Today's Globe Article on BC Sports in Boston

[dtwalrus]

http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/2 ... story.html

Going beyond the pro-town mantra, but still mostly focusing on the usual stuff. Fair little bit on local media's failings.

[twballgame9]

http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/2014/11/25/why-boston-college-sports-barely-matter-here/y9IKsgfT4Pvjl0gifVTgbI/story.html

Going beyond the pro-town mantra, but still mostly focusing on the usual stuff. Fair little bit on local media's failings.

Boston.com is not the Globe anymore, it's the free blog. It's where they put controversial hacks like Wilbur. They make you pay for real journalism.

Regardless, that blog was worthless.

[b0mberMan]

That was rambling and offered nothing insightful. Plus the guy missed a real opportunity to make his point with our basketball team.

[DavidGordonsFoot]

The answer is culture. People don't care, and you need not look further than the BC/UMass game for evidence of that.

I don't put any responsibility on the media at all. If more people watched and attended college games around here, the media would cover the college teams more. That's how it works.

[claver2010]

the only good thing about boston.com is the comment section of political articles

[twballgame9]

The reality is that I like BC, my old man went there, and I attended grad school there, and even without kids, I have trouble finding time to watch BC sports, let alone attend, when I am devoting 3 hours to the Pats the next afternoon and most of the summer to the Sox. It's the same reason I can't be bothered with the NBA or regular season hockey, and that I did not even know that the Revolution are 90 minutes away from playing for a title until yesterday.

There's too much shit vying for your time when you are a Boston sports fan these days. I fit BC football in, and would fit some basketball in if it wasn't such a shit show, but I get why people with no connection don't care.

[eepstein0]

That was unreadable.

[flyingelvii]

Yeah I think Teddy's been hitting the sauce a little early today too.

[MilitantEagle]

Yeah I think Teddy's been hitting the sauce a little early today too.

I don't know many people who waste their summer evenings watching regular season baseball. I can understand attending a few games a year, but watching a significant portion of a 162-game schedule on TV is just stupid.

Pro sports suck for the most part. Nothing beats the pageantry of college football. Admittedly, the pageantry part of the BC football experience needs to improve greatly. Not going to rehash the reasons here.

[flyingelvii]

Because you like the sport? And college sports is only good if you're a football or basketball fan. People that are fans of the other 1.5 major sports need to largely get their fix elsewhere.

[twballgame9]

Yeah I think Teddy's been hitting the sauce a little early today too.

I don't know many people who waste their summer evenings watching regular season baseball. I can understand attending a few games a year, but watching a significant portion of a 162-game schedule on TV is just stupid.

Pro sports suck for the most part. Nothing beats the pageantry of college football. Admittedly, the pageantry part of the BC football experience needs to improve greatly. Not going to rehash the reasons here.

college football is for pussies.