That's pretty close to what I remember. I'm not sure if it was after I got banned or led to the banning, but it was around that time. I do remember I got banned after posting a thread on their boards when we got a commit from Chris Ellis to close out the Big E/JGray class in Sept 2001, sometime around 9/11. We beat State for both highly prized in-state recruits, so basically I was talking shit. It wasn't a blaze of glory. They just got tired of me. I remember most of what they banned me for was stuff I posted on our own boards. They were just really salty fans.
It was a particularly contentious time. The internet message board culture was still in its infancy. Wake, State, UNC, Duke, MD, and a few other ACC teams had their main or secondary boards on ACCBoards.com. We were all on the same server and everybody regularly posted on each others boards. It was pretty cool. Most of the other team posters got along really well. We met up with each other at tailgates. A Wake poster even got married to another team's poster she originally met on the boards.
State basketball was also starting a resurgence after a horrible 90s in the Les Robinson era. Wake was starting to fall off after a strong 1990s in the Duncan era. So basically the two programs were coming back toward each other and State fans started feeling themselves on the boards. After one big basketball win in 2000, 2001, or 2002, I posted something to the effect of "Even when Wake is at our worst, we're TIERS above State." One of the ultimate TIERS moments was beating State in football in 2003 when they were coming off their magical 8-5 Gator Bowl season in Phillip Rivers' senior year.
Now it gets posted pretty much any time we have a big win against State.
