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Bulldogs, marketing firm form relationship ...

Mc Bulldog — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:20:04 GMT

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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080922/SPORTS/80921012/1097/SPORTS0204

Times-Delphic/Creightonian Soccer Duel

Mecha_Bulldog — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:08:28 GMT

Drake's men's soccer team is currently 5-0, their best start in school history. About a week ago when Drake was 4-0, The Times-Delphic ran a game recap with the headline "Watch out Creighton, Drake men's soccer shines early." That probably wasn't the smartest headline, and hopefully whoever wrote it and ok'd it are now aware of the concept of "bulletin board material." The actual story doesn't mention Creighton or anything about an MVC title, so this little student-written blurb shouldn't be a big deal.

Then The Creightonian, Creighton's student newspaper, found the story. Their blog has a hissy fit over the mere mention that Creighton might not win the MVC this year:

[quote]What does Drake know about men’s soccer dominance you ask? Well, for one, the Bulldogs are outscoring their opponents 8-0 in their four wins. Offensive dominance might be an understatement – I bet Cleveland State and Centenary had no idea what hit them. And look at that stifling defense. It’s unbelievable to think that SIU-Edwardsville and Wisconsin-Milwaukee couldn’t even muster up a single goal.

Sure Creighton has some good wins. But outscoring Gonzaga, Portland and UC Riverside 9-1 might not be good enough in this year’s Missouri Valley. Some people might point to Creighton’s 3-0 exhibition win over No. 9 Ohio State as an indicator that the Jays are still a power, but it was just an exhibition. The Chiefs won an exhibition game this year, but does anybody think they are going to win a regular season game?

Besides, maybe it’s time for Creighton to just step aside. It gets kind of boring being the class of the conference every single year, and it’s really not fair that the Jays have only let Drake win once in 26 all-time head-to-head matches. Maybe it’s time for Drake to claim its first-ever MVC championship and represent the conference in the NCAA tournament. Why not? It worked out in basketball, right?

Let’s engrave the trophy right now. Your 2008 Missouri Valley Conference Champions, the Drake Bulldogs. Congratulations. It was hard-earned and well-deserved.

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I know Creighton men's soccer is really good and has been that way for years, but sheesh...

Volleyball

WSUProf — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:16:52 GMT

http://www.mvc-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7600&ATCLID=1565513
[i]2008 MVC Volleyball Preseason Poll
School (1st-Place Votes) Pts.
Wichita State (4) 91
UNI (2) 84
Creighton (3) 81
Missouri State (1) 73
Illinois State 67
Southern Illinois 52
Evansville 34
Drake 31
Bradley 25
Indiana State 12[/i]

Drake looks to begin the dawn of a new era under the helm of first-year head coach Phil McDaniel. Leading the charge for the Bulldogs will be a quartet of returning starters, including sophomore outside hitter Angela Bys, who averaged team highs in kills, total attacks and service aces en route to her selection on the all-MVC Freshman squad in 2007.

DUBulldog: If Drake makes the MVC VB tourney and you come to Wichita to watch, I'll treat you to lunch (or dinner) at Barn'rds each day.

LoLo,

cgdcreek — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:36:49 GMT

come on home to the Drake Relays, as long as you want, and we'll greet you like the champion you are.

Fantastic season, LoLo, greatest in the world. We'd love to see you at Drake in April!

Tickets for Sale, Proceeds to 4H

Mecha_Bulldog — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:46:20 GMT

I noticed these two auctions on eBay and thought they were interesting. The Iowa 4H Foundation is selling Drake athletic tickets as a fundraiser. One auction is for football season tickets. The other auction is for men's and women's basketball tickets for the non-conference games (excluding Iowa, Butler, and BracketBuster).

Basketball Tickets Auction
Football Tickets Auction

Drake grad to be inducted into Baseball HOF today

DUBulldog — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:03:37 GMT

Larry Whiteside.....Recipient of J.G. Taylor Spink Award, presented annually for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. ... Born in Chicago in 1937 and graduated from Drake University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. ... Spent more than four decades covering baseball as a beat writer, reporter, columnist and national baseball writer. ... Moved to the Boston Globe in 1973, covering the Red Sox World Series runs in 1975 and 1986, as well as several Celtics playoff games. ... Died June 15, 2007, of complications from Parkinson's disease.

Drake Athletic Dept Staff

Wandering_Dog — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:49:53 GMT

Does anyone have any details regarding news around the Drake Atheltic Department staff? Rumor has it that Jean Berger is out and Mark Kostek is on the bubble.

BULLDOG CLUB GOLF OUTING

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Zach Johnson's Caddie

LurkingDog — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:14:17 GMT

...made $370,716 since June '06 (Forbes). I'm in the wrong line of work.

NCAA Track & Field Parking

Grandpa — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:19:01 GMT

I go on duty in the volunteers' hospitality tent this afternoon at 4:00. Does anyone who has been to the event have any hot tips on parking?

Track & Field Championships and Flooding

Mecha_Bulldog — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:01:47 GMT

How will flooding affect the NCAA Track & Field Championships later this week? I wasn't around here in '93, but I don't think the Drake campus will be affected unless something catastrophic happens. It sounds like downtown will be a mess, so that would affect anyone planning on staying in a downtown hotel or visiting a downtown restaurant or club. How hard will it be to travel between the airport and the stadium?

Drake Shirt, mama, Drake Shirt

PiPhi1997 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:21:54 GMT

My 2 year old woke up this morning asking for his Drake Shirt. What a kid.

Volunteer to help with NCAA Track and Field Championships

Grandpa — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:01:11 GMT

The last I heard, there were still a few slots available for those willing to spend a little time helping out with the 2008 NCAA Track and Field Championships next week. Even if you just serve a few hours retrieving javelines, it would feel great to be a part of this national event at Drake Stadium. If you are interested, get in contact with Megan Schneider at 515-271-4894 (megan.schneider@drake.edu). You can view volunteer information here.

Drake wins Stanley Cup!

Grandpa — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:27:39 GMT

Oh, wait. That was Dallas Drake and the rest of the Detroit Red Wings, not Drake University. I was hoping for another banner.

UNI Names an Athletic Director

Mecha_Bulldog — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:44:50 GMT

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080529/SPORTS0207/80529023

UNI's new AD is Troy Dannen. He's a UNI grad and was executive director of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. From what I can tell, UNI fans are not excited about this hire. This month-old Panther Nation post is pretty funny right now:

if we hire troy dannen then i've lost all respect for our future in athletics.

Softball on TV today?

Mc Bulldog — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:28:04 GMT

Softball on TV today? I know they play at noon.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DRAKE SOFTBALL TEAM

BRFDawg — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:06:11 GMT

Defeated Missouri State today 7-2 to win the MVC Conference Tournament and will now be playing in the NCAA tournament for just the second time in the program's history I believe. Also picked to finish 9th like the basketball team.

You Might Be a Bulldog If...

Mecha_Bulldog — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:37:41 GMT

Sound Off on WHO is taking Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck if..." routine, and applying it to Iowa's Big 4 fans. This week they did "You might be a Bulldog if..." Some of my favorites:

If you think the Drake Relays takes place inside a tent behind a bar, you might be a Bulldog.

If your school president makes more money than your basketball and football coach, you might be a Bulldog.

If you've ever fallen asleep at a basketball game and no one around you woke you up because they were sleeping also, or if no one was sitting around you, you might be a Bulldog.

If you know that Pioneer League Football isn't played with muskets and overcoats, you might be a Bulldog.

If you replaced your garden gnome with a life size Tom Davis statue, you might be a Bulldog.

If you can spell Phaydavong and Emmenecker without looking it up, you might be a Bulldog.

If you have nightmares about a big red blob shooting a three-pointer, you might be a Bulldog.

If your house is closer to the Knapp Center than the nearest Knapp Center parking space, you might be a Bulldog.

If you went to school when Drake went to the Final Four, and you’re still paying off student loans, you might be a Bulldog.
If people mistakenly think you went to Duke, and you don’t correct them, you might be a Bulldog.

If you’ve ever stumbled out of a bar and found a giant track meet, you might be a Bulldog.

If you carry mace, pepper spray, and a whistle because your English class is on the east side of campus, you might be a Bulldog.

If you have never ever wondered why the West End Tavern is on the east side of the school, you might be a Bulldog.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DRAKE MEN'S TENNIS TEAM

Bulldog333 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:49:46 GMT

The men's tennis team won the MVC Championship and 3-peated today. Go Dogs!!

Softball beats #12 Michigan

DUBulldog — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:33:21 GMT

link.

Drake's Dismal Performance NCAA Academic Progress Report

Big Dipper — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:05:26 GMT

Drake's dismal results in the recently released annual Div 1 NCAA Academic Progress Report (APR) for enrollment throughout the 2003-04-2006-07 academic years need to be addressed.The APR measures semester by semester records for every individual team in Div 1 with regard to each team members' continuing eligibility,retention and progress. Every NCAA sport gave rankings for the teams that compete in these sports.
The NCAA commends teams that have an APR score in the top 10% within their sport
Bradley's athletic website listed four of their sports which were commended -Creighton had five.
For comparison Davidson had 14 sports commended -Harvard had 18
The Ivy League was the only conference to have commendations for all of its football teams
Where is Drake ? I'm sure that there will be many making excuses for Drake's poor performance but a soilid effort in instititional self- examination would be far more fruitful.

Go Bulldogs !

Drake basketball: City honors men, women

4Bulldogs — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:12:47 GMT

Drake basketball: City honors men, women
Link

And Adam contemplates a bball career post-Drake rather than a career at Principal.

Demise of the Triple Crown

LurkingDog — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:13:44 GMT

...a confluence of several forces through the late 1970s and early 80's helped make the Penn Relays, which first ran in 1895, what it has become today.
From the deregulation of the airlines, allowing air fares to become more affordable for schools to travel to Penn from farther distances, to the breakdown of the former Midwest Triple Crown of track & field, to Eastern coaches migrating and spreading the word of the Penn Relays westward.
All had a significant impact on making the Penn Relays something special.
"With the airlines, a lot of the schools ... started coming in that hadn't been here. Then they started recruiting Jamaicans and other Caribbeans, and when (those athletes) went to those schools, they wanted to come back (to the Penn Relays)," Johnson said.
There was also a point during that time period when the Kansas Relays, the second jewel of the Midwest Triple Crown and held between meets at Texas and at Drake, "had some difficulties," according to Johnson. With Drake and Penn competing on the same weekend, over time, the prestige of the triple crown faded and more and more intercollegiate squads began heading east to Penn.
"When Kansas started having problems ... that allowed for some teams to come to Penn that normally would have gone to Drake," Johnson said. "Beyond that, you had some coaches moving out of the normal Penn drawing area. And Eastern coaches started migrating West. Those major factors all happening at pretty much the same time really catapulted us forward."

http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=19513647&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=8

Drake Relays

Keita44 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:26:00 GMT

I heard that Drake students can get into the Relays for free with a student ID....is that correct?

If so, I might have to head over

Drake Relays - Live Coverage

KayatDrake — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:08:27 GMT

The 2008 Drake Relays will be held April 24 - April 26, 2008.

The Drake Broadcasting System, the student media organization on Drake's campus, will be televising their 20th annual Relays coverage the entire weekend. The broadcast is available locally in Des Moines, and globally through DBStv's webstream at www.godrakebulldogs.com

In Des Moines, you can catch the DBStv's coverage of the 2008 Relays on Mediacom College Channel 16.

The webstream does have a small fee attached, but all proceeds go directly back to improving the Drake Relays.

LIVE Webstream Coverage (www.godrakebulldogs.com):
Thursday, April 24th - 4 PM - 7 PM
Friday, April 25th - 8 AM - 8:30 PM
Saturday, April 26th - 8 AM - 6:30 PM

LIVE Televised Coverage on Mediacom Channel 16 in Des Moines:
Friday, April 25th - 10 AM - 5 PM
Saturday, April 26th - 10 AM - 6:30 PM

Enjoy the show!

The men's tennis team has won 27 in a row

Bulldog333 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:41:57 GMT

The men's tennis team has won 27 in a row. Did anyone know this? I got on the website yesterday and saw that. How does that not get any publicity?

Relays Party Apr26

Darth Vader — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:45:41 GMT

For those in the Hinsdale area (aka the greater Chicagoland area) who can't make Relays, feel free to stop by and invite any D fans/alumni/friends. You must wear blue as the cover charge to this event.

Party

Zach Johnson

Keita44 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:45:35 GMT

Zach posted a very nice number today in the Masters...a 70, 2 under par. He is playing very well.

New Women's Soccer Coach

Mecha_Bulldog — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:08:43 GMT

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080410/SPORTS0204/80410045.

[quote]Lindsey Horner has been named head women's soccer coach at Drake, the university announced today.

Horner, who played at West Des Moines Valley High School and Kansas, served as a Bulldogs assistant for the past five seasons.

She replaces Corbin Stone, who resigned to become a technical director for a soccer club in Boise, Idaho.[/quote]

Zach's Investors

LurkingDog — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:52:11 GMT

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/golf/story/562988.html

So who was the #1 golfer at Drake, and where is he now?

Volleyball Coach?

DUBulldog — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:09:10 GMT

The position has been open for 4 months....somebody on Valleytalk posted this link that might explain why it's taken so long.

Former Tennis Coach Roger Knapp Dies

Mecha_Bulldog — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:40:38 GMT

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080331/SPORTS0204/80331024

[quote]Former Drake men’s tennis coach Roger Knapp died Sunday at a hospital in Sarasota, Fla., university officials confirmed today.

He was 48.

Knapp officially died of complications from an aortic aneurism, officials said.

Knapp, the son of prominent Iowa real estate developer Bill Knapp, coached the Bulldogs from 1989-93. Drake won back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference titles under Knapp, in 1992-93.[/quote]

Condolences to the family.

silent Auction with Autographed Baskerballs!

Gr8Bulldog85 — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:51:57 GMT

This Tuesday, March 11, at 5pm-8pm on Pomeranz Stage in the Olmsted Center at Drake University there will be a silent auction put on by the senior advertising students. All the money raised will go towards funding for the advertising capstone competition being held in Omaha Nebraska. Help the Drake advertising seniors get to Omaha and continue Drake's winning tradition!

Auction items include:

autographed basketballs from both the men's and women's basketball teams
Drake Apparel
Spa Packages
Restaurant Gift Certificates
and lots more!

Berger a candidate for E. Illinois AD job

LurkingDog — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:10:46 GMT

http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2008/02/04/sports/doc47a7e4a6ea1ae301259301.txt

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New web page

DUFan4ever — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:50:45 GMT

Check out the new web page! And MOST of the links even work!

www.godrakebulldogs.com

Lunch with Keeler

Mecha_Bulldog — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:26:28 GMT

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckForum&plckForumPage=ForumDiscussion&plckDiscussionId=Cat%3aaa45da90-8519-4e2c-bfb9-b1afac248b71Forum%3ac7e05ec0-38a4-4466-ab87-e74268455794Discussion%3aa5f2a29c-9f48-4302-ba59-ad41f16a38e7

Come back to this forum Friday from noon to 1 p.m. and join Sean Keeler in a lively discussion about whatever sports-related topic(s) is on your mind or his. Ask him about one of his columns. Tell him what you thought of a column. Suggest a column idea. Sean wants to hear directly from you, the readers.

Maybe if we, the readers, barrage him with questions about Drake, he'll get the message.

DU Alum Andy Fales

Artist_Formerly_Known_As_LD — Thu, 03 May 2007 11:35:44 GMT

The following is an excerpt from this morning's Kansas City Star. Len Dawson, by the way, may be retiring before too long.
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Channel 9 will soon have a new weekend sports anchor: Andy Fales from WHO TV 13 in Des Moines.

It was reported in January that Channel 9 was looking to replace Bill Pikus.

Fales, 36, is from St. Louis and is a graduate of Drake. Fales’ last day at the Des Moines station is May 27.

“It might not be long before Andy is the main guy there,” one of Fales’ co-workers told the Des Moines Register.

Hmmm. That might be news to Len Dawson.

Holiday gifts for Drake Nation

Darth Vader — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:55:33 GMT

While out and about this morning, I started to think about what would be good gifts for those on Drake Nation. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting many of you, and I don't know your tastes per se, but I thought I would open it up to the group at large for adding on to the list. Note I will not hit everyone on here so no offense intended...

For McBulldog: A 12 pack of Natural Light
For USMCdog: Free fuel for a year
For Mecha: A brand new calculator
For Everyone: An NCAA bid for our squad

Feel free to add on (white elephant gifts strongly encouraged)!

Eliminate 2.0 rule

Dawg_tired — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:16:57 GMT

Here's a suggestion. Let's start an e-mail campaign to all the Deans and Maxwell restating our/my objection to the 2.0 rule. Talking points could be:
1. It's discriminatory in that it only affects the men's and women's basketball programs
2. It's elitist in that it doesn't give students from more disadvantaged school systems a chance to acclimate to the academic requirements of the University.
3. It's a punishment for something that happened over ten years ago and no longer serves a useful purpose.
4. It puts Drake at a disadvantage from a recruiting standpoint
5. Many times it works in opposition to Drake's diversity goals.
6. It's the right thing to do for the athletes.

What do ya think?

Volleyball Coach

DUBulldog — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:54:00 GMT

According to the Des Moines Register, Sandy Clubb has "removed" Amy Farber Knowles as volleyball coach. She had a 3 year record of 17-72.