For those who follow my schedule planning closely, you’ll notice that this was not this week’s original topic. For those that don’t well, cool, no sweat. As for the history of swimming, diving, and drownproofing on campus, that will hopefully be out on Thursday. This came up in the meantime and, as you’ll see, took some interesting turns. So, without further ado, let’s talk water.
Also, noting that we managed to talk about Bud Carson last week without even mentioning the murky origins of the Budweiser Song tradition - we were already over 3,000 words at the end of that, after all - I’d like to give a shoutout to Tori McElhaney at The Athletic with a serendipitously timed piece with some better interviews than I would have been able to get for those looking for info on that.