Model Citizen
July 25th, 2017, 02:27 PM
Paul Morrison, Drake graduate and former Bulldog SID, has attended well over 700 Drake games since he enrolled as a freshman in 1939. He can recognize and recall the names of an astounding number of players.
He's seen Wichita, Saint Louis, Detroit, Creighton, and Bradley play conference games against Drake. None of those schools have football teams anymore.
He attended three January 1st bowl games, in which Drake went 2-1.
He watched Johnny Bright make a run at the Heisman Trophy, only to see Bright's season shortened by an opponent's cheap shot. The Missouri Valley's indifference to the incident caused Drake to take its football team out of the MVC for 20 years.
He was part of a standing-room only crowd of 25,000 at Drake for an Iowa State game. He's also been at Drake games where the attendance was under 1,000.
But Paul Morrison has never seen an Ivy League football game. x406x
He's seen Wichita, Saint Louis, Detroit, Creighton, and Bradley play conference games against Drake. None of those schools have football teams anymore.
He attended three January 1st bowl games, in which Drake went 2-1.
He watched Johnny Bright make a run at the Heisman Trophy, only to see Bright's season shortened by an opponent's cheap shot. The Missouri Valley's indifference to the incident caused Drake to take its football team out of the MVC for 20 years.
He was part of a standing-room only crowd of 25,000 at Drake for an Iowa State game. He's also been at Drake games where the attendance was under 1,000.
But Paul Morrison has never seen an Ivy League football game. x406x