Lest anyone forget N.C. State being dissed in the main stream media:
April 3, 1983 at 7:00 p.m.
“ALBUQUERQUE, April 3, 1983 -- Trees will tap dance, elephants will drive at Indy and Orson Welles will skip lunch before North Carolina State finds a way to beat Houston in the NCAA's college basketball championship game Monday night. We might have added, speaking of unlikely, " . . . and the Easter bunny will offer an egg to a Nigerian soccer goalie." Except that she did.
“"Do you want an egg?" the bunny said as she hippity-hopped through a hotel lobby this morning. "Your ears, they are funny," said Akeem Abdul Olajuwon, laughing. Four years ago he was a soccer goalie in Lagos, Nigeria. Now the 7-footer is so famous, as the star of Houston's basketball team, that the Easter bunny is pressing favors on him.
“And with good reason, because Houston with Olajuwon is reckoned a cinch to win this national championship. After seeing what Houston did to Louisville--which is what Mount St. Helens did to unsuspecting trees--only zealots and lovers of stray dogs give N.C. State any chance.”
Once again, the sports media may need new tea leaves to read (or better glasses).
Midnight Nears for N.C. State
By Dave KindredApril 3, 1983 at 7:00 p.m.
“ALBUQUERQUE, April 3, 1983 -- Trees will tap dance, elephants will drive at Indy and Orson Welles will skip lunch before North Carolina State finds a way to beat Houston in the NCAA's college basketball championship game Monday night. We might have added, speaking of unlikely, " . . . and the Easter bunny will offer an egg to a Nigerian soccer goalie." Except that she did.
“"Do you want an egg?" the bunny said as she hippity-hopped through a hotel lobby this morning. "Your ears, they are funny," said Akeem Abdul Olajuwon, laughing. Four years ago he was a soccer goalie in Lagos, Nigeria. Now the 7-footer is so famous, as the star of Houston's basketball team, that the Easter bunny is pressing favors on him.
“And with good reason, because Houston with Olajuwon is reckoned a cinch to win this national championship. After seeing what Houston did to Louisville--which is what Mount St. Helens did to unsuspecting trees--only zealots and lovers of stray dogs give N.C. State any chance.”
Once again, the sports media may need new tea leaves to read (or better glasses).
