Milwaukee Sportswriter Bemoans Rose Bowl Stereotype
Michael Hunt, a columnist with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is in town to cover the Rose Bowl match between his home state Wisconsin Badgers and the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. With a few days to go before the big contest, he’s already tired of an age-old cliché being bandied about by his fellow journalists.
Sometimes I’m embarrassed for my media brethren. The lead-up to the Rose Bowl would be one of those occasions.
Some of us, apparently the part that has not seen Wisconsin play since the W was on the front of the helmets, have decided to reduce this game to a conveniently packaged generalization: It’s Texas Christian’s blazing speed against the brute-force power of the otherwise plodding Wisconsin Clydesdales!
Never mind that some of the players on the Wisconsin team have been recruited from places like Florida and, yes, Texas.
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