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Strange Blade story on recruiting

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:11 am
by Schadenfreude
I'm a little troubled by this story, if only because it reflects such a strong obsession with Toledo and seems to only mentions Bowling Green when it cannot be avoided. It never, for instance, includes an affirmative statement that Bowling Green does recruit Northwest Ohio fairly well, much less explore what that might mean.

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... /-1/SPORTS

In an accompanying column, John Harris never mentions Bowling Green at all.

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... /COLUMNIST

The whole thing makes me uneasy, as if The Blade's sportswriters think of us as a second-class athletic program right in their backyard.

Maybe I'm reading too much into this.

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:27 am
by Flipper
I don't think the story or the Harris column mentions BG much because they were designed to be hit pieces on the Rockettes. Giving BG much beyond a cursory mention would only distract from the primary theme;

"The Rockettes suck"

Re: Strange Blade story on recruiting

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:31 am
by Falcon Fanatic
Schadenfreude wrote:The whole thing makes me uneasy, as if The Blade's sportswriters think of us as a second-class athletic program right in their backyard.
hmmmmmmm...... 8) I do believe that thought has been stated here on occasion!! :mrgreen: