'What is it with introducing football coaches at basketball games, anyway?' A second opinion

Feast your eyes, ladies and gentlemen—this here sports column has moved over from the right to the left side of the Spectator homepage for your reading pleasure. It’s number one of many for this first semester, so let's get to it with A Second Opinion.

At the men’s basketball game on Saturday night, I was surprised by something that probably shouldn’t have caught me off guard as a Spec Sports writer. It wasn’t Mark Cisco’s 20 rebounds, it wasn’t the blisteringly loud PA system music. In fact, it really didn’t have to do with the basketball game at all.

Midway through the second quarter, it was announced that the Lions' new head football coach, Pete Mangurian, would speak at halftime.

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