BLSays
BLSays
WED 08/10 CLICK
UNC AD Search Committee ….. Chanc Thorp has appointed an AD Search Committee – a typical UNC Noah’s Ark Committee – “two of every species on the planet”. The smart play under the…
BLSays
MON 08/08 CLICK
Fans are entitled “to want” but ….. Our friend AgentPierce had this comment in The N&O. We agree – “Butch is no different from 10-15 big time coaches hired “to just win …. and…
BLSays
Rimshots 08/04 – CLICK
REVEALED: “Firing Butch” is A HOAX! …… Yes, I admit “getting Holden to Fire Butch” was all my idea to hype views to BLSays – and IT WORKED! And, I…
BLSays
Rimshots 08/02 – CLICK
Deems May VS Holden Thorp…. Deems May wrote a nasty letter about Chanc Thorp – OHMYGOSH ! What to do …. ?? Yes, I know Deems May. No, we are not friends. That’s one…
BLSays
So Lou says “BobLee, I think ….”
It was 7-8 years ago in “UpState” SC. I was with Lou Holtz most of an afternoon. I gleaned wisdom that day amid endless groaner jokes and Lou’s wiffle dust routine. Lou’s words…
BLSays
Other than THAT Mrs Lincoln; How was the BOT meeting?
I attended Scotty & The Idols last night at The RBC Center. I’m sure you all want to read all about the concert ….. What? You mean something ELSE happened yesterday ?? OK,…
BLSays
First The Jackal, Now The Cobra
To even novice aficionados of the gendre, Frederick Forsyth’s Day Of The Jackal is a standard of is it as good as for espionage thrillers since 1971. Forsyth elevated Carlos The Jackal to #1…
BLSays
Who’s In Thelma & Louise’s Backseat?
If you’ve never seen the movie Thelma & Louise, I’ll have to set this up. Before doing that I must apologize. Someday we WILL get back to deviled-egg plates, tree houses,…
BLSays
Lorenzo’s Legacy
In 1983, in the blink of an eye, Lorenzo Charles became an immortal in the pantheon of NC State sports heroes. Twenty-eight years later, in the blink of an eye, Lorenzo Charles…
BLSays
Why Blondie (& BobLee) Love America!
In the old days it was traditional for newspapers to reprint “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” every Christmas season. Those same newspapers are now afraid to say “Christmas”. At BLSays, our…
BLSays
Those Chinese Still Don’t Care
With one column a week I have time for research. I contacted My Man in Beijing to learn what those 8,000,000,000 Chinese care about these days. . This may shock…
BLSays
Chuck The Sooner Fan said
It was 1981. Dallas was on fire with JR-mania. Real estate divas with red-lacquered nails battled Tom Landry’s Cowboys as celebrity gossip magnets. In a richly-paneled den in Far Fashionable…
BLSays · Classics · Hometown
Saturday Mornings at Hathaway’s
I don’t remember the first time nor the last time we went, but for Little BobLee, Saturday mornings at Hathaway’s with Dad were special. The psycho-babble phrase “bonding” had not…
BLSays · Classics
Only Mad Dogs, Englishmen and….
‘tis said “only mad dogs and Englishmen would go out in the mid-day sun”. To them now add “and occasionally an Internet Legend … for a stroll and a solitary reisten”.