Archive for October, 2007

Oct200730

semerson

6

Basketball stuff, and more

That fateful time of year has arrived: When you walk out your door, get in your car, realize you’re freezing, get out of your car, go back inside and tool around for 10 more minutes while you wait for the inside of your car to feel like Aruba. Yes, the cold season is finally upon [...]

Oct200726

semerson

0

A Pearl of a time

I just got back from SEC Basketball Media Days, and I have to say: This is a much weaker event than the football version, but a lot more fun. Thanks for that go to Bruce Pearl, James Baldwin and a beer-hawking woman from Northern Ireland. I’ll explain in due time. One memory that stood out: [...]

Oct200718

semerson

5

My SEC hoops preseason ballot

I just filled out my ballot for SEC preseason awards and predictions and came to the following conclusion: South Carolina needs to petition to play in the SEC West. I’ll leave it to Eric Hyman to figure out how. Maybe claim global warming has caused some tectonic shift that left USC in Oklahoma. Or try [...]

Oct200713

semerson

6

Hating a place because you love it

Well folks, I’m here in Chapel Hill. And I gotta say, I remember why I hated this place a few years ago, and respect it so much now. The easy-on-the-eyes campus, with the clock-tower overlooking Kenan Stadium. The omnipresent Carolina blue, which reminds you of all the athletic success. And the constant reminder of how [...]

Oct200709

semerson

18

UNC loves its … what’s the opposite of football?

South Carolina fans live and breathe football. Like other fans in the deep South, it’s not just a game, it’s a passion. It’s what they build their fall schedules around, it determines wedding dates and decides the relative happiness of entire states. North Carolina fans …. um … well … To explore that, I sought [...]

Oct200701

semerson

6

Pre-preseason basketball fun

Steve Spurrier has his football team on the cusp of the top 10. The biggest home game, rankings-wise, in 23 years takes place Thursday. So, of course, it’s time for me to blog about basketball. A few of us media types were let into the Colonial Center on Friday for one of the two-hour workouts [...]