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Message: [QUOTE="Miasta, post: 317839, member: 1227"] I'm an NC State fan that has been following this board since around the time of Syracuse's announcement of joining the ACC. First, I won't apologize for what any other NC State fan says with regard to Syracuse, or "yankees," or whatever. I'll just let it be fodder for when we meet on the gridiron and on the court. Second, I am opposed to "Expansion" in general - and not just ACC expansion, but the loss of rivalries and round-robin scheduling across the NCAA spectrum, and would rather the landscape be filled with very strong regional conferences of no more than 10 schools. I was always a fan of the classic Big East as well as a fan of the ACC. I would not have minded adding either VA Tech or Miami back in the day to get the ACC to ten schools, leaving the Big East alone to do their own thing, but that ship has sailed. Since expansion is an inevitable thing, I have zero problems with Syracuse being one of the schools added to the ACC; the same for Pitt. In fact, your school was one of the ones I was hoping would be added back in the early 2000's until VA Tech flexed their political muscle. As far as the quote above, I was at that game. From what I can remember, there was a small section of students near the area where the opposing team entered that was riding Duany pretty hard. From where I was sitting, I couldn't hear anything that was said. What I do know is that it certainly wasn't a whole-crowd-chant or anything focused on Duany for any reason, so whatever those students may have said, I can't confirm or deny - though I wouldn't be surprised if the accusations of taunting concerning his blackness were true. What I do know, and this is just from vague memory, is that we were up pretty good - maybe 13-15 points with about three minutes to go, when Duany went off on us. In typical Herb Sendek fashion, we blew the game, and Duany was a HUGE part of Syracuse's comeback. Once the horn sounded, I remember quite clearly Duany running off the court with a big freaking grin on his face and pointing toward the section of students that were ridding him. Again, I have no idea what was said to him, but I know that he was a big part of the comeback, and he was giving it back to those on his way out, justifiably, that had given him for most of the game. I left the arena convinced that Herb Sendek could never take us to the next level. It was a solemn crowd. I have no reason for posting the above except to say that I look forward to squaring off against one of the top 10 (maybe 5) basketball programs of the last 20 years at least once a year, and...hopefully...continuing our record against Syracuse in football. It should be fun. Try not the think about 2-point conversions, and I'll try to forget the heartbreaking losses in basketball. [/QUOTE]

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