ESPN Thinks Purdue's A Basketball School, Too
Because I can't get enough of mediocre offense and teams trying to give the game away to one another, I set my DVR to record the Purdue-Minny game over the weekend on ESPN Classic. As an aside, I always love that they put the little "LIVE" thing in the upper corner, lest we think ESPN Classic is running one of those classic Purdue-Minnesota games. I can just picture someone tuning into ESPN Classic -- on a Fall Saturday no less -- and saying, "Wait, what the hell is this? When did Minnesota and Purdue play a classic game?" And then watching and deciding they hated ESPN anad everything they stand for because they have no idea how to judge a "classic" game.
Anyway, so when looking at the description of the game, I noticed something odd:
That's right, "College Basketball." I hardly recognized it. I suppose maybe that was an homage to Joe Tiller's "
Basketball on Grass" philosophy, which is about the only thing the average sportscaster can vomit out when talking about Purdue football.
Good times.