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 [...]
Tailgating Unlimited, Part 1
It may not seem like it right now, while we drown in the North Carolina Heat Index and wish that merciless August sun deeper into the southern hemisphere where it belongs, but college football season is once again upon us. And with it the triumphant return of tailgating. The following is the first part of [...]
War On Tailgating Not Just At NC State
The traditions of tailgating outside of sports stadiums is increasingly coming under restriction at many venues. A review of guidelines at several stadiums found that other NFL teams are moving their tailgaters farther away from stadiums or instituting stricter rules. In Chicago, the Bears prohibit fans without tickets from being in stadium parking lots during [...]
Chatting with Rivers and more ‘House Divided’ crap
I ran across a pretty low quality chat with Philip Rivers this morning. Audio only although they do flash some photos up in a slideshow type format (check out the photo with Broncos QB Jay Cutler with his head down). Let this quench our thirst for football season as we have to wait many more [...]
Worst. Tailgate. Ever.
Just a little something to prepare you for the impressive pre-game atmosphere in Chapel Hill, this was taken with my phone from a parking deck (surprise, surprise) before the 06 game. But they’ve got those pine trees going for them. Which is nice.
Newsflash – Paying Customers Don’t Like Being Treated Like Naughty 8-Year Olds
We saw this nugget from The Technician a few weeks ago, but didn’t have the time to express our thoughts at the time. In a finding which no doubt caused Bob Kennel to close his eyes and shake his head disapprovingly: The WITH program has not received as much positive feedback as Student Government would [...]
Tailgating Talk: Another Hour
Last year NC State institued a poorly crafted “tailgating policy” that we described as “the worst kind of administrative nonsense – a solution in search of a problem.” We discussed it in this entry that definitely deserves your time. Later in the year, this (really good) entry discussed the topic framed against a very approprite [...]