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^ That’s a good one.
6 years ago I was in Turkey traveling by bus from Istanbul to the western edge of the country. We were out in the middle of nowhere at a rest stop. I was wearing an NC State shirt. This Turkish guy walks up to me and notices my shirt and asks me about it and I explained that I went there. He said he also went there and studied business or something like that. There was also an owner of a Chili’s restaurant who was an NC State grad. Something about the color red, maybe?
There might be a handful of State fans in Turkey.
^ There might be a handful of people in Turkey. What do you call one from the town of Turkey? Turkeyite? Turkeyian? Tarkanian?
I’m usually a lurker on the forums, but I couldn’t help but notice that no one mentioned our biggest fan in Turkey – Engin Atsur, who last played for the Pack in 2007. He now plays pro in Turkey, but remember that he was a key player for one of Sidney Lowes’s shining moments – the first win at home against a No. 3 UNX:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=270340152
especially note the multiple 3-pointers in the second half and the 2 clutch 3-frees to win the game.
Some things should never be forgotten. I am not personally associated with anyone who caoched or played in that game, but I was there watching and that game is still one of the high points in the last 30 years of Wolfpack basketball.
I can see that there wasn’t much interest in my throwback reference to “Turkish Scott Wood”, but after last night everyone could use a happy thought with this quote from ORW in the link:
“we got our tails kicked today,” Williams said.”
That never gets old. Hopefully other coaches can line up and use that quote soon in both sports.
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