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Thanks for sharing, very cool story and video. Most people in this world won’t understand what it is to be an NC State fan, especially those like you and me who haven’t witnessed any great success. I was born in ’84 and wasn’t a State fan until I was enrolled there in ’04, and my fondest memory was Julius Hodge jumping on the scorers’ table beating his chest after beating UCONN in the NCAA tournament. That’s the highlight of my short lived NC State fandom.
I’m like you, I love NC State athletics, and I’m extremely excited about Wolfpack basketball, now and future. I love seeing Gott in the moment, and really realizing his passion. The man gets it, and he knows what he is doing. Very excited to see what this team can do, and where he can take this program in the future.
^Thanks for sharing your stories.
Gottfried’s genuine emotion after the game is just awesome.
My girlfriend has never been more than a casual sports fan and doesn’t understand my rabid-ness while following N.C. State either hahaha. But that will change 🙂
Some of us who are a little older do probably take for granted the good times of the past since it’s been so long since we’ve had a championship of any kind. I had ’83 and ’87, others had those plus ’74 and more. Hard to believe it’s been almost 30 years since an ACC title. While it may not mean as much as it once did, it is more than time to change that fact and give the younger generation of fans something to hang their hat on 🙂
^ OP.. nice..
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What you see if what you GOTT.
#NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!Texpack Sr. is a BSME from the class of 1950. He is 85 years old. He is the reason I love college basketball. I don’t know how many more basketball seasons he has left. I just want to make that phone call Sunday afternoon and hear him answer, “Go State!”
Some of us who are a little older do probably take for granted the good times of the past
I appreciate the good times of the past more now than I did at the time. What I don’t always appreciate is how hard State’s lack of success has been on students over the past 25 years.
The media created the “Cardiac Pack” theme and then combined it with the V-legacy as time has gone on. What gets lost are the real lessons that we should learn from the 1983 team….overcoming adversity, the value of hard work, the importance of talented kids, and the importance of a great bench coach. I will always contend that the ’83 championship was not a Cinderella story.
That team was good and everyone knew it at the time. Most of the losses came when the leading scorer was hurt. After Whitt came back, State was a different team and it showed up on the scoreboard. State played 10 games against teams that were ranked #1 sometime during that season. If my memory holds, here are the results:
UNC (with Jordan) 2-1
UVA (with Sampson) 2-2
Louisville 0-1
UNLV 1-0
Houston 1-0That’s a 6-4 record against the best teams in the country….not named NC State.
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