To all you Valpo fans chanting the goodbye song with under a minute left up by 3... That's just stupid. The Bulldogs are a top 10 team in the country, have two of the deadliest 3-point shooters in the nation, and you're going to chant the overused "nah-nah-nah- hey- hey-hey-goodbye"? It makes no sense.
The sad thing is, Tuesday nights game was far and away the best game the Crusaders played all season. They did it in front of a record crowd at the atheltics and recreation center, and that crowd was hostile. But guess what? The Crusaders still lost.
And that tough of a game was the best thing that has happened to Butler all year. It proved in front of a national audience that we can go into a conference opponents house and beat them, with our big man riding pine, and our leading scorer in foul trouble the entire game. That is something that schools from the six power conferences cannot do. For instance, Michigan St. going into Iowa, and getting beat by the Hawkeyes 62-39.
A.J. Graves looks to be back to his normal self, and Pete Campbell has developed into that third clutch player Butler needs. It's absolutely scary to think about how good the Dawgs would be if Howard's inside play, and the perimeter game clicked at the same time.
Tuesday's game was just the Bulldogs coming out party to the rest of the country. ESPN commentators Doug Gottlieb and Tom Brennan were impressed. They haven't seen a thing yet.
(Tuesday was Howards first game in the last 13 where he didn't score double figures. He only play 15 minutes, and scored 6 points and grabbed 2 rebounds)
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If you had any sense, you would have realized that we were directing that chant at Mike Green who had just fouled out, not at the team in general. You guys have a helluva team and we are smarter than to assume the game was over at that point. Now get off your high horse and use your head before being so critical.
ooohhh, get off your high horse? someone is unhappy...I am just surprised people from Valpo read our blog, sweet!
I'm not really that upset about the game. I was much more upset about blowing games to Loyola and Milwaukee. Like I said before, you guys have an amazing team and simply beat us in the final second when it counted most. It's just too bad that the Butler fan base has such an over-the-top elitist attitude towards everyone else in this league. Quite frankly I am already sick of it and we have been in the same league for less than a season. That attitude is the only reason one would take the "nah-nah-nah-nah-hey-hey-hey-goodbye" chant as us making a statement about the game being over. I know you guys are quite bitter that you can't get near the student support of your team as we get either. We had almost half of our student body at the game the other night. Good luck ever drawing that much to one of your games.
In response to the above post... "to each his own."
As editor-in-chief of Dawgnet, I really appreciate you visiting our basketball blog and giving us your perspective.
But, don't tune into a medium that is clearly and blatantly for the discussion of our university's basketball teams, teams which have been very successful this season and in seasons past, and not expect us to be "elitist."
Also keep in mind, this is a blog that appeals to many of the most die-hard of Butler fans (not representing the opinion of any majority at this university), and no matter what their attitudes may be, they are entitled to their opinion... as are you.
Just don't expect us sinners to be saints.
Please keep reading and posting. Your opinion is always welcome.
I am going to have to agree with crusaderguy08, I am a huge Butler fan but I thought we took it too far in the chanting department. We seem to forget that for 39 minutes of that game, we were beat, and, in front of a national audience. I think we need to chill out and be a bit more gracious of our ranking.
I'm pretty sure more people were there because Valpo was playing a ranked team and they are tiny like we are!
Since when do we not get much student fan support? Is that a joke? I don't even know how to respond to that.
And, anyway, I was at the game and understood from the get-go that the "goodbye" chant was in reference to Mike, but I understand how it could have been misunderstood.
Regardless, it was an excellent game. Best 10 bucks I ever spent! I had a blast and it was great to see our bench step up when we needed them most. I hope we ride this momentum and continue winning on the road!
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