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BU in Indiana?

Personally I don't care what ESPN thinks/says about Peoria or anything else. I haven't had much respect for the opinions of most of the people on ESPN for a long time. I'm not bothered by their attempts at humor. If you are unhappy about it and want to speak out then you should. Being proud of your community or school and defending it against outside crticism is not a bad trait - it's a good one. Cruising message boards picking fights with other posters and belittling their opinions - not so much.
 
peoriakid said:
Ok, regardless of what sportscenter said about the Ptown, how many of you actually watched the ESPNU coverage. The announcers were not only complimentary toward Bradley and its basketball history, but also mentioned the mvc's recent success multiple times. They even quoted a lot of statistics regarding the mvc's record against BCS schools in recent years, and mentioned how that record is even more impressive when you consider that the BCS schools will rarely come to our place.

They also repeatedly mentioned the impressive fan turnout, talked about the class act that Les is, and had a Jim Les special at half time. I was very happy with the ESPNU coverage, the announcers had done their homework, they had even been at the luncheon with Les and Izzo earlier that day and talked about how enjoyable it was.

My point is, Sports Center may have F#$@%d up, but the actual game coverage was very good, and did not belittle Peoria in any way.

Ryan
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I really enjoyed the piece that they did at halftime with Les. I agree the highlights were boring, but people around america know Neitzel, not our Braves!
 
peoriakid said:
Ok, regardless of what sportscenter said about the Ptown, how many of you actually watched the ESPNU coverage. The announcers were not only complimentary toward Bradley and its basketball history, but also mentioned the mvc's recent success multiple times. They even quoted a lot of statistics regarding the mvc's record against BCS schools in recent years, and mentioned how that record is even more impressive when you consider that the BCS schools will rarely come to our place.

They also repeatedly mentioned the impressive fan turnout, talked about the class act that Les is, and had a Jim Les special at half time. I was very happy with the ESPNU coverage, the announcers had done their homework, they had even been at the luncheon with Les and Izzo earlier that day and talked about how enjoyable it was.

My point is, Sports Center may have F#$@%d up, but the actual game coverage was very good, and did not belittle Peoria in any way.

Ryan
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Yeah, I heard ESPNU did a good job with the coverage.
 
Murph said:
This is post of the year material, absolutely the best....:D:D:D

It amazes me the Illinois people that are Cardinal fans. Why would somebody from Illinois cheer for a team from Missouri? Same goes for Green Bay fans.....
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When an average human lives only 75-90 years roughly, we don't have time waitin around for the Cubs to do something. That's Why.
 
Now, I suppose I should state right away that I didn't see the SportsCenter coverage...so I'm basing these comments on the previous posts' reports of the coverage.....

As a Peoria outsider prior to, and after, BU, I can definitely say that Peoria is definitely underrated as far as cities go. Unfortunately, whether it's right or not, everybody has to admit, for whatever reason, Peoria has a bad rap. I think it's great that everybody's standing up for Peoria and not taking it, it's great to have pride in your city. It's good for everybody to let ESPN know that their coverage was really bush league and cheap "journalism." Putting Peoria in Indiana is absolutely mind boggling that they could blow such a simple thing as the proper location, that says A LOT about their legitimacy as a "news" outlet. Quite obviously to use the angle they did shows that they're more into "entertainment." Wasn't it Mark Twain that said, "Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story." That's certainly what ESPN did here, although it wasn't a good story.....


By the way, what's up with Coach Versace? I thought he was running for Congress? When I saw him in the halftime piece, I initially thought Lee Hall was interviewing a homeless guy! So much for lookin' sharp and lookin' like you should be a Congressman.....
 
I heard no one is running agaisnt Versace, so I guess he doesnt have to impress anyone.

BTW, I didnt hardly recognize him either, but he didnt look homeless to me, just casual, and much older. And his hair is tame now, and his crazy hair was always sort of his trade mark look, wouldnt have known who he was if I saw him on the street.


Ryan
 
peoriakid said:
I heard no one is running agaisnt Versace, so I guess he doesnt have to impress anyone.

BTW, I didnt hardly recognize him either, but he didnt look homeless to me, just casual, and much older. And his hair is tame now, and his crazy hair was always sort of his trade mark look, wouldnt have known who he was if I saw him on the street.


Ryan
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I don't think Versace has any opposition from the party he is running for.

However, I am eyeballing a couple from the other party. I may not know much on local politics, but I like what I have heard from J Morris.
 
Murph, never did buy that argument. How many players on the Cubs, Sox or Bears are from Illinois? Wouldn't be surprised if St. louis and Green Bay had more. When you grow up rooting for a team you don't worry about what state they play in. I root for one in Chicago, the one that won a World Series in my life time, and one in Green Bay. So I guess I'm only half bad. Also, the only game in Peoria the last 10 years that even came close to last night's was when Illinois came to town.
 
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The fact is, ESPN Sportscenter has been losing its luster for years. They are an entertainment industry. They have to make "interesting" headlines any way they can. You can't really blame Linda Cohn because most of there scripts are written by editors and behind the scenes journalists. Linda and the gang just stand up there and read from the script monitor day in and day out. What got me was that they put Peoria in freakin IN, I mean come on, one of the journalists obviously researched Peoria to know about the 2nd Walmart, i'm sure they saw Illinois mentioned multiple times. At least they could of mentioned that Peoria has some of the best high school championships in Peoria, Hersey Hawkins, Jim Thome, Shaun Livingston, Caterpillar and the list goes on. Reminds me of why I get all my sports highlights from the internet now.

Jason
 
IheartBU said:
You know, they could have at least classed it up a little and made reference to "World Famous" Big Al's ...
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I was playing poker the other day online and my icon says im from Peoria. someone out of no where goes, hey isnt there a famous strip club there? someone from Dallas chimed in and said Big Al's.

I laughed because that places sucks. Elliott's is way better.

p.s. i am kidding
 
appearently tonight on 965 ESPN here in Peoria on the Doc and COtter show they are talking to the CEO of ESPN and asking him about the whole highlight ... if anyone catches that please share the details
 
TheHeemyMonster said:
appearently tonight on 965 ESPN here in Peoria on the Doc and COtter show they are talking to the CEO of ESPN and asking him about the whole highlight ... if anyone catches that please share the details
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It was a joke, literally. He kept talking how Peoria is one of the nicest cities in Indiana etc. the final question was great though. So, don't you think the promotes the stereotype that ESPN is Eastern Seabord Programming Network? Uh, What? I couldn't hear you... Anyway...

But yeah nothing earthshattering.
 
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