The NC State-North Carolina Friendship Through The Years
by Akula Wolf on Jan 25, 2012 7:15 PM EST
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PrintYes, folks, it's about time for the first of two annual appointments between the two amicable neighbors otherwise known as North Carolina and NC State. I'm not sure how many smiles and high fives we can expect in Chapel Hill on Thursday, but I'd expect plenty. Certainly we will see the "GOOD TIDINGS" and "CAN I GET YOU SOME REFRESHMENTS?" signs from the Tar Heel students, as is the case each year. It's wonderful that we've progressed to a point well beyond something as petty and trite as the notion of rivalry, no? Why, just the other day I got into a discussion with a man in a Tar Heels sweatshirt and commended him on graduating magna cum laude from Campbell. He smiled, genuinely touched, and shook my hand. You can't buy memories like that.
There are a few items on the history of this series out there today: Caulton Tudor listed his five most memorable State-Carolina games, and the ACC posted a feature on NC State's win in the Dean Dome in 1998, led by hot-shooting CC Harrison:
Good times. Agreeable times.
My personal favorite State-Carolina chill session was the Pack's overtime win in Chapel Hill in 2003. (Which you can watch in its entirety at the ACC video vault.) But I mean, it's only a little more my favorite than all the others, because we've had a damn awesome time each and every time we've gotten together.
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I don't care who wins, as long as everyone has fun
Go sports!
by PackMentality on Jan 25, 2012 7:25 PM EST via mobile reply actions
98-76 my senior year
stands out in my mind. We overcame a 46-36 halftime deficit by outscoring those @$$holes 62-30 in the second half. The RBC was rocking. An epic win.
by ramslayer on Jan 25, 2012 8:09 PM EST via mobile reply actions
That was my freshman year
That second half was insane. One of the most satisfying halves I ever witnessed.
by Akula Wolf on Jan 25, 2012 8:49 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Definitely
the most satisfying win over them that I have seen in person. We spent most of my college days losing to those jerks, and it felt good to get a beatdown over on them. That day was the most fun I ever had at a basketball game.
by ramslayer on Jan 26, 2012 12:11 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
My fave was 1991 - the first of the back-to-back games
The return visit to unc-ch the next night was a postponement due to the start of the first Gulf War. I wore a “Saddam Hussein Went to Carolina” bumper sticker to the game in Reynolds… and it was as raucous as I remember any game there.
Also loved the 1992 game, when Gugs went all Gus on them… was 3 rows behind Dean… Montross had more fouls than points WELL into that game… God, I miss that gym…
In a way, 1992 was the best of all
Not just that we swept them, or that I saw both in person from almost courtside (third row Reynolds, end zone press seats for Technician in the Hole). No what really pushes it over the top is we lost nine in a row between those games. Nothing says eff-you like not bothering to show up for the rest of the season.
It sucks to suck (and if I had known how long the suck was going to last, that really would’ve sucked). But the unexpected win is so magical – my expectations driving over to Chapel Hill were well below zero. Didn’t even care that they sat us under the band, or that a trombone player kept emptying his spit valve onto my notes.
Whippersnappers
V’s first win against Dean in Reynolds in ‘83. Jordan fouling out, Dean sent to the showers after two T’s, Sid’s between-the-legs pass to Thurl for a dunk over a cowering Sam Perkins, followed by fountain streams of plastic cups arcing over the North end zone seats, and Whitt in street clothes celebrating with the rest of the student body. It doesn’t get much better than that.
You think you have it rough? I'm an NC State fan.
Wow, Steven
Your satire is just dripping with sweetness. You’re the Voltaire of State blogs. Small niche, mind you. But you absolutely dominate in that regard.
It reminds me of the problematic nature of the argument for the existence of god: the ontological argument. The issue with it being that no one can accurately define what it means to be the “most perfect” being. One counter is “what is the tastiest meal?” I would say this: what is the most satirical NC State blog? We have our answer, ladies and gentlemen.
by groggy456 on Jan 25, 2012 8:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
So is NC State Sports Candide?
I can see it. We keep getting beaten down, climbing out of it, only to have anything good taken away in the worst possible way. Yet, many stay hopeful that the best is yet to come and that these hard times will only make them sweeter.
by PACKHOOLIGAN on Jan 26, 2012 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
cc
I didn’t realize they decided not to guard CC in that game. I’ll never forget him jogging back on defense after like his 8th made three, just laughing.
I have few memories of wins over UNC CH but
2006 was supposed to be the year, we were nationally ranked, I was a freshman and my buddies and I were all convinced that Herb was going to break out and pound the Holes. So much for that, we lose by 20+ and the season more or less died that day at the RBC.
Ah, but 2007. My soph year at State, that team had a ton of fight even if they were short on talent. When Gavin Grant had that monster breakaway jam we all lost our minds. I knew in that moment we would win. I’ll never forget rushing the court and the sheer delirious joy I felt. As we were walking off, an older gentleman standing with his wife and another old couple pointed down at my friends and I from their seats and said with a tear in his eye from the exhilaration and emotion of that day “you never forget this feeling boys, you never forget this day.” And I never will.
by leewolf on Jan 25, 2012 11:34 PM EST via mobile reply actions
That game was only 1/16th of the season.
That was where Herb became a lost cause to me. should have won both of those games that season, lost both badly.
by riddickfield on Jan 26, 2012 9:00 AM EST up reply actions
You guys do indeed make me feel old
’06 was your freshman year? I feel young & my freshman year was 89-90… I feel young, that is, til I come here…
At least your nursing home has wifi
good for you
by PackMentality on Jan 26, 2012 8:40 AM EST up reply actions
ha
My Freshman year was 91-92. We actually swept UNC CH in basketball and football if I remember correctly.
by non_sequitur on Jan 26, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
You are correct, sir!
Was my senior year. Fourth of five in a row in football.
2002 @ UNC is my favorite
the hospitality we rough around the edges state fans got from those genteel students, alums, and hangers-on of the flagship was truly memorable.
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