[flamesfan30]

if i didnt know a south african who brought one back from there when he went home a year and a half before the world cup, i might believe that.

[thepostman]

Anybody who hates vuvuzelas hates soccer too anyway

completely untrue...my tv had to be on mute during the world cup

[jbock13]

if i didnt know a south african who brought one back from there when he went home a year and a half before the world cup, i might believe that.

I know they are very popular in sa. I have a few friends from there. My question is how they became so prominent at this world cup. Everyone hated them but FIFA basically celebrated them.

Because FIFA wanted to be politically correct. Which is why the World Cup was in South Africa. Which is why the World Cup will be a desert in 2022.

[Sly Fox]

For the record, I love Doha (I have pic in FlameFans gear in Qatar somewhere on the board). But I thought this thread was supposed to be about NCSU.

[PAmedic]

For the record, I love Doha (I have pic in FlameFans gear in Qatar somewhere on the board). But I thought this thread was supposed to be about NCSU.

http://www.flamefans.com/forums/viewtop ... =21&t=4502

[Sly Fox]

Thanks for actually putting the effort into looking, Medic. The second pic is actually of the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.

[jbock13]

I'm not saying Qatar isn't pretty. I think I read their country is even richer per capita than ours. The main thing is this...

Qatar+World Cup in the Summer+120 degree heat, in the sun=problems.

And we got on this subject when I advocated my support for vuvuzelas at Liberty Football Games Hey if that one guy can have a deer head, why can't I have a vuzuvela?

[Sly Fox]

Without even looking it up I will go out on a limb and suggest the per capita income of Qatari Nationals is significantly higher than Americans. As long as natural gas needs continue to escalate worldwide, Doha will continue to be a cleaner and more English-dominant version of Miami. It is the only place I travel where every cabbie speaks English by law.

[LUGrad2000]

hmmm.. been to games at bama, ole miss, south carolina, georgia and the tickets are in the $40-60 range. maybe if you scalp you pay over $100 for a big game...in any regard, $38 is a good price for an ACC game.

For an out of conference FCS opponent like us, you should be able to get tickets in the $10-20 range. When I was at LU, I would go see FSU whenever they played Wake, UVA up here. At UVA, we got 50 yard line tickets for $20 each. At Wake, they almost would give them away.

The key is to look for an old white man one person with him. There is a possibility that he has two extra seats that he could not use. Wait for him next to the entrance to the stadium. He just wants to get rid of them so he can sit down. Old people are the best.

I have experience at GA Tech, UVA, UGA, UNC, Wake, FSU, VA Tech (pre-Vick), and USC (Columbia not LA).
I have never paid over face value, except when I was impacent.

I bought tickets from LU when we played Wake a few years back. It was a mistake as there was a middle aged man giving some away.

[SumItUp]

I bought tickets from LU when we played Wake a few years back. It was a mistake as there was a middle aged man giving some away.

It was not a mistake. Your tickets were in the section reserved for LU and you were supporting the athletic dept.

[R i]

my parents have season tickets

its all starting to make sense..

[jbock13]

my parents have season tickets

its all starting to make sense..

What?

[LUGrad2000]

I bought tickets from LU when we played Wake a few years back. It was a mistake as there was a middle aged man giving some away.

It was not a mistake. Your tickets were in the section reserved for LU and you were supporting the athletic dept.

That is why I bought them from LU.

[badger74]

hmmm.. been to games at bama, ole miss, south carolina, georgia and the tickets are in the $40-60 range. maybe if you scalp you pay over $100 for a big game...in any regard, $38 is a good price for an ACC game.

For an out of conference FCS opponent like us, you should be able to get tickets in the $10-20 range. When I was at LU, I would go see FSU whenever they played Wake, UVA up here. At UVA, we got 50 yard line tickets for $20 each. At Wake, they almost would give them away.

The key is to look for an old white man one person with him. There is a possibility that he has two extra seats that he could not use. Wait for him next to the entrance to the stadium. He just wants to get rid of them so he can sit down. Old people are the best.

I have experience at GA Tech, UVA, UGA, UNC, Wake, FSU, VA Tech (pre-Vick), and USC (Columbia not LA).
I have never paid over face value, except when I was impacent.

I bought tickets from LU when we played Wake a few years back. It was a mistake as there was a middle aged man giving some away.

There's a man who understands the way it works. I have gotten free tickets or very cheap ones at UVa games from older guys who just want to get rid of the tickets and don't care about the money.
Drive down and shop around. $10-$20 should buy any ticket.

[bigsmooth]

to all you cheapskates out there, you have all summer to save $38 for a dang ticket. sit in the LU section for goodness sake.

[Hold My Own]

Just playing NC State in football is not only good for our football program (& def when we win ) this is a really good experience for our fans on so many levels....we all "want to get to this level" but I dont think we understand some of the things that come with the territory. No places to eat on game day, traffic for hours, no parking within miles, tickets that cost $100, seats located nowhere close to where you've become accustomed to b/c of the price increase...not to mention PSL's and other seating issues that come with elite programs.

[jmdickens]

good post HMO.

Sly might be disagree, but the season tickets for UT were always pricey!!!! I wish they had old white men trying to sit down.

[Sly Fox]

And you have to give a zillion dollars to the Longhorn Foundation to even have the right to consider buying tickets anywhere between the endzones in Austin. I'd love to see us someday reach the point where people are excited to pony up to Flames Club just for the chance to buy tickets.

[Purple Haize]

Just playing NC State in football is not only good for our football program (& def when we win ) this is a really good experience for our fans on so many levels....we all "want to get to this level" but I dont think we understand some of the things that come with the territory. No places to eat on game day, traffic for hours, no parking within miles, tickets that cost $100, seats located nowhere close to where you've become accustomed to b/c of the price increase...not to mention PSL's and other seating issues that come with elite programs.

Once again that SMGT degree being useful again!! I agree, if people want to be 1A, they had also be wanting to pay 1A prices. Which should be interesting condsidering a few years ago people we upset that we actually CHARGED for tickets.

[LUGrad2000]

My Christmas present from my wife this year is a membership in the Flames Club. I have never been a member because I could not justify the expense, but I know that to make the move to FBS I need to sacrifice and do what little I can. To even get tickets at many FBS schools one must be a booster.

[SumItUp]

My Christmas present from my wife this year is a membership in the Flames Club.

[LUGrad2000]

When does the new membership year begin?

[SumItUp]

When does the new membership year begin?

January 1, 2011

[Sly Fox]

Well done, LUgrad2000!

[BigAl57]

we have a real shot at winning if Russell does not come back to QB for State. He signed a pro baseball contract last year and missed spring ball and most of the summer workouts. Most people in this area think he's gone after baseball season this year.

Swepson doesn't see Wilson sticking around

Share By Tim Hall
Posted at 12:55 p.m.

It's one opinion, but it's an opinion from a guy that just left N.C. State's coaching staff a few days ago.

This week Jason Swepson took a step in his career and became a head coach at Elon University. He becomes the seventh Tom O'Brien assistant to become a head coach.

Besides a slight change in the coaching staff, Russell Wilson's looming decision is still simmering. Before N.C. State's bowl game, when Wilson was peppered about his baseball/football future by visiting media, he said there was nothing in his Colorado Rockies contract that prohibits him from trying to play one more year of football.

Swepson doesn't seem to think that's the case.

"I don't think it's his decision to tell you the truth. I think we all believe in Russell Wilson's talents. I think he's gonna be extremely successful in baseball and I don't see Colorado paying a guy that doesn't show up to work," Swepson told the Insiders on 620 The Buzz. "I know Russell Wilson, if he could do both like he did this past year I know he'll try to do that. I just don't see Colorado letting him leave. That's just my opinion."

That might make you think he knows something we don't know.

Swepson also talked about how "blessed" he's been to be around a guy with as special a work ethic as Wilson. He put the Wolfpack QB in a category with Matt Ryan, who Swepson also coached at Boston College.

Whatever happens with Russell Wilson probably has a lot to do with Mike Glennon's future as well. Glennon has been waiting in the wings for a while and only has two seasons of football eligibility left.

Another year of backing someone up is probably too much for him to take.

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/voices/blogpost/8927674/