Beasley off N.C. State team

Wooten 78…let me address you if I may.  I need more than one hand to count the times I have been proud of NCSU, because despite sitting in the backyard of pretentious Duke and arrogant UNC, we have quietly held our own.  You are correct; Bama, USC, and Georgia are all football schools and thus have had it easy in the football investigation.  I wonder who would fare better in a Basketball investigation….UNC or the previously mentioned schools.  As far as “pretending” or “what ifs” for Russell Wilson, well guess we don’t have to worry because the young man is a class act all around.  Maybe you and your fellow “quality” alumni should educate your players about the pitfalls of posting stuff to public forums….and please don’t pretend this is the first violation by athletes at your precious school….this is just the first time it’s been pushed because of the ignorance of your so called superstars.  As far as it being an “academic” investigation pushed for by academia, please explain why the athletic director informed your entire group of esteemed educators and only 2 questions were asked…to which both were given a “no comment”? Yes we have had some shameful athletes who did not pride themselves in being part of the Wolfpack nation.  We have had too many down years in both football and basketball.  But the fact remains that you never see those stands without RED in them.  You never have to ask Wolfpack fans to show up for a game, and YOU NEVER see us hide our pride.  I think we should, as fans, focus more on the Russell Wilson’s and Zack Pianalto’s…..class acts for both schools, and stop focusing on the Beasley’s and Austin’s who did not deserve to set foot on either ACC campus if they were going to be so frivolous with the opportunities they were given! GO PACK

bunch of hypocrites.

This was a story about an NCState player and it had two troll responses almost immediately from Carolina fans.  You not respond to us?  We all know who shouldn't be responding to who and wasting of one's time.

When press is bad for your rival, everybody would make themselves look good by kicking off a player whose presence has no outcome on the game. Anybody think Russell would be gone for doing something similar. Possibly? But I guarantee you TOB would think about it a little harder if it did involve his best player.

Anybody really think AJ Greene is the only player at Georgia doing something wrong? How about Wesley Saunders at South Carolina? Or Marcell Dareus at Alabama? The difference there is that those schools got caught with only one player in the wrong and the appropriate response for Head Coaches in big time football is to diffuse the problem and not dig for others. Unlike other schools (Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina anybody who claims to be a football school), UNC's coach does not have more power than the chancellor because they are not big time football. So the academians in Chapel Hill decided to open an investigation on the whole program. As a UNC football fan I hate it, but as an alumnus the Chancellor had little choice.

As bad as it looks for UNC, the right thing is to do the investigation, and pending those findings...the right thing could be to fire Butch Davis. I am actually very happy to have gone to a University that does its homework. Better to do your homework and get rid of and hire the right people than to dare I say....make an emotional decision and hire Debbie Yow or Sidney Lowe? The one hire I would have liked UNC to have dug a little deeper on would have been John Blake I'll admit.

Way to applaud a guy for kicking off a guy whose presence meant jack to his team's success or the University. Every dog has his day though; and for the first time since Phillip Rivers left, it must feel good if you're a State fan. I guess that its bound to happen once every decade or two though...NCAA title with David Thompson in the early 70s (from which they were coming off an NCAA tournament ban the previous year I might add), Valvano in 1983, Phillip Rivers arrives in 2000, and a PR victory for the Pack in 2010 with TOB kicking off Mr. Prime Time Four Snap Performer aka William Beasley. Fortunately for Tarheel fans, we need more than one hand to count the number of times we have been proud of our teams. These grapes are bitter now in 2010 for the Heels, but they've tasted sweeter in Chapel Hill every year of my life than in Raleigh. Enjoy your day in the sun Pack fans...it might not come around for another ten years.

Y'all listen up. This is what institutional control looks like!