I am right now at home watching tonight's Big Ten showdown between Purdue and Ohio State. For those of you haven't noticed - and judging by the attendance - you haven't, the Buckeye women's hoopsters are poised to win another Big Ten title even without Jessica Davenport. Jessica who? She is the girl who was the 6'5" beast from Independence now in the WNBA, that's who! Winner of today's game will become the front runner in the Big Ten race.
And to create an atmosphere for ESPN coming to town, they're giving away rally towels and doing the whole white out thing, which appeared that the people who showed up are doing. But that is just the thing, the number of people who showed up. What also makes the white out work is that they left a white towel on everyone one of the seats in the lower bowl which means most of the towels are free for the picking, with the upper bowl closed with a black curtain. The team said towels will be given for the first 12,000 in attendance... well if you make everyone leave and come back twice, there maybe some towels leftover.
My question is what made the 20-30 students show up? Are they getting a grade, or looking for a nice quiet place to complete some homework? It is a sad but true story right now.
Here it is, a big time match up and no eyewitnesses. Most top 25 games can at least draw a good crowd. So why can't the lady hoopsters? I really have no clue. It is sad but true on a night like tonight, no one cares about women sports in the city of Columbus. Go Bucks!
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