NC State football’s uphill climb, as illustrated in the 1971 school yearbook

I’ve been looking through old NC State yearbooks—they’re all online!—because what else am I supposed to be doing in June? Going outside? The heck with that, there’s bugs outside.

I like to comb through old stuff for interesting sports-related finds, which in this case led me to the discovery of this cartoon from the 1971 edition of the Agromeck:

(Artwork by Ron Scullin, ‘72, in the 1971 Agromeck. Via NC State Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center.)

The years pass but the sentiments remain the same, huh.