Get in the wayback machine, Niners. Let’s all go way back to March 2009.
Those were hard hard times ladies and gentlemen, hard hard times. Back then, thousands of people died everyday in North Carolina from hazards such as texting while driving, smoking in bars, and worst of all, license plate frames that obscured the name of the state. And to add injury to insult, our Niners had just finished a season with only 11 victories. ELEVEN.
Now, if some cheeky fellow wearing green tinted glasses walked up to you and said, “Next year, you’ll be able to breath in bars without inhaling smoke, as well as feel safe that the guy driving next to you won’t be texting, and you’ll rest easy knowing what state that hot girl driving the red Eclipse was from. Oh, and in late January, Charlotte will be playing #15 Temple in Halton Arena for a chance to contend for the regular season title.” would you have believed him?
Hell no you wouldn’t. You’d probably kick his shins and start complaining about Ian Andersen again (not that many of you wouldn’t do that today regardless), and scoff at the idea that we’d be even close to the top spot in the league and be able to view license plates free of obstruction!
But this is a new era. We’re actually sort of competing in the Atlantic 10 this year. Color me impressed, but this is a team that has steadily improved from day one (exclude the ODU game) and really seemed to turn a corner in the second half versus Xavier. It was as if the team realized they could and SHOULD compete with the top tier in this league.
So on to predictions, do we even need them? Temple’s never won in Halton, why should it change tonight? Leave your predictions in the comments and if you get it 100% correct we’ll send you a legitimate prize. For real this time, NLP’s donating.










