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by Akula Wolf on May 5, 2010 2:09 PM EDT Comment 7 comments

-- CJ Leslie made it official at Sammy's yesterday evening:

Dressed in red, screaming "C.J., C.J., C.J.," Pack fans filled Sammy's Tap and Grill on Avent Ferry Road. Those who came late stood six rows deep in the parking lot.

There may have been as many as 500 people there to greet Leslie, according to Derek. Hope we can make these ordeals an annual tradition.

-- WRAL spoke with Tracy Smith at the signing, and Smith again assured everyone that he'll be back.

-- The News & Record's Ed Hardin has a report from the Wolfpack Caravan stop in Greensboro:

"This is the start," Lowe said on a warm May afternoon after coming to Greensboro directly from witnessing the signing of the most heralded recruit to come to State in several years. He said he wanted to watch Leslie sign the letter of intent to make sure the kid from Raleigh wasn't being stolen away by Kentucky.

I'm not sure if Sid was kidding about Kentucky.

-- Chancellor Woodson interview:

"We'll get started right away. This has not been announced publicly until today... we'll start that very soon. We'll use a national search firm to help us. While that costs money, these firms know every AD in the country. They know us and they know our situation, and they can help match talent to the environment here. That just makes a whole lot of sense, while it does cost. We'll got out immediately to secure a search firm to help us get started."

He also says that "Lee is not done in this business." Which will remain true, technically, for another couple of months.

-- Ken Tysiac highlights some potential candidates for the AD job.

-- Chick-fil-A Bowl CEO Gary Stokan says "the school raise the roof of its old basketball facility on campus at Reynolds Coliseum to put in suites and more seats so it can move games back there," as if any of that were remotely feasible. (Do we even have the room to do this sort of thing? Reynolds is pretty close to Talley on one side.) And I thought I was on a sugar high yesterday.

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I seriously doubt

that there is anyway to just remodel Reynolds to have it come up to the capacity and technology standards that would be required, it’s all just wishful thinking.

I actually entertained thoughts yesterday that CJ was going to pull a UK hat out and Calipari would appear out of a puff of smoke. I don’t know how they would have managed to make it out of Sammy’s in 1 piece though.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on May 5, 2010 2:22 PM EDT reply actions

My freshman year was the last year

in Reynold’s. I think that arena has been highly overromanticized. The thing I remember most about it was Gary Williams and Terrell Stokes giving the student section the finger with Gary yelling, “That’s four in a fuckin’ row!” (referring to it being the 4th straight time they had beat us). good times.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on May 5, 2010 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed, it’s been overromanticized. I regret never getting to sit in the student section for a big game there, but that’s about it. (Mostly I just wish we could’ve been that close to the court at the RBC.) A few games with those cramped hallways, neck cramps from turning your head… there’d be a stampede back to the RBC Center.

Backing The Pack

by Akula Wolf on May 5, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

USA!USA!

I think the loudest Reynolds got while I was there was the USA chant when we were playing Wake when they had Vidurreta and Songalia. The best part of Reynolds was feeling right on top of the court (if you weren’t stuck in the endzones). The RBC has much better site lines and will be raucous if we start winning.

by mplode on May 5, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Reynolds?

Didn’t they just put A/C in that building? Jeez I understand the history and maybe being a little bit like Cameron Indoor but once or twice a year is good to play in there. The RBC center is way better. Maybe we should just play UNC there every year. But its good to have CJ in the fold. I’ve been on cloud 9 all week, UNC fans hating, ‘CJ Leslie is a dime a dozen to us, a one in a million for you’. You know they scared when they start talking. Whether they’ll admit it or not, State will have a good team this year and they won’t bee too much different from last year, that offense needs an elite point guard to run it, and they just don’t have that right now. Plus all their big men are soft. Can’t wait to see CJ dunk on Zeller, that is if the guy can stay healthy.

Steelers football is 60 mins.

by tannofsteel84 on May 5, 2010 4:34 PM EDT reply actions

The Wears are out

at UNC. Huzzah!

by PACKHOOLIGAN on May 6, 2010 9:02 AM EDT reply actions

As per my UNC fan

they wasn’t going to do anything this year, UnC will still win the ACC, Zeller will be healthy this year and play 40 mins a game. It won’t matter. LOL

That UNC arrogance is strong isn’t it? I hope they go 16-16 again this year and watch us win the ACC.

Steelers football is 60 mins.

by tannofsteel84 on May 10, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions