During the winter months, this blog will have a lot of news and notes surrounding college basketball (easily my favorite sport) as well as special interest stories all around athletics. Once pitchers and catchers report, you'll also get plenty of baseball analysis.
While Rutgers (the University that will provide me with a degree in May) was busy picking up its first Big East win of the season, a fellow conference member had a very special afternoon. Georgetown not only dominated Duke from start to finish but President Barack Obama was in attendance in Washington D.C. for the entire game.
The coolest part of the situation came when the President joined Verne Lundquist and Clark Kellogg in the CBS broadcast booth. As an announcer, watching their interaction with him was a highlight of my sports day. Verne was clearly nervous, but Clark had some outstanding back-and-forth with Obama.
Not only did Obama break down Greg Monroe's drive to the hoop with professional ease (and let's not forget the lack of Kyle Singler help defense as the President pointed out) but he made sure to let Kellogg know that he'd be coming for his job in three... err... maybe seven years.
Side Note: I have a VHS copy of the Rutgers-Penn State 1989 Atlantic 10 championship game during which a very young Clark Kellogg tosses it back to an equally youthful John Saunders in the ESPN studio... pretty cool stuff.
Watching the President interact with sports broadcasters in a classy and knowledgeable manner was very refreshing. I could live without seeing the video of his drive on Tyler Hansbrough again, but all in all, great job by CBS getting him on the air.
Now, if only Bill Rafftery was there... oh man... maybe we could have heard a presidential "ONIONS."
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