The Jock Strap
with Brian Bruce
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Show the Drake Bulldogs some love!
"The Bruce" is back and I'm annoyed. The Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team, as of 02/20/08, is 23-3 overall and 14-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference, already MVC regular-season champs for the first time since 1971, and ranked No. 16 in the country on the AP Poll, and still earning little or no love from the national media.
Yes, I grant you that it's extra special to me because I cover collegiate sports in Iowa, and also because I live within 90 miles of the Drake campus in Des Moines. But, if you're an employee at ESPN or a producer for College Gameday, how can you say that you're doing your job while you overlook a conference champion that was picked to finish 9th in the league in the preseason rankings? How can you say that you're doing your job when you overlook a program that just last year had its first winning season in the last 20, and currently sits at 23-3 overall? Again, it's a disgrace. The Drake men's basketball story is a great one, and nobody is telling it.
Instead of spending all of the time in the world on Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Brian McNamee, and the "Kidd to Dallas" NBA blockbuster trade, the national sports media should focus a little more of their collective energy on some good old, hometown feel-good stories. Drake would definitely qualify.
To read up on the Bulldogs, learn about the team, and devour in-depth facts about their on-going magical season, try these links:
http://www.godrakebulldogs.com and http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DRA
Enjoy this season and support the Drake men's basketball team, one of the best in the land in 2007-2008. Magical runs like this sometimes only come once in a lifetime.
Yes, I grant you that it's extra special to me because I cover collegiate sports in Iowa, and also because I live within 90 miles of the Drake campus in Des Moines. But, if you're an employee at ESPN or a producer for College Gameday, how can you say that you're doing your job while you overlook a conference champion that was picked to finish 9th in the league in the preseason rankings? How can you say that you're doing your job when you overlook a program that just last year had its first winning season in the last 20, and currently sits at 23-3 overall? Again, it's a disgrace. The Drake men's basketball story is a great one, and nobody is telling it.
Instead of spending all of the time in the world on Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Brian McNamee, and the "Kidd to Dallas" NBA blockbuster trade, the national sports media should focus a little more of their collective energy on some good old, hometown feel-good stories. Drake would definitely qualify.
To read up on the Bulldogs, learn about the team, and devour in-depth facts about their on-going magical season, try these links:
http://www.godrakebulldogs.com and http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DRA
Enjoy this season and support the Drake men's basketball team, one of the best in the land in 2007-2008. Magical runs like this sometimes only come once in a lifetime.
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