Yankee Girl Survives First Year at Southern University

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

But aren't those relatively recent additions?

That's what I was thinking. North Carolina has one NFL team and one NBA team -- both in Charlotte, which probably makes them somewhat irrelevant in the eastern and far western parts of the state -- and one NHL team in Raleigh, which makes it somewhat irrelevant for the western and far eastern parts of the state.

But they came along relatively recently. College sports -- especially basketball -- were very big long before the pro teams came along. Not everybody is a Panthers or Bobcats or Hurricanes fan. But most people have a college team they root for and often are rabid about.