This is my Super Bowl column. The game has been played and like every other sports writer I will try to find the story that no one is talking about; the story that makes the reader scratch his or her head and say, “hmm.”
Wasn’t the Super Bowl great? I can’t believe Joe Flacco or Colin Kaepernick played so well. Can you believe that’s how Ray Lewis’ career ended?
So OK, this column was written before the Super Bowl was played, about 30 minutes to be exact. What else can I say about a game many of us pretend to have an interest in?
For the next week, columnists will write about the Super Bowl and wrap up all the loose ends of the NFL season. The national spotlight will then search for something to focus on until baseball starts up again. The NBA, NHL and March Madness will all have their time to shine before baseball’s endless summer marathon starts.
What will be overlooked, again, is women’s college basketball. That is no less true here in the USF community and on the sports page of The Crow’s Nest. When it comes to covering the Lady Bulls, we have sucked.
Women’s basketball isn’t as exciting as the men’s game. It’s not as fast, and the boys can dunk. Those are the things that sell tickets. But that isn’t to say that the women’s team works less hard or doesn’t care as much.
Looking at their records, it looks like the Lady Bulls might be working a lot harder than their male counterparts.
USF’s women’s basketball team is 15-6, 4-4 in the Big East. They sit right in the middle of the standings. There are some winnable games left, like a Feb. 9 trip to Providence and a Feb. 16 home game against Seton Hall. UConn, the No. 3 team in the country, will make a trip to the Sun Dome on Mar. 2.
With no football on you are all going to need something to do. Why not go to a game, or read a game recap. It’s not going to kill you. Girls don’t have cooties.
So, how was that for finding the Super Bowl story no one is talking about?
Mike Hopey is a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in journalism and media studies. He can be reached at hopey@mail.usf.edu.
