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Farewell Fowler

Today was NCSU Athletic Director Lee Fowler’s last day in office and we at Frumpzilla would like to bid him farewell. Just as his card reads(presumably from his daughter), “May you prosper in all that you do, wherever you turn”. As long as that isn’t in Raleigh, because let’s face it, Yow is the time for a change.

(I really just wanted an excuse to post this picture that I find quite funny.)

NC State’s Future 2 Guard: Lorenzo Brown

Is it basketball season yet?

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Lee Folwer: The Final Interview

For the past ten years, one man has has reigned over NC State athletics. This man, at times, has been both myth and legend. One thing he has not been is effective. This man is @Lee_Folwer. Today, Folwer steps down from his post and moves on to the next step in his life. Not before sitting down with us in the Frumpzilla offices(read: the internet).

You’ve all enjoyed his quips and thoughts on Twitter, however we are both excited and saddened to bring you his final interview ever. It wasn’t cheap (who needs profit anyways?), but at least we are now familiar with the ins-and-outs of wiring money to the Cayman Islands. After the Frump is the entire transcript of @Lee_Folwer’s last interview.

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Frumpzilla lands exclusive interview with the one and only Lee Folwer…

***Update: For those that may be wondering, the Lee Folwer interview has been delayed.  Mr. Folwer is stalling on us, allegedly waiting on the check to clear.  We think he’s just a bit nervous about answering the tough questions.  Either way, the interview will definitely be up this week.  So stay tuned!***

And we’re hoping some of our readers would like to contribute. We can’t really go into what kind of strings had to be pulled to get this gig, but just know that, come Monday morning, the entire Frumpzilla staff is rolling out a full frontal assault; dusting every crevice, finely combing every former mustache hair, of the genius that is Lee Folwer.

Now, we’ve obviously got several questions lined up for Mr. Folwer, but we could always use some more. So, if you’ve got something you’d like to ask Lee, send us an email or hit us up on Twitter and/or Facebook.  We’ll do our best to make sure your voice is heard!

CJ Leslie to NC State!

Sources indicated to us at Frump earlier today that CJ Leslie committed to the Wolfpack 2 days ago with a press conference coming shortly. Well, it seems we no longer have to wait to give out that information as the internet is all abuzz with Leslie re-committing to Sidney Lowe and the NC State Wolfack!

Great Pickup for the Pack as the (pictured above) freshmen trio of Ryan Harrow, Lorenzo Brown, and CJ Leslie will ignite a Wolfpack fanbase that has been itching to get back to greatness for quite sometime.

CJ committed to NC State over Kentucky and Uconn. He is the #12 player overall according to Scout and the #11 overall according to ESPN. Recruiting may or may not be over now for the Wolfpack as Tashawn Mabry is still uncommitted.

Quote from Leslie: “The biggest factor was NC State is a school that has a chance to be great.  If all of us come in and play with the other guys and we all do our jobs, we have a chance to be great.   We can go far.  I think we can win a lot of games.”

Don’t Worry Calipari, Marquis Teague is on Board

So I had heard about the (fake) John Calipari sending Marquis Teague a message on facebook a couple days ago, but had yet to see a screenshot today. This appears to be a screenshot of (fake) Calipari’s facebook inbox. In it you’ll see Marquis Teague is on board with all the shady s@#t him and Cal are into.

Of course I may just want to believe this is true, but why would Teague even answer if he thought it was a fake? I’m sure the Louisville fans are all over this as they’re more than pissed on how Teague’s recruitment ended(in fact, this is where the screenshot came from apparently, kudos). There was talk of Cal having Lebron James call Teague to seal the deal. The whole marriage between Cal, Lebron, World Wide Wes, and Nike really has me sick with the NCAA who turns it’s head as they count their billions of dollars. But that’s for another story.

For now, enjoy (fake) Calipari’s duping of Marquis Teague, but don’t hold your breath, nothing will ever come of it.

Meet the Evergreen Geoduck

You have to applaud Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington for having a sense of humor when choosing their mascot so many years ago. They could’ve gone the safe route and given the world another Eagle, Tiger, Panther, or Bulldog. No, Evergreen went with a bit of local favor and chose a Geoduck, which is a mollusk native to the Pacific Northwest. A mollusk.

This particular mollusk has quite a phallic appearance(pictured below), which further adds to Evergreen’s sense of humor in their motto, Omnia Extares (or, “let it all hang out”). The final piece to this undoubtedly hippie-inspired, (possibly)intentional humor is the school’s fight song.

The Geoduck Fight Song

words and music by Malcolm Stilson, 1971

Go, Geoducks go,
Through the mud and the sand,
let’s go.
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.

Go, Geoducks go,
Stretch your necks when the tide
is low
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.

If anyone has a copy of the fight song actually being played please let us know! I keep trying to attach it to tunes I already know and nothing seems to go well.  Until then, read up on the Geoduck, check out the picture below, and watch a video of the mollusk with the most school spirit in action!

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WAKE FANS (not that there’s anything wrong with that)

What you are about to see is real.  It is not fabricated, photo-shopped or altered (by Frumpzilla) in any way.

It is posted on a public message board and therefore fair game.  Welcome to the land of unwanted internet fame, DieHardDeacon

Why anyone would post this on a forum devoted to sports, and to a 90% male audience is beyond me…not that there’s anything wrong with it.

This is Wake Fan at his most causal – his most vulnerable…in his essence, if you will.  Drink it in folks.

My sick WF tat is full view along with my RJ Reynolds 10 years of service watch and necklace combo.  Don’t hate.

Good thing I had these gloves on for my “workout” – you aint got nuthin’ on me Riley Skinner! You bitch!

Frump it for even more!

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5 bizarre Facebook groups you, as a fan of trivial NBA history, should join just for the hell of it…

The NBA Playoffs are finally upon us, and the glory that so many of today’s stars lust after so earnestly is only a few weeks away. But what about the stars, however dim, of yesterday?

Being that fame, glory, even remote notoriety, is all too often fleeting, is it not prudent and wise, if for nothing more than nostalgia’s sake, to occasionally embrace what can now be characterized as trivial? Having come across what follows, I have to think at least a handful of people agree with such sentiment…

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Chas McFarland’s “Coach” Prosser tattoo is conveniently timed?

ACC Basketball fans are by now well aware of Wake Forest’s graduating Center, Chas McFarland.  His, as our own GingerHead Man once put it, “peacocking around, flapping gums, chest bumping, and flopping at the slightest hint of contact” was never acceptable, despite its entertainment value, and the fact that Chas simply wasn’t very good just made matters worse.  He won’t be missed.

Obviously, the same couldn’t be said for former Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser, who passed away unexpectedly back in July of 2007.  Prosser recruited McFarland, coached him during his Freshman season, and now, as you can see above, has been honored by this rather curious tattoo that Chas apparently shared on his Facebook page the other day.

Why curious?  Well, for one, I’m wondering why the word “Coach” is in quotes, and whether or not Skip’s image is on that cross being hoisted out of the sky by those hands with the cloud sleeves, but I’m sure there are plausible explanations for that. 

Moreover, given that this appears to be a back tat, and the fact that Chas checks in at about 7’1″, 235, I imagine this is also taking up quite a bit of real estate for a coach that had a hand in maybe just 25% of McFarland’s college basketball career, but then who’s to say what kind of impact Prosser had on Chas’ life.

What might be the most curious bit, however, is the timing.  Just seems odd to get a massive, permanent memorial to Coach Prosser inked on your back nearly three years after the fact, not to mention pretty much simultaneously with the firing of his successor (Dino Gaudio) and subsequent hiring, however puzzling, of new coach Jeff Bzdelik.

Is someone trying to tell us something?  Chas?  Coach Prosser?  Anyone?

Calipari Pushing Patrick Patterson Out the Door

John Calipari is at it again. In a trend that’s sure to become common practice at Kentucky, Coach Cal is setting the revolving door of players in motion. Just last week, Cal made sure everyone at the McDonald’s All-American game knew 5 players would be leaving early to turn pro. Yesterday, the school released a statement confirming that John Wall, Demarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Daniel Orton, and Eric Bledsoe would in fact be leaving school early.

Unfortunately, this was news to Patrick Patterson and his family according to his mother.  Vaught’s Views ran a story with quotes from his mother:

“I found out UK released a statement saying Patrick and the four freshmen are leaving for the NBA and will declare for the draft,” said Tywanna Patterson Wednesday night. “I said, ‘Really, nobody told me.”

“I have a problem with it going out and not being official. It is his decision. He has not declared for the draft and once he does he can’t back out because he declared for the draft last year.”

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Frumpzilla’s 1st Annual Bracket Contest: Final Standings

Holy Indianapolis! What a game that was, eh, Frumpsters? How Gordon Hayward’s last and second to last shots of the night didn’t go in, I just don’t know, because, watching them leave his hand, it seemed like an inevitable, forgone conclusion set in place many, many moons ago. Nevertheless, instead, just as Zoubek’s gargantuan foot was spared the same embarrassing Tourney fate previously cast upon the likes of Sleepy Floyd and Chris Webber, it appears Duke was destined to improve to 4-6 now in National Title games. But hey, at least Howard got that frumptastic screen in on Singler before the final buzzer sounded, right? BOOM! (still searching for video of it, btw).

The Blue Devils aren’t the only ones that need to be congratulated today, however; how about a hand for the winners of Frumpzilla’s 1st Annual NCAA Tournament Bracket Contest!  Sarah Otvos, Cameron Frye, Nikki Jarman…some great Canes tickets, Target gift cards and, of course, some Always Sunny in Philadelphia Dick Towel merchandise await you all!

Here’s how the Final Top 10 shook out.  Full standings after the jump, and many thanks to everyone for participating.  We’ll hopefully see you all (and more) next year.  Until then, keep reading, keep spreading the Frumpzilla love, and please be on the look out for a World Cup pool that may or may not materialize here on the site within the next few weeks!

1. Sarah Otvos # (Duke): 150
2. Cameron Frye # (Duke): 137
3. Nikki Jarman # (Duke): 136
4. Jared Johnson: 130
5. Justin Smith: 119
6. Amelia Hayes # (WVU): 117
7. Nina and Scout: 117
8. Carman Smith # (Duke): 117
9. Amanda Brown: 115
10. Justin Anderson: 113

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Bracket Contest Update: Championship Game

Well, we’re down to the neety greety in our first annual bracket contest, and things are pretty much set with regards to who the possible prize winners could be.  Nice to see that no one or two entries really ran away with things, though, and, as I’m sure you recall, there’s been a lot of back and forth.

Only one person is guaranteed a win, place or show, and that’s one Ms. Sarah Otvos, so congratulations, Sarah!  You’ve got yourself some Canes tickets (assuming you can use them), at least a $50 worth of a Target gift card and, of course, some Always Sunny in Philadelphia Dick Towel gear to proudly wear around family and friends.

The other two prize slots are totally dependent on the outcome of tonight’s game, but before we get to that, here’s the Top 10:

1. Jared Johnson, 130
2. Sarah Otvos # (Duke), 129
3. Justin Smith, 119
4. Amelia Hayes # (WVU), 117
5. Nina and Scout, 117
6. Cameron Frye # (Duke), 116
7. Amanda Brown, 115
8. Nikki Jarman # (Duke), 115
9. Justin Anderson, 113
10. Travas Hunter, 112

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Kentucky fan puts the “ass” in class

If you do not know the background of this story, I will sum it up quick/fast:  University of Kentucky freshman Daniel Orton recently dropped his name in the hat for the NBA draft.  Orton is one of five Kentucky players to be leaving early, basically gutting the depth and talent from this year’s Elite 8 squad.  It is arguable whether he is ready or not… UK fan, (here represented by Mark Hamilton) is distressed that UK will have to reload, again, in order to remain competitive so he decides that the best way to relieve himself of this burden is to “tweet” Mr. Orton and show him a good virtual fist shakin.’

Stuff like this scares the Bujeebus out of me.  Every fan base has its share of nutjob-psychopaths who go beyond pulling for their team.  They take the successes and failures personally.  In the past, these fruitcakes have had very little access to the coaches and players themselves and were usually resigned to creating stupid posters, wearing brown paper bags or writing letters to the editor of the local fishwrap.  Now, with the magic of social networking, boobs like Mark can interact directly with the KIDS (thats what most collegiate athletes are…children) impulsively and unfiltered.  This is a dangerous trend that I think will only get worse given the impulsive nature of the public at large.  We are seeing this already with stupid Facebook groups aimed at recruits.

Piece of advice to the grown-folk out there living vicariously through the collegiate athletes of your choose school…its not cool, cute nor helpful to involve yourself at this level.  You look like a tool.

Lee Fowler: Not even safe from Engadget

Guess what, Frumpsters: N.C. State University’s refreshable Braille display could revolutionize reading for the blind. Isn’t that wonderful?!? I’m no tech guru, or I’d tell you all about it myself. Instead, I’ll just point you to Engadget’s story about this promising advancement prior to getting to the real point of this post.

See, as you may recall, Frump’s kinda had it out for NCSU Athletic Director Lee Fowler for some time now. Naturally we thought our sentiment was somewhat isolated to Raleigh and the general heart of the Wolfpack’s fan base, but, after reading the last couple lines of Engadget’s piece on keeping the blind from leading the blind, we now know things may or may not have gone national:

We’re told that the researchers have already presented their findings, and if all goes well, they’ll have a fully functioning prototype “within a year.” Here’s hoping a suitable replacement to Lee Fowler is also unearthed during the same window.

I guess this means Engadget will now be added to Lee Folwer’s ever growing list of “media enemies.”

Credit The Admiral with the link, Ringo with the lovely shoop…