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NC State uses questionable Rolling Stones reference to sell tickets

There are NC State tickets. Do you want them?

Connie Carrigan
  1. The Rolling Stones are on tour. They played at NC State.
  2. One of their songs includes the line, "You can't always get what you want." It's a famous song about telling your dog he or she cannot have more snacks, if I'm not mistaken.
  3. NC State has football tickets to sell, which makes sense, because the Wolfpack's schedule is deplorable.

Combine those three, and y- no, no, don't combine those three. That would imply (a.) people are unable to get things they want and now have to settle for NC State playing Eastern Kentucky, though it would also imply (b.) NC State tickets are WHATCHA NEEEED and that (c.) this is your lucky day, because this is the day you get what you want, which is a ticket to NC State playing Eastern Kentucky.

For clarity, use that other famous song, the one about being a personal computer that is off: