Tag Archive | "Fans"
Must Listen: Taylor Zarzour begins new show with a bang! [Updated at 10:30am]
We’re sorry that it took us a couple of days to get this posted to the website…but, the comments and perspectives espoused in the following audio by local sports radio host, Taylor Zarzour are timeless. This is the very first segment of Zarzour’s brand new show, “Sportsdrive with Taylor Zarzour” heard on 620 The [...]
Continue reading...To rush or not to rush?
Friday, March 5, 2010
If you tune in to much college basketball during any given season, you’re bound to see it. Thousands (or hundreds, depending on the conference) of 18-22 year old college students running on to the court to celebrate their teams victory over a team they presumably shouldn’t have beat. The immortal storming of the court. It happened [...]
Continue reading...Roy Williams Kicks Presbyterian Fan Out of Dean Dome
Sunday, December 13, 2009
During the second half, Deon Thompson was shooting free throws. The Smith Center was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. That’s when it happened. One of the Blue Hose faithful yelled something to the effect of “You’re gonna miss it, Deon.” Although it didn’t cause Thompson to miss the free throw, it did [...]
Continue reading...Letting go of expectations
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
SFN: The following is a special submission to SFN from a longtime reader and contributor most famously known as SMD. Letting Go of Expectations To call my mood on Saturday night demoralized would have been generous at best. While I certainly didn’t expect the Wolfpack to beat Clem or his Son, I foolishly thought we might give [...]
Continue reading...10/15/2005: Letter to the Wolfpack Nation from NCSU Director of Athletics Lee Fowler
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Raleigh, NC – Dear Wolfpack Fans: I know this is a time of great frustration and disappointment for all of you who care deeply and passionately about Wolfpack football. As Athletic Director, I can say that we all feel badly about losing–our coaches, our players and our staff, as well as our thousands of fans. As I [...]
Continue reading...Cheap Seats Basketball Introspective
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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...Nine Years of Sellouts – What Have We Gotten In Return?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
This season is the 9th consecutive where football season tickets have sold out at Carter-Finley. Here is a recent entry about selling out season tickets. For this entry, I am going to focus only on home football games. Set aside the LTRs, gas, hotel and airfare for road trips, donations to the Wolfpack Club, [...]
Continue reading...Pitt beat writer says NC State crowd won’t be a factor
Friday, September 25, 2009
Finally, the game is almost here. Paul Zeise is the Pitt beat writer for the Post-Gazette and recently did a chat about this week’s Pitt/NC State matchup. Here are his comments about the impact of crowds at Carter Finley stadium: Well I suppose Bob Smizik might have been there for that game (the 1988 [...]
Continue reading...Agreeing with the Blogosphere
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
You have probably noticed a little less activity on the front page of the blog in recent days. We encourage you to remember that we are supporting our new message boards with a little more depth and breadth of topics as opposed to diluting the front page of the blog. So, PLEASE help us out [...]
Continue reading...It Only Takes One Rotten Fan To Spoil A Stadium
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Unfortunately these days, some people have forgotten the simple social graces and how to act civilly to one another. Or worse, their parents never taught them (as we say in the south) how to act. Many excuse poor behavior with a dismissal that goes something like “it happens everywhere, so what do you expect?” Worst [...]
Continue reading...State Employee Sounds Off On Our Fans
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Sure, it seems like a rather trivial detail to get flustered over (basketball jerseys). But as one State employee joked earlier this week, “Our fans always need something to gripe about and this is just the protest of the week. The psyche of our fans is unbelievable. I’ve long been of the belief that State [...]
Continue reading...The Awesomeness of Gamecockery
Friday, August 28, 2009
What is about YouTube spoofs on South Carolina that are just so fantastic!? Of course, no one can forget Hitler: Facist warmonger, number one Gamecocks fan. Now we have the following:
Continue reading...Best fans sellout season tickets – AGAIN – in midst of economic recession [Updated 12:45pm]
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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Shhhhh! I’ve got some secrets. The NC State football program has had only one winning season in the last five years, when the Wolfpack posted unspectacular 7-5 record in the 2005 season that we mustered more than 24 points only once (when we scored 54 points on Eastern Kentucky in the second game of the [...]
Continue reading...Talk about a real “StateFan”
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
If you have ever taken the time to email us at statefans@gmail.com then you have probably experienced that it can sometimes be MONTHS before you hear back from us…if you hear back from us. There is only so much time in the day and unfortunately our mail box sits very low on our list [...]
Continue reading...GO CANES!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Open thread for the Hurricanes tonight, leading the series 3-2. You can see their website by clicking here. Additionally, you will be interested in this recent post about the noise level in the RBC Center written after last week’s game. The best way to measure volume is with a sound meter. Nearly 20 years ago I [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday Bytes
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
CHANGE IS COMING! And we need your help. If you have any computer or creative skills then please click here and think about submitting a new banner for the site as a part of our coming re-design. Thanks so much! While we are discussing the site, we would again like to thank the good folks [...]
Continue reading...SFN is ‘Pulse of the Fan Base’
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
SFN would like to thank the great folks from the ACC Sports Journal for inviting us to partner with them on their weekly ‘Pulse of the Fan Base’. They posted the feature to their website last night and it can be read by clicking here. Over the last 12 months the blog has generated more than 3.5 [...]
Continue reading...ESPN Mag: Carter-Finley’s student section among five most spirited
Monday, April 27, 2009
I know this article is old. But, this is why I save old links so as to not forget them! You can click here to ESPN The Magazine’s ranking of student sections in college football stadiums across the country. The only two ACC programs that gain a mention in the rankings are [...]
Continue reading...ACC Sports Journal Wolfpack Insider: Dividing Lines
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
This article from the ACC Sports Journal was one of the more interesting and accurate takes on the relationship between NC State fans, former basketball coach Herb Sendek, and current AD Lee Fowler. This also was the only article written by the ACC media on the rumors of Lee Fowler’s departure that spread on [...]
Continue reading...Wolfpack Week in Review
Monday, April 20, 2009
Last week’s results are a perfect microcosm of the athletic department’s ineptitude under “Coach” Fowler: Baseball: 1-4 (defeated Wofford, lost to ECU, swept by FSU) Softball: 0-4 (lost to ECU, swept by FSU) Men’s Tennis: 1-1 (ACC Championships beat GT, lost to Miami) Women’s Tennis: 0-1 (ACC Championships lost to FSU) Men’s Golf: [...]
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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