We all love the gameday experience in Raleigh and recognize that it is under appreciated by anyone who has never had the pleasure of sitting in the at Carter Finley Stadium stands. With that said, the following provides insight into a nice list of improvements the Athletics Department is bringing to The Carter this season: […]
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Bilas & Davis: Reynolds was Toughest Place to Play
Even on the day before the State football team makes its dreaded biennial trip to the abyss known as Winston-Salem, SFN member NCSU1987 gives us a great find in ESPN’s series on basketball arenas to stoke our passion for basketball (ESPN): Jay Bilas: To me, the toughest places to play had more to do with […]
Presentation Is Half the Battle
Note: This entry was originally posted to SFN on Sunday/Monday. Due to this entry’s quality we wanted to re-surface it to the top of the blog because it was easy for a large portion of our readers to miss it due to the holiday weekend and because so many new items were posted to the […]
Crazy Train… of agony
In 1980, Ozzy Osborne released his first solo single called, it was titled Crazy Train. It’ is now one of the most recognizable riffs in rock history. Today the ringtone based on the song has reached double platinum with over 1,750,000 downloads. Hell, it’s even used by the New England Patriots when they enter the […]
Sunday’s Stuff
Anyone who cares anymore is thoroughly embarrassed (again) after Saturday’s egg laying exercise in Blacksburg; the problem is that fewer and fewer people actually care anymore about something that is so irrelevant. We just don’t have the energy or desire to chronicle Saturday’s defeat, so we encourage you to look around our message boards for […]
It only took 43 years: Wolfpack Club makes move to improve Carter Finley traffic flow
Alternative Title: After 43 years, Wolfpack Club takes leadership of Athletics Department’s responsibility (again) After last week’s game against South Carolina, SFN opened an interesting thread on the message boards asking people to share their ‘non-football’ experiences at Carter-Finley. As a Stadium SE permit holder, I have noticed the last several years that nobody has […]
ESPN Mag: Carter-Finley’s student section among five most spirited
I know this article is old. But, this is why I save old links so as to not forget them! You can click here to ESPN The Magazine’s ranking of student sections in college football stadiums across the country. The only two ACC programs that gain a mention in the rankings are NC State and […]
Memo To The Athletic Department: Hire This Guy
Ever wondered why Wake Forest has a better atmosphere than NC State? Mike Odom has never scored a point for Wake Forest, but when the Deacons play No. 1 Duke tonight, he will be called on to give the team some oomph. During breaks in the action, Odom will cue up “Zombie Nation” or another […]
Hmmm, Maybe The Power-That-Be Do Listen To Blogs
On May 14th of this year, over at my old site, Red and White From State, I made an entry that suggested something I thought that would look really neat at a home game: Something Cool That NC State Should Do At Home Games Most of us have all see the flipcards that make graphic […]
Carter-Finley Karaoke
NC State’s athletic department is currently taking votes for a sing-along anthem to be played between the third and fourth quarters at Carter-Finley Stadium. You can find the article and vote here. Let’s take a look at the 3 songs mentioned in the first paragraph of the gopack.com article. First, “Sweet Caroline†was played at […]
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