AUTHOR'S NOTE: Pass it on to anyone you know going to the game!!!!
This is the kind of game I've been waiting to see for four years. It's too bad that it came under these circumstances.
The six-time defending Missouri Valley Conference champion SIU Salukis will host the first ever ESPN College GameDay not to be hosted by a school in one of the "big six" conferences (Big 10, Pac 10, ACC, SEC, Big East, Big XII).
Unfortunately, SIU isn't playing like a team that has been to the Big Dance for the last six years. The Salukis enter tomorrow's game with a 9-10 record overall and a 4-4 conference record. They are currently in a three-way tie for fifth place.
Still, this is a prime opportunity to show that SIU is for real. The Salukis and the Creighton Blue Jays have been the class of the MVC since I can remember, so this just might be ESPN's way of acknowledging a rivalry that can only be described as the midwest's version of Duke-North Carolina.
With that said, I hope everyone was able to get their tickets because if they don't, they are S.O.L. and will be stuck watching the game on ESPN2.
If you are fortunate enough to go to the game tomorrow, you have several duties.
Duty #1 is to wear your maroon. It's a MAROON OUT, people...rep it!
I, for one, will be wearing my new "I H8 CR8N" shirt from Pinch Penny Pub, it was only five bucks. Even my mom in Chicago will be repping her "BEAT CREIGHTON" shirt I got her last year.
(Yes, I've got my family on the SIU bandwagon!)
Duty #2 is to be there in the morning for the GameDay morning show. (Wearing your maroon, of course!)
Seriously, it's free to the public and the show is from 10-11 a.m. and will air on the original ESPN. If you go, represent SIU to the best of your ability. We're a very knowledgeable basketball school, let's act like it!
Let's show the college basketball world that there is life outside of the ACC!
Duty #3 is to be loud and proud!
The Dawg Pound is arguably the best student cheering section in the section. They're smart. They're witty. They're right on top of the court. And the way the SIU Arena is set up, you can hear EVERYTHING! If you're an opposing player, you're going to hear any insult thrown your way.
To be fair, the Salukis have to play their part. They have to give the fans something to get excited about.
Duty #4 is simple: OOOOOOOH!!! PIG! SOUIE! RAZOR-BACKS!!!
After the college hoops season ended last year, Creighton head coach Dana Altman accepted the Arkansas job after Stan Heath was canned. After coming to his senses, Altman returned to Omaha, Neb. and re-joined the Blue Jays.
Saluki Nation, let's not let him forget what he did. Attached in this "note" is the press conference from when scumbag Bobby Petrino took over as Arkansas head coach.
Let's practice this and when Creighton is introduced tomorrow, let's hit 'em with a lil' bit of "Oh Pig Souie!"
GO DAWGS!
P.S. Let's try to sing real lyrics to our school fight song. The song doesn't go "Go Southern Go! That's all the words we know!"
http://www.lyricsondemand.
P.P.S. Not only will Carbondale be hosting ESPN Gameday, they will also host the most beautiful sideline reporter (and one of the most gorgeous women I've ever seen) Ms. Erin Andrews.
I'd love to meet her and maybe, JUST MAYBE, get a picture with her!
It'd be my profile pic for a looooong time!
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