ESPN's College Football Live is currently airing short videos on college football in each state. For example, when the show spoke about football in the state of Alabama it was all about the Iron Bowl, played between Auburn and Alabama.
Today's video highlight featured football in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Needless to say I was eager to hear what they were going to talk about concerning football in these three states.
Would it be David Ball, originally from Vermont, but played at UNH who ultimately broke Jerry Rice's college receiving yard record? Would they mention how Maine plays football in one of the northern most places in the country and boasts a 10,000 seat stadium! Or since 2000, Maine has produced 17 NFL drafts picks. What about the win that Maine had over Mississippi State, a SEC team, in 2004. Even Middlebury College, a division III school, had their place kicker make an NFL roster - the 2008-09 playoff team, Baltimore Ravens!
Or maybe, just maybe they would talk about football coming back at UVM. After all, thanks to the hard work of Doug Deluca '2010, the Green and Gold are back on the gridiron. UVM has a club team that is again sparking the state's interest in college football. Doug's story as well as UVM football was good enough for The New York Times (click here to the originally story) so was it so unreasonable to think they might mention it??
I guess it was.... none of these great stories were talked about - none! Not one. And if you can believe it, VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, and MAINE WERE MENTIONED ONLY ONCE!!! Outrageous!
Click here for the video
Slightly upsetting......
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What a travesty. Correct me if I'm wrong but shouldn't a network based in Bristol, CT mandate their workers at least know second grade geography. UConn is in fact in Connecticut, BC in Massachusetts and the three states they teased the segment with get no mention. Shame on you ESPN New England is more than the city of Boston.
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