Weekend

Friday




Went to a rodeo Friday night. I haven’t been to one since I was a kid. It was good family fun.

In addition to the bronc and bull riding, there were calf roping, barrel racing and other timed events.

One of the best parts was when kids under 10 chased some small calves that had ribbons tied to their tails. The kids who got the ribbon won a prize.

Now here’s a bit of a problem – this is almost the same thing that pray4ray was doing when he got hurt in Spain. Of course these kids weren’t drunk, and they were chasing small calves – not 1000 pound cattle. But, some of these kids were pretty small. They had adults with them to watch out for them but I was a bit worried that someone could get hurt. But – apparently it never happens. Still . . .

Saturday


Met up with Chip and Weeble at the spring NC State football game. Just about everybody played and you got an idea of what the different players could do. The newspaper estimated about 15,000 people attended.

Daniel Evans is clearly the best quarterback. And we’ve got 3 really strong running backs including a freshman (who hopefully will red shirt). Looks like we’ve got the potential for a balanced passing / running game.

I couldn’t really tell how well the offensive and defensive lines were. We’ll just have to wait and see. One thing I am sure of – we’ll do a hell of a lot better than last year’s 3 and 9 record.

As much as I wish Chuck Amato had been successful – we made the right choice by replacing him with Tom O’Brien.

Coach Amato did a lot to bring up the enthusiasm and expectations of Pack fans. The investment in facilities was planned before Amato arrived but he was the catalyst for getting it done. Unfortunately the on field performance didn't match the hype. Even though our past 4 or 5 years records are mediocre - our expectations are high. We figure, why can't NC State be a national football player?

I think TOB has what it takes to get us there.

It won't be easy. In the ACC alone there's Miami, Florida State, and Virginia Tech which are already there. NC State along with UNC, Georgia Tech, Boston College and Virginia all think they can be in the top 10 or top 20 on a regular basis and are pouring money into their programs.

One thing for sure, football is going to be pretty darn competitive in the ACC.

Sunday

Getting ready to go have brunch somewhere and then head into the office to get a little work done.

Might Addendum this entry later.

Afternoon Addendum

Screw going into the office. I have some things I wanted to get done today. But rather than make the drive all the way into Raleigh and back, I've decided I'll just go in early tomorrow and get a couple hours done before everyone else arrives. I get in at 7 anyway - and that hour before the rest of the gang arrives is my most productive everyday.

I'm just lazing around the house. Doing odds and ends. Doing laundry but that's about it.

The Texas NASCAR race is on the TV.

Nuke is upstairs in his space pondering world events.

Basically a lazy Sunday afternoon.