Give It Your All

Fans want to win every game by 100 points if possible. We all know that is not going to happen because the team on the other side is giving their all just like you hope your team is doing. Last night the boo birds were were heard during the game between N C State and Virginia Tech. Once again last night State played most of the game as if they cared less what the out come will be.

Once a little life seemed to penetrate the souls of the Wolfpack they played as if the game mattered to them just as much as the fans who paid to see the game. Toward the end when every thing but the final score had been settled Javi Gonzales dived after a ball hussling after it but the ball still rolled out of bounds. The crowd that was left gave Javi and ovation for the hussle. I thought right away sitting home and hearing that ovation that we as fans want our team to give us all they have when they play. Wins seem to come more frenquently when there is hussle and desire which is what us fans watching don't see enough of in Raleigh.

The halfway point is this weekend in ACC basketball and Duke last night regained a half game lead over Carolina in the standings. All this talk about the ACC being down this year is probably right but it's still Duke and Carolina at the top. If you look at any conference in any sport there seems to always be the old reliables near the top. In the Big 12 football it is always Texas and Oklahoma.

Today there is a great article on Ally Glover the goalie for Northern Nash soccer team that signed yesterday with ECU. Nick Cammarota of the "Rocky Mount Telegram" did a great job on the story.

The next to last Friday night of the high school basketball season happens tomorrow. Rocky Mount lost two players during the Hunt lost Tuesday with injuries. It is hard enough to win any game but when you lose two players in the middle of a game those type of things is hard to overcome. J'Kyra Brown came away in the girls game with a black eye. It is getting late in the season to not be at full strength every game.