My visit to the Octagon of Doom

This past Saturday I got the pleasure of attending the Kansas State mens basketball game when they hosted the Iowa State Cyclones at Bramlage Coliseum. I must say that even though I say I do not favor either KU or KU (since I pride myself on being a University of Michigan fan) I have attended way more basketball games at the PHOG then I have in Manhattan. As a matter of fact its been close to ten years since I last attended a game in Bramlage, so I was very excited at the opportunity take the experience in. especially since KSU basketball has grown by leaps and bounds in the last ten years. 

 

 The view from my seats              

            Overall I must say I was very impressed by the atmosphere, my seats were right across from the student section, which was both large and loud. A great student section can make or break the atmosphere of a college basketball game in my opinion. The great atmosphere was all the more exciting when the actual game followed through with excitement when the then ranked #13 Wildcats who had started the game off slowly began to pull away with a force near the end to finish off a great home win, much to the crowds enjoyment. The “Octagon of Doom” is certainly not a large venue, but what it lack in size, the crowed makes up for with an intimidating presence for opponents. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the game, and certainly hope its not another ten years before I make a return trip.

Washburn Hits the National Spotlight on WUper Bowl Sunday

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This past Sunday Washburn University was featured in the national spotlight on a day that one would not expect them to be, Super Bowl Sunday. Reason being is that Washburn had two formal football players playing in the big game. Cary Williams who is actually the starting cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens, and Michael Wilhoite who just a few weeks before the Super Bowl became named the special teams captain for the San Francisco 49’ers.  This gained national attention due to the fact that Washburn has never had an alum play in the Super Bowl, and featured more players than some traditional powerhouses such as Notre Dame and the Oklahoma University. This type of story is something that not only brought national attention to Washburn, but the world wide leader in sports networks ESPN even did a feature on their flagship program SportsCenter where senior broadcaster Pedro Gomez interviewed head football Craig Schurig live on the field of Washburns Yager Stadium. Senior broadcaster Bob Levy also joined the feature from the studio and gave statistical information about the University and its sports programs. Needless to say this is the biggest showcase Washburn University has ever had on a national scale and will hopefully help the University with making itself more known for not only athletes who are in the recruiting process and are considering which College program to join, but also with any general student who is considering a University to attend.

  I’ve been scouring the web, and will hopefully be able to find a link that a can post that has the SportCenter clip. As soon as I do I will upload it to the blog, in the meantime here is a link to an article from ESPN that first brought this story to national attention: http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/61194/d-ii-washburn-steals-super-bowl-show