Archive for January 7, 2008

UNC 90 — Clemson 88 (OT)

Posted in Tarheel Basketball by John E. Pannell on January 7th, 2008 at 10:41 pm

It was a nail biter last night in South Carolina as the Tar Heels barely managed an overtime victory over Clemson in their 2007-8 ACC debut.

Clemson controlled the game almost from the start but was unable to finish it off.   It is a mark of a great team that the Tar Heels were able to keep the game within reach.  Victory was secured with a 3 point shot by Ellington with 0.4 seconds left in overtime.

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Another “Whatzit” Solved

Posted in Whatzit? by John E. Pannell on January 7th, 2008 at 12:05 am

999thunderbird.jpgFor those who don’t already know, I maintain a small “Whatzit” page on this site at http://www.oaimages.com/whatzit.shtml.

Rich Nicoloff recently wrote me about one of the items that was there.  According to him the patch pictured here, and formerly on the whatzit page, is a Royal Rangers patch.   Can anyone else also confirm this?

If you have a patch that you what included on this site’s whatzit page, please email it to me at jpannell@oaimages.com

 



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