Some Good Press

[JayJ79]

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That blog was absolutely worthless. I wonder who the pivot man in that car was.

I kind of have to agree.
Though Tomlin's blog post was a bit better, and good for a laugh.

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/20091884/20146040

[DrewDog]

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The blog is part of a 10 game in 11 days road trip which started Thursday night with the Pittsburgh-Marquette game. It is being done by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin, and Chris Tomlin. I know this because they also run the site www.kentuckysportsradio.com which I happen to visit frequently cause I'm also a huge fan of Kentucky Wildcats basketball.

So when Kentucky fans are praising the atmosphere and environment of UNI game, you know its very high praise and is a testament to the program and fans and just how far McDermott and now Jacobson have taken it.

It is ironic (and funny) that these guys from Kentucky would make the comment "Not a good idea to break up with a girl from Northern Iowa, I'll bet." My wife is UNI and UK alum and I thought she was going to hurt someone last night as she swearing like a sailor at the officials during last night's game.

[orangetennis]

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Also on ESPN under top stories and under headlines.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/

haha, when you click on the interview with coach Jake, they have all this "related video" to the right & it's all Northern Illinois stuff!

[Cat80]

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He had the audacity to compare Lucas to Gary Parrish?!



Dom Draper? I guess it's better than Dom DeLuise. Or is that Don DeLuise?

Don Draper of Mad Men fame. Check it out, hysterical stuff.

[Cat80]

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I love this one - it's fun to win people over just because of who we are:

Is this Heaven? No, It's Iowa - CBS Sportsline.

Some memorable quotes from their roadtrip piece:



We play by our own rules.



Blah blah blah.



Barn. With a 747 in it.







She'll kill you, and then in a few years she'll flunk that kid you spit out with the next one. Great.

Let 'em have their opinions, keeps the riff-raff out of the state.

[DrewDog]

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The announcers calling the Nevada-Mo State game have really been giving the Panthers a lot of props!

[ProwlingPanther]

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The announcers calling the Nevada-Mo State game have really been giving the Panthers a lot of props!

"Eye Test!?!? If there was an eye test, my wife never would have married me and we've been married for twenty years!!!! If there was an eye test, Larry Bird never would have made it through junior high basketball!!!!"

[CincyPanther88]

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Don Draper of Mad Men fame. Check it out, hysterical stuff.

Yeah, I know. One of my favorite shows. But he said Dom, not Don.

[Newsbreaker]

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I have to give those guys from CBS/Kentucky credit, they do find a way to get an awful lot wrong.

*We are not NIU nor Northern Iowa University.

*Last night wasn't our only National TV appearance. It's not even our only appearance in the last week, nor in the next 8 days.

[JayJ79]

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They aren't really concerned with facts or getting things right, or the actual basketball games they're attending, really. I guess it's more just about the "road trip" itself.

[CincyPanther88]

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They aren't really concerned with facts or getting things right, or the actual basketball games they're attending, really. I guess it's more just about the "road trip" itself.

Yeah. I'm not going to kill them for making a few mistakes in a live blog. They said a lot of good things about us in it.

[CyCarp]

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I laughed at their live blog. Especially their crying about Dubuque.

I would defend Dubuque, but a mafia wedding... that's pretty messed up...

[JayJ79]

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I would defend Dubuque, but a mafia wedding... that's pretty messed up...

Yeah, the classy people have Klingon weddings, or have their weddings presided over by an elvis impersonator.

[Newsbreaker]

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I would defend Dubuque, but a mafia wedding... that's pretty messed up...

It probably was neither a wedding nor mafia themed. We just look like that.