One thing I try to do with this blog is to remain objective. Everyone knows I am a proud Morgan State graduate, but the calling of being a media resource for black college athletics supersedes my loyalty to alma mater. Bottom line.

So forgive the following breakdown of professional ethics.

How. Bout. Them. Bears.

In a season where the Division I black colleges continue to be scourged by guaranteed games, Morgan State has proven to be the antidote for the early season malaise. Timely three point shooting from Reggie Holmes and a legitimate post-presence in Kevin Thompson have positioned the Bears as the team to beat in the MEAC, and the team no middle-of-the-pack power conference team wants to schedule.

Wins against DePaul, Maryland, and Arkansas. Close calls against Louisville, Connecticut and Miami. You could call Morgan the Appalachian State of college basketball, but that would be an understatement to Morgan’s dominance of the MEAC conference. Who would’ve guessed that in Todd Bozeman’s brief tenure, conference titles would no longer be enough? Baltimore is now Bracketown, and for as long as Boze is at the helm, the expectations only dig deeper into the conscience of success-starved Bears fans.

Normally, this would’ve been the part of the post where I went into Bozeman’s success being the last thing the Bears want. It’s far too logical to be a pundit and recognize the eyes that are watching Bozeman and his locally-mined talent from the lofty perches of the power conference elite. It’s a little too morbid to consider how far back his departure would set the Bears program.

So, I won’t be a pundit. I’ll be a fan.

Leave the ethics, at least for the moment, to the hogs.

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