Big East: Hey, Where'd Everyone Go?
By Elliot Olshansky - May 22, 2007
I used deodorant this morning, I promise.
As we get going with our second game today here at Keyspan Park - pitting No. 2 seed Rutgers against No. 7 seed Notre Dame - it's noticable more empty here than it was for the early game this morning. Since Rutgers would figure to generate more local interest than would this morning's teams, as would Notre Dame (c'mon, they're Notre Dame), you'd figure that there would be more people here, not less.
The big thing, of course, is that all the school groups are gone. My first thoughts were that the removal of the school kids before Notre Dame's game was either an attempt to keep religion out of the public schools, or possibly a protest of the not-exactly-PC "Fighting Irish" nickname (not that I've ever heard anyone complain), but then I realized that this game will run past the end of the school day, and besides, these kids should probably go back to class and learn something.
In any case, the teams are playing on, and a much quieter atmosphere has settled in at Keyspan Park. Still, it promises to be an excellent game between the Scarlet Knights and the Fighting Irish. At the end of the first, it's all zeros on the scoreboard.
Posted by Elliot Olshansky at 01:44 PM on May 22, 2007
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