, they are offering a free 30 day trial to their website. You can register by going here: Free 30 day Trial One cool feature non-subscribers can use on their website is the “Daily Links” [...]
Continue reading...A View from the Cheap Seats
21. August 2008
In a few days we’ll renew our rivalry with South Carolina after a nine year hiatus, which is a real shame because it’s a fun rivalry that should be played annually. It would never be the Red River Rivalry or the Cocktail Party, but it’s a mutually-beneficial opportunity to capitalize on a spirited and [...]
Continue reading...A Little Nostalgia
2. April 2008
ESPN Classic will air the 1983 national championship game between North Carolina State and Houston from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. ET on Friday, April 4. At 8 p.m., ESPN Classic will present a half hour original documentary “ESPN Classic Remembers: NC State Upsets Houston”, which will chronicle the 1983 Wolfpack season. The documentary will [...]
Continue reading...“Now I know why Tigers eat their Young”
16. February 2008
There could, and maybe should have been an open thread just on fond rememberances of the ‘83 Championship team running non-stop all night. 25 years, could it really have happened that long ago? RR was in office and I was six years old and occasionally glancing the rim with my jump shot. [...]
Continue reading...Chilling anniversary: The Broken Nose
6. February 2008
It was a horrifying moment. A chilling blow in the middle of a contested ACC game. Blood began to flow immediately. The shocked victim looked up, grabbed his nose, saw the blood pouring out, and had to exit the game. Who can ever forget it? But then — oh, the bravery! The strength of character! [...]
Continue reading...SFN Celebrates New Year with NC State Magazine Feature
2. January 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR! This entry will remain posted near the top for a couple of days…so, if you are visiting the site for the first time or if you are a frequent visitor please don’t ignore all of the entries below. For example, VAWolf logged an awesome statistical post that follows this. We just wanted to take [...]
Continue reading...Kay Yow wins ESPY Award named for Jim Valvano
12. July 2007
It’s nice to see others have been inspired by NC State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow over the years! Per WRAL: North Carolina State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow won the inaugural Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance on Wednesday. She was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer while coaching the Wolfpack during this year’s NCAA tournament. Yow [...]
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14. October 2009
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