MIT want its athletics taken more seriously.
“We get no respect. People just think we’re a bunch of geeks.”
It has even buffed up its Beaver mascot, making it a little fiercer-looking and accompanied by a new slogan, “Fear the Engineers.”
The Engineers so far have inspired anything but fear in the hearts of their opponents. The school’s football team was 4-5 last season in the New England Football Conference. The baseball team was 1-26 and 0-12 in conference play.
I wonder why?
Not So Fast 