BD80
02-03-2013, 09:01 AM
There is a troubling trend at the California Institute of Technology:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20130203/caltech-ends-228-game-losing-streak.ap/?sct=hp_t2_a16&eref=sihp
Caltech's baseball team ended a 228-game losing streak Saturday with a 9-7 victory over Pacifica -- Caltech hadn't won since Feb. 15, 2003.
Caltech's men's basketball team ended a 310-game conference losing streak in 2011, while the women's volleyball team ended a 56-match losing streak last year.
Sounds like Caltech is starting to put too much emphasis on its sports!
Well, maybe not: Pacifica was a non-conference game, and Caltech, mainly a Division III participant, has not won a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest since 1988 - a span of 463 games.
I envision the casts of Big Bang Theory and King of the Nerds on the field ...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20130203/caltech-ends-228-game-losing-streak.ap/?sct=hp_t2_a16&eref=sihp
Caltech's baseball team ended a 228-game losing streak Saturday with a 9-7 victory over Pacifica -- Caltech hadn't won since Feb. 15, 2003.
Caltech's men's basketball team ended a 310-game conference losing streak in 2011, while the women's volleyball team ended a 56-match losing streak last year.
Sounds like Caltech is starting to put too much emphasis on its sports!
Well, maybe not: Pacifica was a non-conference game, and Caltech, mainly a Division III participant, has not won a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest since 1988 - a span of 463 games.
I envision the casts of Big Bang Theory and King of the Nerds on the field ...