Time for a Real Discussion About Caitlin Clark

[Gunnerclone]

She seems to still be getting a lot of media attention outside of local/Iowa outlets.

Where?

 

[Gunnerclone]

Right. Jason Sudekis and Sue Bird (this was everywhere) were sitting courtside at the Iowa game a couple weeks ago to see yesterday's news. Very few college athletes get the type of national exposure that she receives. Of course you can't compare her to professional superstar athletes. I live out of state and I know a lot of casual sports fans that do tune in to watch just because of her.

Holy **** Jason Sudekis and Sue Bird! Basically Taylor Swift and Michael Jordan!

 

[Cy Guy69]

I feel bad for all of you that live in Iowa.... you must be getting CC fatigue in a big way by now. I'm guessing that is all the Iowa media talks about DAILY.

Up here in Minny, CC is never talked about..... its clearly just a state of Iowa deal. Nobody in the other 49 cares... at all. I'm sure Murph and Andy would be disappointed to hear this.

This reminds me when the Hawkeye radio show on kxno had the PxP guy from a different school and they were in disbelief they didn’t know what the wave was. Iowa fans think the world revolves around IC sometimes.

 

[WartburgClone]

Jason Sudekis

I had no idea who this guy was until he showed up in IC.

 

[JP4CY]

Right. Jason Sudekis and Sue Bird (this was everywhere) were sitting courtside at the Iowa game a couple weeks ago to see yesterday's news. Very few college athletes get the type of national exposure that she receives.

By very few do you also mean the ones that Sudekis and Bird watched in Lawrence like a day before?

 

[Gonzo]

Where?

She was recently a guest on Peyton & Eli's MNF broadcast. She was on Coach K's podcast. She was the focus of a CBS Sports article/interview with Aliyah Boston just a few days ago. Sporting News just named her its co-athlete of the year. ESPN just posted an article ranking the top 25 players in the country this morning listing her as #1. 247Sports posted an article yesterday about her future in the WNBA. This in addition things like her State Farm TV ads just launching and Gatorade just signing her.

 

[AllInForISU]

She was recently a guest on Peyton & Eli's MNF broadcast. She was on Coach K's podcast. She was the focus of a CBS Sports article/interview with Aliyah Boston just a few days ago. Sporting News just named her its co-athlete of the year. ESPN just posted an article ranking the top 25 players in the country this morning listing her as #1. 247Sports posted an article yesterday about her future in the WNBA. This in addition things like her State Farm TV ads just launching and Gatorade just signing her.

The only nationally relevant thing you mentioned there is Manningcast and that is even pushing it now with their ratings drop. The rest you have to go out and be searching for it.

Nationally relevant means it finds you, not the other way around.

 

[Gonzo]

The only nationally relevant thing you mentioned there is Manningcast and that is even pushing it now with their ratings drop. The rest you have to go out and be searching for it.

Nationally relevant means it finds you, not the other way around.

The question was whether CC is getting attention from media outside of local/Iowa outlets. That's exactly what I listed. But now it's about whether CBS Sports, ESPN, etc. are relevant. Interesting pivot.

 

[iahawks]

She was recently a guest on Peyton & Eli's MNF broadcast. She was on Coach K's podcast. She was the focus of a CBS Sports article/interview with Aliyah Boston just a few days ago. Sporting News just named her its co-athlete of the year. ESPN just posted an article ranking the top 25 players in the country this morning listing her as #1. 247Sports posted an article yesterday about her future in the WNBA. This in addition things like her State Farm TV ads just launching and Gatorade just signing her.

Only an Iowa thing.

 

[Gunnerclone]

The only nationally relevant thing you mentioned there is Manningcast and that is even pushing it now with their ratings drop. The rest you have to go out and be searching for it.

Nationally relevant means it finds you, not the other way around.

I would really have to go out of my way to find that stuff. Out of all of those examples the only one I saw was the sporting news thing because people were making fun of it on Twitter.

 

[AllInForISU]

I would really have to go out of my way to find that stuff. Out of all of those examples the only one I saw was the sporting news thing because people were making fun of it on Twitter.

I didn’t even know sporting news still existed TBH.

 

[ClubCy]

She was recently a guest on Peyton & Eli's MNF broadcast. She was on Coach K's podcast. She was the focus of a CBS Sports article/interview with Aliyah Boston just a few days ago. Sporting News just named her its co-athlete of the year. ESPN just posted an article ranking the top 25 players in the country this morning listing her as #1. 247Sports posted an article yesterday about her future in the WNBA. This in addition things like her State Farm TV ads just launching and Gatorade just signing her.

The question was whether CC is getting attention from media outside of local/Iowa outlets. That's exactly what I listed. But now it's about whether CBS Sports, ESPN, etc. are relevant. Interesting pivot.

Kind of weird you know all of these appearances. Even weirder how much time you are spending justifying her on a rivals message board.

 

[TRYHARDER]

By very few do you also mean the ones that Sudekis and Bird watched in Lawrence like a day before?

The fact that you know this proves the point.

 

[Gonzo]

Kind of weird you know all of these appearances. Even weirder how much time you are spending justifying her on a rivals message board.

It took about 2 minutes on Google.

 

[Shawker]

It took about 2 minutes on Google.

OMG how much free time do you have in a day???

 

[Cyclonsin]

It took about 2 minutes on Google.

Your new profile pic is messing me up. Stop it.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Your new profile pic is messing me up. Stop it.

It's his gift to Cyclone Nation every Christmas. Roll with it!

and thanks, @Gonzo!

 

[Cyched]

Kind of weird you know all of these appearances. Even weirder how much time you are spending justifying her on a rivals message board.

Mediocre hawk fans white knighting for CC on an ISU forum might be the most entertaining part of this

 

[NENick]

After skipping from page 2 to 31, I gotta say several of you are trying way to hard to minimize Clark's media presence. No, she's not MJ. Most of the country couldn't care less about women's bball at any level. But to say she hasn't made an impact and become at least a minor celebrity is silly.

 

[Gunnerclone]

After skipping from page 2 to 31, I gotta say several of you are trying way to hard to minimize Clark's media presence. No, she's not MJ. Most of the country couldn't care less about women's bball at any level. But to say she hasn't made an impact and become at least a minor celebrity is silly.

minor sports celebrity.