Saint Joe's 'Adopts' BC Football

I don't really know what to make of this; it's a tad bizarre, a tad pathetic, and a tad intriguing.  St. Joe's University is "adopting" the football program of Boston College (my alma mater).  Best case scenario it gets BC a game at the Linc sometime in the future?

St. Joseph's University in Pennsylvania has learned that, when your school does not provide funding for a football program, there are other options: adoption. Infertile no more, the student newspaper of St. Joseph's University announced yesterday that it has chosen to adopt Boston College's football team.

Yes, it is a little weird, but flattering nonetheless. The reasoning is simple: since SJU does not have sufficient funds to start a football program from the ground up, their students have instead chosen to lend their support to one of their Jesuit counterparts.

I guess their color schemes aren't completely off, although maroon doesn't look as nice on the frumpy SJU ladies as it does on the prissy BC chicas.

>>St. Joseph's adopts BC football [The Heights]
>>St. Joseph's adopts BC football [SJU Hawks News]

Comments

[Matt P]

you have to be kidding me. the only thing lamer than not having a football team is to "adopt" another school's.

we await photographic proof of the frumpy vs. prissy battle.

[aquarius]

im not quite sure how i feel about this, yet, it definitely weird and flattering and somewhat surreal, st joes is on the way up and i guess this is just a step in the process...

[Chamomiles Davis]

Why B.C. of all schools? Must be the Jesuit connection.

SJU fans are always welcome to come to Villanova Stadium if they're desperate to root for a football team. It's a much shorter ride to get there. :)

[johndewar]

I went to SJU before transferring to Penn State (otherwise known as the smartest thing I ever did). When I was at SJU, they "adopted" the Auburn football team much in the same fashion as this, which was totally bizarre to me. They even had road trips out to Auburn. Now it's BC? So, so stupid.