You have to hand it to UNC: those guys have unmitigated gall. Before their new chancellor has her first day on the job, and before lame-duck Chancellor Holden Thorp can announce whatever his “blue-ribbon” panel led by led by Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, has come up with, UNC athletic director [...]
ACCT Gameday & State-Maryland pre-game Entry (Updated Noon)
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. [...]
CBS’ Billy Packer done with Final Four
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 [...]
What About Billy?
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. [...]
Billy Packer – Patron Saint of Objectivity
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 [...]
Billy Packer Kicks Ass
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 [...]
Packer had Right Idea, Wrong Point
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 [...]