Anybody want to help with a sports headline?

[bigwillq]

I work at a newspaper in CT and one of our local college teams is playing in the Northeast Conference Championship tonight with a trip to the NCAA men's basketball Division I (the Big Dance) tournament at stake.
If they win, it will be their first NCAA berth.

Game starts at 7 p.m. Quinnipiac vs. Robert Morris. We cover Quinnipiac.

So, we are looking for four headlines, if it's a:

Big Win
Big Loss
Close Win
Close Loss


Quinnipiac are the Bobcats. We were thinking about potentially using the words "berth" or "dance" in the headline.

Just looking for any ideas. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I figure DU is a pretty creative group, so thought I would ask. Thanks.

[Beer Snob-50]

1. Cruel but...

Bobcats show Huskies how it is done!

[bigwillq]

2. ha ha

:rofl:

Very true.

[KamaAina]

5. Similarly, "Conn. team goes to the Big Dance after all"

:P

[meow2u3]

13. Cats scratch Huskies

eom

[LisaM]

3. Maybe something to do with Cat Dancing

Wasn't there a movie called "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing"? I know it might be obscure, but you could say something about loving Cat Dancing.

[bigwillq]

4. Thanks for your suggestion.

:)

[Brickbat]

6. Copy editors are already being outsourced like crazy. No need to help the bosses out there, son.

[bigwillq]

7. My co-worker

who is a copy editor, asked me to think of some headlines. He is thinking about them too, but the more ideas the better. Just trying to help him out. This headline is for the cover of the sports page, in which he is in charge of tonight.

[Brickbat]

8. It's fun to think up headlines and I don't want to piss on a lounge thread.

I can understand asking around in the newsroom for help on a headline. But throwing it out to a message board? Are you a copy editor? If so, why are you asking people to do for free what you do for money? Why should you be paid if someone else will do it for free? (I'm guessing you're not, because you said your co-worker is a copy editor. So please don't take my pointed questions too personally.)

I say this as a former newspaper copy editor who now works freelance. I take the decimation of my profession very seriously.

[bigwillq]

9. Not taking your comments personally.

I understand your point on this: "If so, why are you asking people to do for free what you do for money? Why should you be paid if someone else will do it for free?"

And it's a valid one.

Just thought I would ask the creative minds of the lounge since many here have asked for advice or suggestions, including on work-related topics.

[Brickbat]

11. Thanks for listening.

Carry on. :hi:

[bigwillq]

12. Thanks for your comments.

:hi:

[Captain Hilts]

10. Loss Forces Morris to Piac Bags and Go Home.

[Midlodemocrat]

14. Here you go.

bigwillq is hot. Film at 11.

Oh, wait? There's a game on?

Sorry.

[bigwillq]

16. ha ha

Thanks, Midlo. I see you've already opened that box of wine!! :P ;) :)

[RagAss]

15. Cats Purring - Dance Date Set !

[RagAss]

17. For a close loss......Cats Nipped at the Buzzer

[Mojambo]

18. Cats Scratched From Dance. n/t

[bigwillq]

19. We have a few in mind.

Thanks for the suggestions. :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

20. Bobbing for berth

Or maybe Bobbing for playoff berth.

[bigwillq]

21. Quinnipiac lost 52-50

:(

[Midlodemocrat]

22. Holy Crap!!!!! Glad I'm sitting down.

:hide:

[bigwillq]

23. I know, I know

not a big deal. Go drink more wine and drive your van. :rofl: :P ;)

[KamaAina]

24. Wait a minute. When did QC, er, QU, become the Bobcats?

I knew them as the Braves (former UNH guy, then Yalie here). Was that a PC thing like the St. John's Redmen Red Storm?

Is there any CT team (Central, Hartford, Fairfield, Sacred Heart) still alive? :shrug:

You don't work for the Register, do you? :scared:

[Common Sense Party]

25. "Din-Din, Morris!" No Big Dance for the 'Cats.

I know, it sucks.

And no one under age 40 will get the "din-din, Morris" reference.

[bigwillq]

27. We thought about the Morris angle

but couldn't come up with anything that fit.

[HopeHoops]

26. Just work in the word "Litterbox" somehow.

[Common Sense Party]

28. So, what headline was finally used?

[bigwillq]

30. Stood Up (main hed)

Sub-hed
RMU ruins Bobcats' chance to go to the Big Dance

[PVnRT]

29. OK

Big win: Quinnipac Utterly Demolishes Pathetic Losers from Robert Morris
Close win: Despite Unsportsmanlike Play By Robert Morris, Quinnipac Wins
Close loss: In Show of Sportsmanship, Quinnipac Allows Robert Morris Berth in March Madness
Big loss: Potential Referee Bribery by Robert Morris Results in Loss for Quinnipac