in the freakin nation!

per packpride...

http://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=178&F=2515#S=178&F=2515&T=500036

Quote :

"I know there's already a thread on the Caravan last night, but I thought this deserved its own coverage. On June 9th, our very own WPC Executive Direct Bobby Purcell will be recognized as the 1# fundraiser in the nation for all of college athletics. Congrats Bobby!"

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 10:32 AM. Reason : .]

5/8/2007 10:31:08 AM

dang

5/8/2007 10:32:51 AM

I think Lee Fowler should step down and let this cat take over

5/8/2007 10:34:26 AM

the wtf goblin gave lee an extension

he'll never step down

5/8/2007 10:36:01 AM

Quote :

"the 1# fundraiser"

it's like people who type '20$'

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 10:54 AM. Reason : oops, not in reverse, it's exactly like it.]

5/8/2007 10:42:50 AM

I'm pretty sure he was up against Fowler for the job in the first place.

5/8/2007 11:19:38 AM

5/8/2007 11:22:56 AM

5/8/2007 11:24:45 AM

Purcell is the man... really cool guy everytime I've talked to him.

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 12:29 PM. Reason : .]

5/8/2007 12:28:59 PM

Purcell is a great guy...spent time with him in the old boxseats at CF for NCSU vs. UVA '03....best State game I've ever been too.

5/8/2007 12:50:15 PM

WE BUY THE BEST PLAYERS MONEY CAN BUY!!!!1

5/8/2007 3:25:29 PM

^ "Theres goes happy, He's got the best players money can buy!!!"


Purcell is great and certainly the greatest thing to come out of Chapel Hill

5/8/2007 10:55:07 PM

Purcell, recently named college athletics fundraiser of the year, said the Wolfpack Club is nearing its goal of 20,000 members. Only two other NCAA schools, Texas A&M and Clemson, have ever reached that level of membership. Purcell said the club is less than 1,000 away from reaching that goal. That gets a big WOW anytime!!!!!

5/9/2007 1:23:07 AM

^^Didn't realize what you meant until I read he was a UNC grad. I thought you meant he was born in Chapel Hill.

http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=898868

5/22/2007 11:27:12 PM

Quote :

"Under his guidance, the Wolfpack Club has raised the funds for the construction of the RBC Center and oversaw the fundraising and construction of more than $100 in improvements to Carter-Finley Stadium."

dang i can donate that myself. gg gopack.com on making his achievements look SOOOO GREAT...

5/23/2007 12:26:18 AM

Bobby is a great and really nice guy

5/23/2007 2:47:39 AM

Yeah, GoPack is by far the greatest college athletics website in the world.

5/23/2007 8:23:24 AM

yeah, i just found out yesterday that he was a UNC grad.

another semi-related article talking about UNC/NCSU fanbase rivalries within the state, and specifically in robeson county:

http://www.robesonian.com/articles/2007/05/21/news/sports/sports01.txt

5/23/2007 9:27:10 AM

Made some valid points, but the Robesonian?!?!?!

[Edited on May 24, 2007 at 11:07 AM. Reason : Although I guess it's better than the N&O]

5/24/2007 11:07:28 AM

Quote :

"Purcell, recently named college athletics fundraiser of the year, said the Wolfpack Club is nearing its goal of 20,000 members. Only two other NCAA schools, Texas A&M and Clemson, have ever reached that level of membership. Purcell said the club is less than 1,000 away from reaching that goal. That gets a big WOW anytime!!!!!"

Maybe I am misunderstanding. Are you telling me that schools like OSU/Michigan/Texas/Alabama have less Club membership than NC State? I find that really hard to believe. I'd like to see a link to the statistics.

5/24/2007 12:06:13 PM

There was a wolfpack club mailing that went out which had stats for the ACC, we were 2nd in booster club membership behind clemson, with UNC at 4th.

My guess is that most of the high profile schools UNC, OSU, Michigan have a large percentage of wal-mart fans who don't care enough to be donors.

5/24/2007 12:30:10 PM

^^ My question also.

5/24/2007 12:49:55 PM

I think its because a lot of places dont have a "club", they just have normal alumnai, or individuals, or its set up differently. I know UT doesnt have a club, it has several groups that are similar though, like the VASF which is the Volunteer Athletics and Scholarship Fund

5/24/2007 1:51:29 PM

Quote :

"NC State has conferred 185,663 degrees (as of 2005) since opening its doors and has an estimated 145,000 living alumni."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSU

Just thought it was interesting we can only get 14% of the alumni to join. (assuming these #'s are correct)

5/24/2007 2:02:44 PM

That doesn't suprise me. Its an engineering school with a lot of geeks who don't care about sports. Where I work in Maryland there are 100's of NCSU grads and its hard to find someone who cares about NCSU athletics.

Its is so bad that the 2nd biggest pack fan I know (other than myself) is my wife who grew up in MD and went to Illinois. Becoming a pack fan was a requirement before I would marry her.

5/24/2007 4:48:18 PM