The ACC released the 2009 football schedules today, so if you’re like me, you’re already planning your tailgating menus. Key notes: *8 home games *Open with South Carolina on Thursday Night ESPN. It will never be the Red River Rivalry or the Cocktail Party, but this is a great regional rivalry and I think it […]
Laugh. Think. Cry.
V himself had said that team wasn’t very good. After a 6-8 conference record, State was seeded sixth for the 1987 ACC Tournament in Landover. But somehow – not unlike a few years earlier on an even bigger stage – Jim Valvano’s Cardiac Pack had survived and advanced to the title game, where they would […]
A View from the Cheap Seats
College football is great because it offers its fans the most exciting week-to-week regular season of any sport. I spend nearly every Saturday during the fall either tailgating outside Carter-Finley or watching far too much SEC – and, this season, Big XII South – football on TV. But unlike college basketball, which builds over the […]
A View from the Cheap Seats
In a few days we’ll renew our rivalry with South Carolina after a nine year hiatus, which is a real shame because it’s a fun rivalry that should be played annually. It would never be the Red River Rivalry or the Cocktail Party, but it’s a mutually-beneficial opportunity to capitalize on a spirited and profitable […]
Save Tuffy!
This is personal for me. According to my folks, the roots of me becoming a loyal State fan (to a fault) stemmed from my fascination as a toddler with the Strutting Wolf. The Tuffy of my childhood was rugged and vicious, leading us to a national title and two ACC titles. In the mid-90s, they […]
A View from the Cheap Seats
Dear Heather Dinich, Good for you, having been to all of the ACC stadiums – it’s something I can’t say for myself. And kudos to ESPN for hiring an Indiana graduate and a Maryland resident to write a regular blog about the ACC. I’ll be honest here, Heather. I’m provincially prejudiced and I don’t intend […]
A Little Nostalgia
ESPN Classic will air the 1983 national championship game between North Carolina State and Houston from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. ET on Friday, April 4. At 8 p.m., ESPN Classic will present a half hour original documentary “ESPN Classic Remembers: NC State Upsets Houston”, which will chronicle the 1983 Wolfpack season. The documentary will […]
A View from the Cheap Seats
Ya’ll know this is all our fault – mine and yours – right? It’s simple, really. There is a profound dichotomy to the average State fan, a great paradox that makes each of us our own worst enemy: we are intensely loyal…to a fault. As long as we continue to feed this monster, improvement won’t […]
State Guys to Watch for in MLB in 2008
Yeah, I was in the show…You know, you never handle your luggage in the show, someone else carries your bags. It was great. You hit white balls for batting practice, the ballparks are like cathedrals, the hotels all have room service, and the women all have long legs and brains. (Crash Davis in “Bull Durham”) […]
A View from the Cheap Seats
My extreme, near-sinful hatred for Carolina could only be eclipsed by the even more intense jubilation of beating those Bastards Born & Bred and then enjoying every fleeting moment of it until it is our time, as dictated by some malevolent, forbidding destiny, to lose to them once again. I can recall with striking accuracy […]
