First things first, been going to Carolina vs NC$U at Carter Finley Stadium since the early 1970's. We you go to a game there, it's always like spending close to 4 hours in a sewer or garbage dump.
My self control was tested all night long and I remained under control, only because my wife was with me for her 1st game in Raleigh. I had been telling her how bad it could be there. She never understood my hatred for everything NC $tate until Friday night. She now understands and she has vowed to never return. It's just not safe to be there; especially for a 7:00 pm start, where when the game starts, many of the fans were already liquored up.
Standing outside the women's bathroom waiting on my wife at about 6:15 pm, a full 45 minutes before kickoff, I had a drunk student come up behind me and yelled in my ear "It must f'n suck to be a tar hole fan". When I turned around and faced him, he was with 4 others. In typical Bruce Young fashion, I walked right into the middle of these losers and stated my case; this is not very hard when you're sober and all five of them were slobbering drunk (at 6:15) . After listening to these idiots for a minute or two, I requested the one that yelled in my ear stay and allow my wife to see what a "real" NC$U fan looks like. He declined because he needed another White Claw.
Sitting about 25 to 30 rows behind Carolina's bench, you could see these drunks giving the players the finger and throwing food and drinks at the team. Most of the people you see doing this are not kids, they are adults in their 30s to 50s.
NC$U has a "pass out" policy (pardon the pun) where you're allowed to leave the stadium at halftime to go outside and continue to get hammered and come back into the stadium deep into the 3rd quarter ready to rumble with anyone in Carolina Blue. You would have to see it to believe it.
After the game, walking pass the PNC parking lot, we see a group of these idiots scuffing with what looked like a Carolina fan being pushed around. We later found out a tar heel fan (woman) had been push to the ground by a male State fan. Where was the security. I guess they look the other way with these types of things.
Walking down the sidewalk to get to our car from the stadium to the Vet School parking deck is a long way. No one should have to hear and see the things you are forced to experience. My main goal was to get my wife outta there as soon as possible. State fans lining the sidewalks, still drinking, imagine that, looking for any fan of the tar heels. One group grabbed a young Carolina fan and a fight ensued. Again, you'd have to see it to believe it.
I've been to almost every stadium in the ACC. Other than the University of Maryland, you will not find a worst fan base and college football experience. These drunks are proud of the reputation they have. It's just having good clean fun stated a State fan I know. I told my brother, who is a State fan and never been to a game at Carter Finley, put on some Carolina Blue and tell me afterwards, it's just good clean fun.
In the movie Classic "Animal House", there is a classic line in the movie when Bluto (John Belushi) is told by Dean Wormer (John Vernon) "fat, dumb and stupid is no way to go through life". NC$U fans have embraced this classic line. As a matter of fact, they need to change the schools name to FABER COLLEGE!!
My self control was tested all night long and I remained under control, only because my wife was with me for her 1st game in Raleigh. I had been telling her how bad it could be there. She never understood my hatred for everything NC $tate until Friday night. She now understands and she has vowed to never return. It's just not safe to be there; especially for a 7:00 pm start, where when the game starts, many of the fans were already liquored up.
Standing outside the women's bathroom waiting on my wife at about 6:15 pm, a full 45 minutes before kickoff, I had a drunk student come up behind me and yelled in my ear "It must f'n suck to be a tar hole fan". When I turned around and faced him, he was with 4 others. In typical Bruce Young fashion, I walked right into the middle of these losers and stated my case; this is not very hard when you're sober and all five of them were slobbering drunk (at 6:15) . After listening to these idiots for a minute or two, I requested the one that yelled in my ear stay and allow my wife to see what a "real" NC$U fan looks like. He declined because he needed another White Claw.
Sitting about 25 to 30 rows behind Carolina's bench, you could see these drunks giving the players the finger and throwing food and drinks at the team. Most of the people you see doing this are not kids, they are adults in their 30s to 50s.
NC$U has a "pass out" policy (pardon the pun) where you're allowed to leave the stadium at halftime to go outside and continue to get hammered and come back into the stadium deep into the 3rd quarter ready to rumble with anyone in Carolina Blue. You would have to see it to believe it.
After the game, walking pass the PNC parking lot, we see a group of these idiots scuffing with what looked like a Carolina fan being pushed around. We later found out a tar heel fan (woman) had been push to the ground by a male State fan. Where was the security. I guess they look the other way with these types of things.
Walking down the sidewalk to get to our car from the stadium to the Vet School parking deck is a long way. No one should have to hear and see the things you are forced to experience. My main goal was to get my wife outta there as soon as possible. State fans lining the sidewalks, still drinking, imagine that, looking for any fan of the tar heels. One group grabbed a young Carolina fan and a fight ensued. Again, you'd have to see it to believe it.
I've been to almost every stadium in the ACC. Other than the University of Maryland, you will not find a worst fan base and college football experience. These drunks are proud of the reputation they have. It's just having good clean fun stated a State fan I know. I told my brother, who is a State fan and never been to a game at Carter Finley, put on some Carolina Blue and tell me afterwards, it's just good clean fun.
In the movie Classic "Animal House", there is a classic line in the movie when Bluto (John Belushi) is told by Dean Wormer (John Vernon) "fat, dumb and stupid is no way to go through life". NC$U fans have embraced this classic line. As a matter of fact, they need to change the schools name to FABER COLLEGE!!
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