I will be honest here – I am so inured to the culture of corruption, and Monty Python’s Black Knight caliber of willful and idiotic denial…I didn’t think anything UNC scandal related could shock me anymore. Then I read this, and you should as well: Prepare to be disgusted. Horrific doesn’t even begin to describe [...]
Mythbusting the Wolfpack Sore-Loser Stereotype
The past few days there has been a lot of talk on local sports-talk radio and elsewhere on the ‘interwebs’ about NC State’s irrational obsession with officiating particularly in the wake of a tough loss against UNC in the ACC tournament. Granted, we all have our mini-meltdown moments after tough loses, and quite frankly the [...]
Time Heals All Knee Jerks
Raise your hand if, like me, you gave a loud “What the hell?” when Mark Gottfried was announced as the new Wolfpack men’s basketball coach nearly a year ago. I admit it – at this time a year ago, I was spending hours on the internet trolling for the scoop on who State would hire. [...]
ACC Football Attendance Announced
ESPN has a blog entry (linked here) reviewing the ANNOUNCED attendance at each respective ACC school. NC State’s level of fan support continues to support a thesis that our football program should at the very least be the top of the second tier of the ACC if not the bottom of the ‘first tier’. Hopefully [...]
Why are NC State Fans Neurotic (a la UNC Scandal)
I always think it’s interesting that people claim NC State fans are so neurotic when it comes to their rivals, UNC. People like to claim, and some NC State fans have started to buy into it, that UNC doesn’t get any kind of special treatment. Of course not, it’s all in our heads! Luckily, recent [...]
Van Pelt & Williams rip Terps fans
Some great stuff in this article out of Washington — The Terps and their crowd Both ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt AND Head Coach Gary Williams getting into the act. Just imagine if NC State had a Hall of Fame Coach who won a National & ACC Title within the last 10 years who was fighting [...]
Why Skeptics of Tom O’Brien Should Feel Better
Note: This article was written earlier, but compliments StateFanNation’s summary of the N&O article on Wolfpack’s patience with TOB. This only serves as an explanation for why those skeptical of Tom O’Brien should feel more comfortable about his coaching tenure to date and is written from the perspective of a self-described Tom O’Brien critic. It [...]
Timeline of Carolina Circling the Drain (Tuesday Update)
[UPDATE 08/31/2010, 10:55AM: Thanks to Clarksa for the following visual.] We’ve heard a lot in the past few days about Carolina’s agent-gate, their excuses, and their hintings at a loss of institutional control. At this juncture, I think it’s great for State fans to relish in the circling-of-the-drain that the Tar Heels are experiencing. At [...]
The Illogical Hilarity of UNC Fans Making Excuses
To say that the last few weeks have been quite entertaining on sports radio, or on message boards and blogs where UNC fans gather would be an understatement along the lines of saying that the weather has been warm the past few weeks. Like the 95 degree-plus weather we seem to see day after day [...]
Message Board Reactions on the UNC/NCAA investigation
I have followed message boards of different college programs around the country for almost 15 years(mainly NC State, UNC and Wake Forest). Message boards are often ridiculed by the print/television/radio media, coaches, athletic directors, and even message board posters themselves. While sometimes these forums are criticized for good reasons, in regards to major news stories [...]