I finally got around to listening to some of this. I forgot how good Gary Cohen is doing PBP.
That said, to me the topic of conversation should be focused on what SHUPirates is going to do for the Xavier game.
IMHO this is truly the highest profile game that the Pirates have played in a decade or more. Expectations of the cognoscenti have been soaring for weeks, but for those fallen-away fans I see X as the opportunity to do some good PR. We are sizzling. We have notched W's against "traditionally" dominant teams like WSU and a couple of SEC teams. We swept Georgetown!! (When did that last happen??) We swept nationally ranked PC! We will be dancing!! We're playing at a level to make a BET title reasonable! We have a superstar and a handful of future superstar! They are virtually all homegrown!! They are all likable!! They all play with a smile and they all make the extra plays that fans relish --- the extra passes, the assists, the tips, the steals, the fast-breaks, and the dunks!!!! These guys are FUN!
It sounds as if the lower-arena at the Rock is about sold out now. If I were the SHU sports publicity team I would take the curtain off the top of the Rock! I would take whatever money is left in the advertising budget and spend it all on publicity NOW!!!! (I might even borrow and spend some of next year's!!) I would give the tickets for the corner seats in the upper deck seats to Catholic high school & grade school kids free! AND I would plant a lot of seeds for next year by again making the Cohen-Popkin broadcast FREE on SHUPirates --- and I would publicize that I am doing that!!! I would blast email these facts to all our Alums!! I'd agree to BUY advertising on Cable and broadcast channels TOMORROW but do so as a quid pro quo for those stations sports teams hyping these lovable and admirable kids! Already I would have edited my own mix-tape videos of Isaiah's passing and Desi's flying and Derrick's hands and Ish's stuffs! (If they haven't already done that I would tell the TV guys that I'd have them in their studios by 8:00 AM Saturday!
In short, I would be trumpeting the heck out of the return of PJ-esque dominance to the Hall! And screaming about the nationally significant game on Sunday!!
How can the Fox mothership not televise this game on Sunday???? In NYC if not nationally!!!
Come on, SID! Work your magic!! Hit this bid while the window is open! Time's a wastin'!!!
Go Pirates!!