drake football in ESPN the Mag

by **oneNEIGHBOR** » April 6th, 2011, 2:22 pm

I was pleasantly surprised when i saw a valley team in ESPN the magazine. The team is taking a trip to Africa to play against the Mexico all stars. Does anyone from Drake know anything more about the trip?

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by **DUBulldog** » April 6th, 2011, 7:07 pm

oneNEIGHBOR wrote:I was pleasantly surprised when i saw a valley team in ESPN the magazine. The team is taking a trip to Africa to play against the Mexico all stars. Does anyone from Drake know anything more about the trip?

It's not much, but here's a link to some discussion about it on the Drake board.
http://www.drakenation.com/Topic53746-9-1.aspx

by **DUBulldog** » May 16th, 2011, 5:48 pm

Bulldogs leave for Africa tomorrow

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110516/SPORTS020402/110516024/Drake-football-team-embarks-Tuesday-on-Africa-journey

by **valleychamp** » May 16th, 2011, 7:42 pm

I didn't see it, but I heard Drake's coach was on ESPN first take this morning?

by **DUBulldog** » May 16th, 2011, 9:02 pm

valleychamp wrote:I didn't see it, but I heard Drake's coach was on ESPN first take this morning?

I didn't see it either, but here's a link to the interview

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6555984&categoryid=2564308

by **MVCfans** » May 21st, 2011, 7:49 am

Drake wins 17-7 to become the winningest program in the history of the African continent!!!

by **DUBulldog** » May 21st, 2011, 10:20 am

MVCfans wrote:Drake wins 17-7 to become the winningest program in the history of the African continent!!!

I just hope that while he's over there, Coach Creighton can find a Hasheem Thabeet clone for Coach Phelps.

by **carrcar** » May 23rd, 2011, 10:46 am

MVCfans wrote:Drake wins 17-7 to become the winningest program in the history of the African continent!!!

Don't know Coach Creighton, but he must be a helluva guy. Congrats on great road trip.

by **DUBulldog** » May 23rd, 2011, 11:32 am

carrcar wrote:
MVCfans wrote:Drake wins 17-7 to become the winningest program in the history of the African continent!!!

Don't know Coach Creighton, but he must be a helluva guy. Congrats on great road trip.

The cool thing is, the trip is a long way from being over....the football game was just a small part of it. Now, the team is helping to build a school and an orphange, and later, they will climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

by **DUBulldog** » June 3rd, 2011, 9:39 am

from ESPN.com

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?id=6600182