Snow Pack
January 20th, 2008, 1:00 am · Post a Comment · posted by sschramm
There’s a predictable a tiresome refrain that comes from our neophyte Old North State residents each time a sporting event, usually a high school football game, gets called off because of bad weather. It usually comes from folks from New York, New Jersey, New England, etc. and it usually follows the logic that high school football is superior back there because they play it in all kinds of bad weather, meaning the kids are tougher (as opposed to those pansies that grow up playing football in places like Texas and Florida).
While I disagree with much of that sentiment, there is a grain of truth. Yes, us Southerners aren’t usually fans of winter weather (come talk to us when it’s 90 degrees and 100 percent relative humidity, though).
But anyway, don’t lump N.C. State fans into that crowd.
With snow, or sleet, or freezing rain, or whatever you want to call that mess that was coming down Saturday night, in full throat as fans made their way to the RBC Center for the Wolfpack’s must-win ACC game with No. 21 Miami, more than 12,000 energetic Wolfpack fans kept the RBC Center loud for two halves and overtime.
They left happy as Gavin Grant’s steal and layup gave N.C. State the 79-77 win.
Grant said he was surprised by the turnout. Then the Bronx native proceeded to join in the chorus of those from north of here ridiculing our reaction to the white stuff.
“There were a lot of people here (Saturday night),” Grant said. “I’m from New York where it snows all the time. The first time it snowed while I was down here, it was like an inch and they shut everything down. … I was shocked.”
It’s nothing we haven’t heard before Gavin.
