Mike Machnik writes:
>Chances are good "Boston" means Boston University.  For some unknown reason,
>many people out West call BU "Boston".  I've heard it when BU played MSU
>two years ago and the games were picked up back here; in the final four, etc.
>and no one gets the hint.  It is "BU" or "Boston University", not "Boston"
>because that can mean BU or BC, or else maybe the Bruins have dropped low
>enough that they're now getting votes for the college top 10. :-)  Besides,
>it sounds strange to call BU "Boston".  DON'T DO IT!  People from the East
>will think you are a dork.  Someone should tell the media folks this.
 
This has been a sore spot with the me for the last few years.  As Mike said,
during the final four two years ago people were calling BU "Boston", so last
year when BU made it to the final four again, I called ESPN and told them
the proper way of refering to Boston University was either "BU" or "Boston
University", and NOT BOSTON as they had done the previous year.  I also told
them that folks from BU cringed every time they heard the team called just
Boston.
 
So what did the ESPN announceres do?  They called the team "Boston U" through-
out the entire final four.  I think that was even worse.
 
The moral of this story is, don't try to help announcers, their a lost cause!
 
 
-kap
 
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