Tag Archive | "Billy Packer"
1989: ‘Worst Call in NCAA Tournament History’
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...ACCT Gameday & State-Maryland pre-game Entry (Updated Noon)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
For those people that want to interact and ‘converse’ more during the day – why don’t you give our chat function a try? Today appeears to be a good day for it. You can access it at the very top of the page at the link for “StateFansNation Chat” BJD Comments Well, it’s finally here. [...]
Continue reading...CBS’ Billy Packer done with Final Four
Monday, July 14, 2008
CBS color analyst Billy Packer’s streak of Final Fours is over after 34 years, The Miami Herald reported Monday. We have had a lot of entries regarding Packer in the past. You can click here for one of our more recent and more comprehensive. Link to N&O’s ACCNow entry: Nantz says fans owe thanks to Packer.
Continue reading...What About Billy?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Here’s a little something that ties in nicely with an earlier entry about Billy Packer. As Newsday columnist Neil Best wrote recently, Packer’s partner Jim Nantz stood up at a CBS press event and said if ESPN’s Dick Vitale receives a nomination to the Hall of Fame as a special contributor, then so should Packer. Who, Nantz [...]
Continue reading...Billy Packer – Patron Saint of Objectivity
Monday, March 24, 2008
It was the rarest of rarities (aside from Wolfpack championships) – a long profile in Sunday’s N&O that seemed tailor made for me. There are tons of great anecdotes (don’t miss the “shard grabbing” story) – read the whole thing. But the overriding theme reinforces what I like about Packer – his near slavish devotion [...]
Continue reading...Billy Packer Kicks Ass
Friday, April 7, 2006
It is no secret that Billy Packer is a personality that attracts a lot of opinion and controversy amongst fans. Our most recent Packer-related conversation can be found by clicking here. But tonight, you can officially throw out almost all of your Packer criticisms. Tonight, Billy Packer enters the StateFansNation Hall of Fame (at least for [...]
Continue reading...Packer had Right Idea, Wrong Point
Friday, March 3, 2006
I didn’t get to watch the (so-called) Carolina “game” on television last Wednesday night because I attended the game. (I’ll leave my comments about that decision for a later entry). Therefore, I did not have the opportunity to hear Billy Packer’s comments during the telecast of the game. Evidently, Packer made multiple points about the Wolfpack’s [...]
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
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