TG1996 wrote:It's the Journey... wrote:There are some students, comunity members, and even alumni who do not adhear themselves to BG athletics because they are unaware of the tradition we have here. Making them aware of this tradition and emersing (sp?) them in it is an excellent first step. It's too bad those with the power to do something do not feel the same way...
Amen to that.
Unfortunately, I don't think a lot of folks give two sh!ts about history regardless. If this board is a decent sample of people who care about BG sports, I can only imagine the history side of things is even worse in the "general population". Granted, a lot of historical notes don't make the best conversation pieces, but it eats me up sometimes to post something about a name or game from the past and see it pushed to the bottom by 53 threads about why this team, that team, the other team or the hot dogs at the Doyt suck.
Tony, I've probably been just as guilty of this as anyone, and for God's sake I'm a historian! But, as a point of observation, I might suggest that rather than just post something about someone who swam for BGSU (as an example) in 1986, write a little bit more about them and why they are significant to BGSU. This isn't the case in all instances, but I can think of more than a few times when there has been "name dropping" going on and people like myself just kind of feel out of the loop. I'm sure that the feeling is amplified to an even greater degree in people other than myself.
There is so much history in our athletic tradition that no one knows about that I would almost like to see a new forum created where we can discuss all of it. That would probably just create a nightmare for the mods, I'm sure, but it would be one way of generating interest in the history of BG athletics.
No matter what, the history of this institution should be, and can be, important to anyone who is in any way affiliated with it.
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It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work - work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. ~
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