SAVANNAH, Georgia -- There’s an old saying, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”Try running that by Savannah State University.
One only knows the reception ESPN received after arriving on campus last Monday for SSU’s men’s basketball game against Bethune-Cookman.
The sports leader usually hauls a trailer of negativity on its way to the college by the sea. Only a few months ago, ESPN’s College GameDay was here before SSU’s game with Florida State.
The crew discussed the season-opening 84-0 pounding from Oklahoma State and talked about the Tigers’ 70-point underdog status for the next week while foreshadowing a second pummeling from the Seminoles.
Two years ago, ESPN came to campus to look into the dismissal of football coach Robbie Wells. The storyline pursued? A reverse discrimination claim of a white coach against the historically black college.
ESPN’s trucks rolled in during the 2004-05 basketball season. That season, SSU drew national headlines during its dubious fast break to an 0-28 record.
Talk about kicking a tranquilized Tiger missing claws and teeth.
This time, ESPN arrived with another agenda.
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