StateFansNation has a fan in Bob Lee Swagger, local UNC-Chapel Hill sports fan, “loud-mouth conservative,” and scourge of “message board loons,” “nutty faculty squirrels” and inept, kneejerk “politically correct” chancellors with bald heads who play organ. In his 2006 “close-out special” column — just prior to ripping UNC-CH figurehead admin John “The Voice of the […]
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Look lively, chums, Bob Lee’s reading this!
The N&O comes one step closer to “Understanding Wolfpack Fans”
It only took NC State’s hometown newspaper a couple of years for it to sink in, but it’s starting to sink in. First, a SFN Flashback to March 2005, in an entry entitled Understanding Wolfpack Fans, Part 1: Today’s myth I’d like to tackle is one that we see quite frequently in the winter. It’s […]
David Glenn on TOB (Part II)
Your link is here. Money quote: One of the biggest complaints about O’Brien among Boston College fans was that he didn’t take the Eagles to any big bowl games, which is sort of like Billy Joel blaming Christie Brinkley whenever the pair failed to win the Most Beautiful Couple award.
Press Conference Recap/Thoughts
Here are my brief initial thoughts: 1) Tom O’Brien is soft-spoken, but a very poised, confident individual. He handled the media deftly, with good humor at times – but always very directly. If you ever want to see a good example of the difference between “cocky” and “confident,” I think it’s exemplified by comparing Amato […]
It’s Official!
From the News and Observer: N.C. State has officially hired Tom O’Brien as its new head football coach. O’Brien’s contract was approved today by the UNC board of governors and NCSU’s board of trustees. He will receive a seven-year contract that will pay him a minimum of $1.1 million a year and as much as […]
Interesting Pack Gossip From Annapolis Paper
Here’s some Pack-related stuff from this article regarding Paul Johnson’s extension to stay at Navy. Key excerpt: Johnson had been considered a leading candidate to replace Chuck Amato at N.C. State. Sources told The Capital that Chuck Neinas, a coaching headhunter working on behalf of the Wolfpack, contacted Johnson on Sunday to gauge his interest […]
More Lowe (or is it “Lower”?)
SFN has been on fire the last couple of days so I encourage you to please spend some time surfing through the recent entries on the blog. When I worked on this piece with some of the other authors yesterday I couldn’t get over my joy of reading what Andy Katz wrote in his INsider […]
Saunders Takes Bias to a New Level
When you expect someone to be incompetent and ultra-biased then it is nearly impossible for that person’s views or actions to cause a surprise. Therefore, when you consider that the N&O’s resident racist (Barry Saunders) found a way to reach new levels of incompetence and bias today then you wonder what is next out there. […]
More on the ESPN2 / Jimmy Dykes Bull*#&^ (Updated 3pm)
Before you read any further, you need to click on this entry that lays the groundwork for comments made here. “Costner, who is 6’9 can shoot threes because he was recruited into Herb Sendek’s system.” * ESPN color analyst, Jimmy Dykes commenting on the secret source of Brandon Costner’s abilities with approximately four minutes to […]
NC State 74 Michigan 67 – Media/Blog Comments (10am)
The N&O calls it a “big win” in their ACC Now Blog. But, more impressively the N&O rose to the opportunity to defend truth and some common-sense in their comments. We were at the game and didn’t have the “joy” of hearing ESPN’s commentors, but evidently they were quite an act. Their comments got their […]
