Brandon Connette to transfer

[Tizu]

He's transferring out to CA to be close to his mother and family as she's battling cancer. It sounds like it's really bad and she has stage 4 cancer. If you remember, back in December before Duke's bowl game, his mother had brain surgery to remove a tumor.

I cannot believe some of the comments made by what I assume are people, over at WRAL...it's really, really pathetic. An article / blog about him transferring due to his mother's illness and people are jumping all over him for receiving an award given to him....it's really pathetic.

This is a very sad situation and I wish nothing but the best for Brandon and his family. This has to be a very tough situation and I feel for him.

Best of luck, Brandon.

[Marty Da Hungry Wolf]

Silly, meaningless, "fayvrit" college rivalries should always take a backseat to serious health issues, whether involving a given young person directly or a friend or family member. For crying out loud, these are human beings we're talking about here and the very fact that some anonymous asshat on an internet board can post derogatory comments about anyone, under any circumstances close to this, just proves my opinion correct, that these clowns would never - NEVER - say the same thing in person to the subject of their, um, "wit".

I've never posted anything to anyone here that I wouldn't say to their face, good or bad.

My sincere best wishes to Mr. Connette's mother, her entire family, and all friends and acquaintances. She is facing a life-threatening situation and all that is needed from anyone at this time is love and support. Best of luck to Mr. Connette from this wolf.