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"Life as a College Football Cupcake": Featuring ASU

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:52 am
by HkyMtneer
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2662 ... =editorial

This new article from Bleacher Report's Adam Kramer is all-in-all a pretty decent piece but I'm beyond tired of seeing App as the "cover boy" for stories such as this, thanks to the now what-feels-like-ages-ago Michigan win. The photo accompanying the piece on CNN (Bleacher Report is their sports partner) is from our game against UT and the header photo within the actual article is of course from Michigan. Don't get me wrong...I never tire of relieving that day, after all it remains my all-time favorite live sporting event attended. I'm just hoping that eventually, before too long, we can start winning the UT type games with enough frequency that we escape, or at least skirt by, being featured in pieces such as these. I'd much prefer to move into the realm of coverage from pieces documenting the sustained success of mid-major world beaters like Boise or now Houston, though the Cougars days as a mid-major are probably numbered.

Re: "Life as a College Football Cupcake": Featuring ASU

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:32 am
by bigdaddyg
Another stupid article. Cupcake? Just stupid.

Re: "Life as a College Football Cupcake": Featuring ASU

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:38 am
by Gonzo
Can you even call it an "article" if it's on Bleacher Report?

Re: "Life as a College Football Cupcake": Featuring ASU

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:41 am
by HkyMtneer
Gonzo wrote:Can you even call it an "article" if it's on Bleacher Report?
Fair point, Gonzo...though I will say that Adam Kramer is "generally" pretty good. As a whole though, BR does have a reputation.

Re: "Life as a College Football Cupcake": Featuring ASU

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:59 am
by bigdaddyg
Gonzo wrote:Can you even call it an "article" if it's on Bleacher Report?
True

Re: "Life as a College Football Cupcake": Featuring ASU

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:54 am
by WVAppsfan
The reporter is a putz. I get tired of this type of reporting. I read the first paragraph and then deleted the link.

Re: "Life as a College Football Cupcake": Featuring ASU

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:11 pm
by Yosef
I actually didn't think it was a bad read. Don't care of the cupcake terminology or the way it's generally portrayed, but I thought it was a perspective that most people don't consider when they think about these types of games.