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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

oru cheerleaders get (another) thumbs.

Looks like I wasn't the only one to notice the ORU cheerleaders were exuding a less than sportsmanlike attitude during this tournament. Steve Warden of the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette agreed:

Eagles cheerleaders show pathetic sportsmanship
By Steve Warden

TULSA, Okla. – We weren’t aware that Tulsa is the cheerleading capital of the world, or at least the Oral Roberts cheerleaders think so.

Hate to sound like a “homer,” but the Oral Roberts cheerleaders mocking the IPFW cheerleaders got more than wearisome. The word “classless” comes to mind.

When an IPFW pyramid broke down and there was a tangle of cheerleaders on the floor, the Golden Eagles cheerleaders thought it was quite amusing. They also taunted and even wrote signs on a whiteboard to the IPFW cheerleaders at the other end of the floor.

No wonder several of the Summit League folks I’ve talked with don’t care for Oral Roberts.
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