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 [...]
SI Top 25 Previews; Pack in at #5
OK, so now that all that silly Red vs Blue, us against them election bullchit is over with, finally; and now that I can again hopefully get thru one day without countless unsolicited calls for this party or that, and often for candidates not even on my local ballot; I thought it was high time [...]
Prepare for chill bumps
h/t to @YieldtoFrum
1989: ‘Worst Call in NCAA Tournament History’
NC State takes the floor a few minutes after noon today for a huge NCAA Tournament match-up against the Georgetown Hoyas today. Before you go any further, we ask that you check out today’s Gameday Headlines (linked here) and SFN’s unique game preview (linked here). For a set of bloggers that pride themselves on a [...]
Jimmy V Week
This was originally posted by LRM three years ago (Laugh. Think. Cry.), but seems fitting to post again during Jimmy V week, especially the for the younger fans that may not realize there was once a time when State basketball was anything but an afterthought. V himself had said that team wasn’t very good. After [...]
Bilas & Davis: Reynolds was Toughest Place to Play
Even on the day before the State football team makes its dreaded biennial trip to the abyss known as Winston-Salem, SFN member NCSU1987 gives us a great find in ESPN’s series on basketball arenas to stoke our passion for basketball (ESPN): Jay Bilas: To me, the toughest places to play had more to do with [...]
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 [...]
Jimmy V for Friday
This thread and the need for a Jimmy V Run in Raleigh reminded me that I had failed to previously share the following video. And…don’t be concerned…the following video is nothing like the one we ran yesterday.
Jimmy V for Jimmy V week
SFN’s twitter feed (Link) just ran across from this tweet from Sports Illustrated’s ‘photo vault’ SI Vault Photo (1983): It’s hard to look at this picture and not love Jim Valvano You can click here to see the photo, which I have never seen. God bless.
“Spirit, not the letter of the law”
Here’s what the UNC System President had to say regarding accusations made against one of North Carolina’s flagship universities: Athletics and academics are in tension by the nature of their time demands, but athletics and academics cannot be allowed to be in conflict in a great university. The evidence is clear that the academic processes [...]