East Carolinian

Originally posted by

BOB HOLTZMAN

First of all, it's "Mack" Brown. Second, I was also raised as a Carolina fan. Please don't tell me I'm not a "true" Pirate because I continue to root for the Heels. I didn't apply to UNC, because I didn't think I could get in--but I wouldn't trade my four years at ECU for anything. I will never be a Tar Heel. I will always be a Pirate. But that doesn't mean I can't be a fan of both school's athletic programs.

And NEWS FLASH: It's just sports. It is only a GAME.

Do you ever get chafed straddling the fence so much?

Originally posted by

Learn the history

Learn the history of ECU and the many attempts of UNC trying to minimize its existence. When ECTTS (East Carolina Teacher Training School) was thought of, UNC and the Consolidated Universities (precursor to the UNC System) didn't want the school to exist. When East Carolina College wanted to become an university, UNC said no. When ECU wanted a Medical School, UNC said no. UNC won a lot of fights, but lost a few ones as well. If you love ECU and Eastern North Carolina, there is no way you can tolerate UNC.

Amen

Originally posted by

Tyler

Sorry Bob but Jared is right, you might not want Jared to tell you, your not a "true" Pirate fan but I dang sure will. If you truly understand everything between ECU and UNC @ chapel hill then you would understand that is it not just sports, but way more than that. Who knows maybe one day you will realize what we are talking about and actually pick a side but answer me this. Do you think that someone could be a unc fan and a duke fan or maybe a Boston Redsox fan and a Yankees fan? I think you know the answer and it is no different from this situation. But go ahead and continue to sit on the fence and pull for ECU in football and then when basketball season rolls around put your faded blue back on and claim to be a tarhole.

I can count the number of ECU basketball games I missed in four years on two hands. If you can say the same, I congratulate you. If not, don't question my allegiance to ECU. I'm not just a Carolina basketball fan. I grew up (near the Triangle) following everything Carolina, whether it was football or soccer or something else. I do the same now for ECU. When the two baseball teams recently met, I rooted for the Pirates 100 percent.

And I'm not really sure how you can compare this to Yankees-Red Sox. Are you implying that ECU-UNC is an historically intense rivalry (in sports)? Let's say this was ECU-N.C. State- a more intense rivalry. Don't you think there are some Pirates that grew up State fans and still have a little love for their roots?

I'm aware of the history between ECU and UNC. Are we to hold that against every UNC alum? Are you holding Carolina athletes accountable for the actions of university officials? Are you holding it against the current students who are there to get an education?

Carolina Blue I suspect you never attended a class in Chapel Hill and are one of the legion of Walmarters wearing unc sportswear. You wouldn't have a clue as to what is worn by the students in Chapel Hill if you didn't work the counter at McDonalds on Franklin St. No matter get lost, your opinion does not belong on an ECU website.

Originally posted by

Carolina Blue

This was linked to the Carolina board, and I must say, EZU fans suck. Go Heels! I never have seen anyone on our campus pull for EZU in anything. EZU fans are bandwagon fans, good to knock you out of the super regional and continue to dominate you in everything from the athletic field to the classroom.

You know why ECU fans hate UNC? The 50 plus years of history of UNC trying to prevent ECU from getting a medical school, preventing ECU from becoming a University, trying to stop ECU from getting a dental program, and continuing to do everything in their power to try and hurt the eastern part of the state. You're scared of what happens when we get to the next level, and then you arrogantly talk down to us as if we didn't have such gross disadvantages. You wine and cheese crowders have tried to keep the East down for years and we've all lived it and grown tired of it.

You talk about your admission standards and your academics, but you lost sight of what a University should be about. North Carolina used to call itself the University of the people, but it has become the University of the elitist. East Carolina is the real University of the people, as it was founded and as it has remained since. While you're turning people away because they don't fit your pristine standards, we're accepting the unloved and the unwanted; the people whom want the chance to earn an education; people who are the first in their family to graduate from college. It is because of this mission that loyalty runs deep within the Pirate Nation. We're only a few thousand students away from completely eclipsing UNC in students.

Some schools like UNC sit around trying to live off of tradition. Here at East Carolina, we're building it, one touchdown, one diploma at a time.

You can gloat now about baseball, but come football season, there's a purple storm brewing, and we aim to dominate.

Your comment demonstrates perfectly why people call you TarHOLES!!

Originally posted by

Carolina Blue

This was linked to the Carolina board, and I must say, EZU fans suck. Go Heels! I never have seen anyone on our campus pull for EZU in anything. EZU fans are bandwagon fans, good to knock you out of the super regional and continue to dominate you in everything from the athletic field to the classroom.

I have never heard so much crying from a fan base on non sports topics. You are talking sports here not how to get a medical and dental school. Go bitch to your state rep. You guys are just flat out dumb. If you can not get into Carolina you can always go to ezu.....

Originally posted by

Tyler

"Bob" your lame dude...

Your mom doesn't think I'm lame.