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Desperate NC State Trying to Lure Coach by Offering Duke, UNC Tickets
SportsPickle.com ^ | April 19, 2006

Posted on 04/25/2006 7:15:45 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina

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The Duke lacrosse news isn't the only university-related story going on in the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill). College sports have become big economic and social influences, and many in the area are following this story with interest.
1 posted on 04/25/2006 7:15:49 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina
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To: southernnorthcarolina

If you are hiring someone out of a college in the Triangle area, make sure they went to NC State. UNC and Duke grads are useless.


2 posted on 04/25/2006 7:57:51 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: southernnorthcarolina

North Carolina is just an all around bad place to live.
IMNSHO.
The natives are nice, but are few and far between.



3 posted on 04/25/2006 8:20:18 PM PDT by sarasmom
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To: southernnorthcarolina

Them thar are some purdy harsh words from Jay Bilas of ESPN!


4 posted on 04/25/2006 8:24:39 PM PDT by takeemout (God Bless Jesse Helms!)
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To: southernnorthcarolina

I bet you're just loving this aren't you? Just remember, Roy won't be around forever (bet he doesn't carry as much cash to courtside as Dean did either...). Sooner or later Carrboro Community College is going to have their down years....


5 posted on 04/25/2006 8:28:03 PM PDT by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: southernnorthcarolina; Howlin
As I read this I was thinking this must come from some site akin to The Onion. And it seems that it does.

If you go to the source, it's a site that claims to be a "sports humor and satire site".

Thank goodness! This just seemed too absurd to be true ... although these days one can't be too sure.

6 posted on 04/25/2006 8:32:12 PM PDT by kayak (Praying for MozartLover's son, Jemian's son, all our military, and our President every day!)
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To: sarasmom
North Carolina is just an all around bad place to live.

I notice you don't have the nerve to put YOUR STATE flag on your FR home page so the rest of us can criticize your state.

One good thing about living here is you're don't.

7 posted on 04/25/2006 9:29:04 PM PDT by Howlin
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I think not only the free tickets (which is a GREAT idea,) but they could also buy him a coke at halftime.

Now THAT would seal the deal for me!


8 posted on 04/26/2006 6:20:55 AM PDT by Fido969 (It's all about ME)
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I bet you're just loving this aren't you?

Aww, come on, bb. This is high comedy. You can't wear a clown nose, then get all huffy if people laugh at you. Poking a little fun at one's rivals are what rivalries are all about. I seem to recall that the Anybody But Carolina crowd had a lot of fun during the Doherty disaster.

Of course the shoe will be on the other foot some day. Don't begrudge us a little fun while we have the opportunity.

As it happens, I have almost as many ties to NCSU as I do to my alma mater, UNC -- two siblings graduated from State, a niece and a nephew are currently enrolled, my late uncle taught chemistry there for years. I do not wish for, nor do I predict, long-term harm to State's basketball program. But, come on -- the situation is humorous. Is NCSU really going to pay a $3 mil buyout, plus a salary substantially higher than Herb's, to get an older version of Herb?

9 posted on 04/26/2006 7:02:21 AM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (Some people are like Slinkies: totally useless, but fun to throw down a stair.)
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To: kayak

Yes, of course it's satire. Pretty well done, too, of you can overlook the glaring grammatical error ("they're" rather than "their") in the fourth paragraph. I hope it wasn't written by a UNC grad!


10 posted on 04/26/2006 7:07:27 AM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (Some people are like Slinkies: totally useless, but fun to throw down a stair.)
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Howlin responds to sarasmom:


11 posted on 04/26/2006 7:12:01 AM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (Some people are like Slinkies: totally useless, but fun to throw down a stair.)
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If NC State gets Beilein from West Virginia ... as is the hot rumor today ... they are getting one fine basketball coach.


12 posted on 04/26/2006 9:29:53 AM PDT by Oliver Optic
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To: southernnorthcarolina
Boy, I wish I had one of those!

Or this:


13 posted on 04/26/2006 9:38:46 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: southernnorthcarolina

Season tickets to the UNC, Duke games is a big deal.

A few months ago I tried to get tickets for a jock relative's visit.

Went online, cheapest ticket I could find was $1300.

I think Herb was a fine coach and NC State made a huge mistake dumping him.
If I were a coach and offered the job, I'd think twice, three times before accepting the position.


14 posted on 04/26/2006 9:45:47 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: billbears; Constitution Day

This is getting embarassing.

How many have said no so far?


15 posted on 04/26/2006 9:47:22 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: southernnorthcarolina
Oh I know it is. And we did give y'all some grief during Matt's short tenure. What's irritating is that apparently no one wants the job. Which affects recruiting and there's no one even halfway decent it seems that wants the position. Which will affect recruiting for years to come when their losses start to rack up.

my late uncle taught chemistry there for years

Please, please tell me your uncle's initials weren't G.G.L.

16 posted on 04/26/2006 4:03:28 PM PDT by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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Please, please tell me your uncle's initials weren't G.G.L.

Nope. His initials were W.R.J.

To me, Uncle Billy.

17 posted on 04/26/2006 5:03:54 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (Some people are like Slinkies: totally useless, but fun to throw down a stair.)
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Alright then ;) I was there in the late 80s. The head of the Chem department wrote the book (classroom and lab) and couldn't teach worth a flip. There was only one other professor that taught Chem 101 at the time and everybody wanted him instead.


18 posted on 04/26/2006 5:07:10 PM PDT by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: southernnorthcarolina; Vinnie; billbears; Constitution Day; TaxRelief; Alia

Whatever they are doing, it ain't working:

West Virginia's Beilein Not Headed To N.C. State

POSTED: 11:28 am EDT April 26, 2006
UPDATED: 7:23 pm EDT April 26, 2006

RALEIGH, N.C. -- For the past week, N.C. State's search for a new men's basketball coach has focused on former UCLA coach Steve Lavin and West Virginia coach John Beilein. Now, it appears that both men are out of the running.


19 posted on 04/26/2006 5:26:45 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin
I live in North Carolina, currently.
Have done so for almost two years.
I have met many FReepers on various "occasions", but have failed to encounter you.
I am returning to Florida.
Please make a note to remind me to create a homepage next month, Howlin, since it seems to be a matter of concern to you, and is obviously not a thing I place any priority on.
20 posted on 04/26/2006 6:04:33 PM PDT by sarasmom
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