over the years i've accumulated any number of basketball buddies who routinely and good-naturedly make fun of my griz--"koala bears," "sheepherders," "rodeo clowns," you name a stereotype associated with montana, they're all over it, especially when we lose. schools represented by this grubby crew include north carolina, miami, miami of ohio, syracuse, cal, stanford, ohio state and--the worst offender, by far--a drake grad who played pro ball in europe and stayed to live in paris. when the griz lost to syracuse, i expected a torrent of ridicule.
nothing. not a peep from any one of them.
that's how bad it was.
nothing. not a peep from any one of them.
that's how bad it was.