Comments on: Being a NC State Fan is Painful http://www.evroccck.com/nc-state/being-a-nc-state-fan-is-painful/ If not now, WHEN? Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:46:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Evan http://www.evroccck.com/nc-state/being-a-nc-state-fan-is-painful/comment-page-1/#comment-1425 Evan Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:40:00 +0000 http://www.evroccck.com/?p=294#comment-1425 you just gave me horrible flashbacks. TA, Coleman, Eric Leak, Willie Wright, and I don't have enough time to count all the no calls against hodge at the end of the game.. I wish I had a list of all of the what could have beens in NCSU history. There def. was an easy route to fandom and being an NC State fan was not it. you just gave me horrible flashbacks. TA, Coleman, Eric Leak, Willie Wright, and I don’t have enough time to count all the no calls against hodge at the end of the game.. I wish I had a list of all of the what could have beens in NCSU history.

There def. was an easy route to fandom and being an NC State fan was not it.

]]> By: Scooter http://www.evroccck.com/nc-state/being-a-nc-state-fan-is-painful/comment-page-1/#comment-1424 Scooter Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.evroccck.com/?p=294#comment-1424 To a normal fan, cheering for your team is a pastime, an activity, something that adds a little more to watching a game. The only way I can describe it is that being an NC State fan is actually work. Hard goddam work. Meaning that when Julius Hodge goes to the rack on Ed *&#!#% Nelson against UConn and makes the bucket and the whistle blows ... you expect the call to go against us. It means that when Chris Weinke throws five interceptions against us, you expect there will be an NCAA ruling the following day that the team throwing the interceptions is awarded two points per pick. It means that when something unprecedented happens and you score a touchdown against your rival and the points are put on the board and you are ready to kick the extra point ... you expect that a random 13 seconds will be taken off the clock, the points will go off the board and you will not make it on the next play. It means that when you get screwed and a rule is changed to make sure that no one ever gets screwed in exactly that same way again ... you expect that rule to not actually apply to you in the future. It means that T.A. McLendon never scores when he is on the goal line at Ohio State, Ishua Benjamin will always turn the ball over at crunch time, Ed Cota will always make the miracle shot to win, Tim Wells will always have the halfcourt shot to beat UNC rim out, Chris Coleman will always come up short on the goal line and we'll always lose to Baylor after Syracuse, Wake Forest after Florida State, and Florida International just because. But that's what makes the 1983, Damon Hartman, Daniel Evans, John Dunlap moments sweeter. It is like the first time I played basketball and I wondered why there was no basketball and all we did was run to various lines on the gym floor. And I asked the coach when we got to actually shoot the ball, and he just looked at me and shrugged and said, "Nobody said it was going to be easy, son." Being an NC State fan is never going to be easy and we are always going to wait for the other shoe to fall ... but that shared commiseration is what makes us the best fans out there. I think. But I'll always be there sitting in the stands, hoping this Saturday is when all that changes. To a normal fan, cheering for your team is a pastime, an activity, something that adds a little more to watching a game. The only way I can describe it is that being an NC State fan is actually work. Hard goddam work. Meaning that when Julius Hodge goes to the rack on Ed *&#!#% Nelson against UConn and makes the bucket and the whistle blows … you expect the call to go against us. It means that when Chris Weinke throws five interceptions against us, you expect there will be an NCAA ruling the following day that the team throwing the interceptions is awarded two points per pick. It means that when something unprecedented happens and you score a touchdown against your rival and the points are put on the board and you are ready to kick the extra point … you expect that a random 13 seconds will be taken off the clock, the points will go off the board and you will not make it on the next play. It means that when you get screwed and a rule is changed to make sure that no one ever gets screwed in exactly that same way again … you expect that rule to not actually apply to you in the future. It means that T.A. McLendon never scores when he is on the goal line at Ohio State, Ishua Benjamin will always turn the ball over at crunch time, Ed Cota will always make the miracle shot to win, Tim Wells will always have the halfcourt shot to beat UNC rim out, Chris Coleman will always come up short on the goal line and we’ll always lose to Baylor after Syracuse, Wake Forest after Florida State, and Florida International just because. But that’s what makes the 1983, Damon Hartman, Daniel Evans, John Dunlap moments sweeter. It is like the first time I played basketball and I wondered why there was no basketball and all we did was run to various lines on the gym floor. And I asked the coach when we got to actually shoot the ball, and he just looked at me and shrugged and said, “Nobody said it was going to be easy, son.” Being an NC State fan is never going to be easy and we are always going to wait for the other shoe to fall … but that shared commiseration is what makes us the best fans out there. I think. But I’ll always be there sitting in the stands, hoping this Saturday is when all that changes.

]]> By: Brent Brandow http://www.evroccck.com/nc-state/being-a-nc-state-fan-is-painful/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 Brent Brandow Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.evroccck.com/?p=294#comment-1423 Last time i was truly happy with Wolfpack Football: beating Notre Dame's ass. i thought we had turned the corner. We didn't. Basketball: 1987. we won the ACC Tournament and i thought Jimmy V would be here forever. He wasn't. Being a State fan is hard on the soul, but in the end, we have all taken the tougher path. How easy would it have been for you to pick UNC is your favorite team? It says a lot about your character that you didn't. Want to know how many New Jersey-ians have moved her in the past 15 years? Just count the number of Duke fans. Go to a game at Wallace-Wade and you'll see the bandwagoneer spirit is alive and well. It's a small consolation, i know, but the choice you made has made you a more complete person. It has made you a better fan. Take a look at our attendance after we lost to effing Akron...now flip the channell and look at the crowd in Keanan. This is not to say that their are not die-hard UNC and Duke fans out there, burt as a whole they ignore football (unless they are doing well). It''s just a distraction until basketball season starts up. It begs the question: are you a UNC/Duke fan or a UNC Baketball/Duke basketball fan? Evan - we are the standard by which all fans should be judged. Passionate. Loyal. unwaivering in our love for the Pack and steadfast in our belief that we can be the best team in the nation. Some might call that delusional, in my mind it's nothing more than a devotion to a school and program that i truly love. I wouldn't give up on a member of my family and i wouldn''t give up on the Pack. I would go as far as to say that State fans are the not only the best fans, but also the best people in the world. I made no mention of ECU because they are inconsequential. Last time i was truly happy with Wolfpack Football: beating Notre Dame’s ass. i thought we had turned the corner. We didn’t.

Basketball: 1987. we won the ACC Tournament and i thought Jimmy V would be here forever. He wasn’t.

Being a State fan is hard on the soul, but in the end, we have all taken the tougher path. How easy would it have been for you to pick UNC is your favorite team? It says a lot about your character that you didn’t.

Want to know how many New Jersey-ians have moved her in the past 15 years? Just count the number of Duke fans. Go to a game at Wallace-Wade and you’ll see the bandwagoneer spirit is alive and well.

It’s a small consolation, i know, but the choice you made has made you a more complete person. It has made you a better fan. Take a look at our attendance after we lost to effing Akron…now flip the channell and look at the crowd in Keanan.

This is not to say that their are not die-hard UNC and Duke fans out there, burt as a whole they ignore football (unless they are doing well). It’’s just a distraction until basketball season starts up.

It begs the question: are you a UNC/Duke fan or a UNC Baketball/Duke basketball fan?

Evan – we are the standard by which all fans should be judged. Passionate. Loyal. unwaivering in our love for the Pack and steadfast in our belief that we can be the best team in the nation. Some might call that delusional, in my mind it’s nothing more than a devotion to a school and program that i truly love. I wouldn’t give up on a member of my family and i wouldn”t give up on the Pack.

I would go as far as to say that State fans are the not only the best fans, but also the best people in the world.

I made no mention of ECU because they are inconsequential.

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