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Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

junglehusky said:
....and yet another national media member spouting conventional wisdom groupthink...
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Lol. We could get 57000 to watch us play Texas in a snowstorm. Where do they get this stuff? The problem is we'll beat Texas in the snowstorm and the crowd that Robert Griffin got a taste of will be there to rub it in. I'm telling you the naysayers know we're going to steal their lunch.
 
hardcorehusky said:
Joe D and Gresh are right here in our market on the UCONN station and don't have a realignment clue. Writers in other areas have the same lack of realignment knowledge. It is simply a topic they annoyingly have to cover.

I hate to say this, but The-Boneyard Conference Realignment posters have a much better pulse on realignment because we live this stuff daily, analyzing each tweet key and non-key. We know much more about it than 90% of these "media types"
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They are playing the listeners. Gresh was brought on to drive up clicks. I was reading yesterday about ones of the most successful online sites having to do with film and books. One of the founding editors left and basically said that once there was a new revenue model for advertising (away from getting paid monthly for a number of ads) to clicks, it drove journalism toward clickbait tactics.
 
junglehusky said:
....and yet another national media member spouting conventional wisdom groupthink...
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Wow I can't believe an alleged professional sports writer just wrote that...it does not discuss markets, networks or population footprint as driving forces in conference expansion.

Dennis Dodd completely misses what drives conference realignment and why the Big12 is losing at realignment. I can only assume UT is leaving an envelop with cash under his floor mat as we speak.

Best quote "Uh, no. UConn doesn’t “deliver” the New York market. UConn might be the best player never to win a major. (Translated: Best school not in the Power Five) But it’s a long way back to the big time. It’s not always what you deserve; it’s what you can deliver."

Never to win a major? How about the 4 National Championship in Men's basketball? How about a BCS bowl appearance in football? How about the most dominate WBB in history with 10 National Championships? Is that "big time" enough? Or maybe"deliver" means markets/money which of course Dodd didn't discuss.

UConn "delivers" a lot more than most of the Big12 programs. Somehow Dodd has managed to imply any championships outside of a P5 conference don't count. This dude should be embarrassed by his ignorance.
 
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hardcorehusky said:
Joe D and Gresh are right here in our market on the UCONN station and don't have a realignment clue. Writers in other areas have the same lack of realignment knowledge. It is simply a topic they annoyingly have to cover.

I hate to say this, but The-Boneyard Conference Realignment posters have a much better pulse on realignment because we live this stuff daily, analyzing each tweet key and non-key. We know much more about it than 90% of these "media types"
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I've been listening to Joe D and Gresh talk CR the last couple of days and you're right, they have no clue. Ever since Dennis Dodd mentioned UCF, they've been falling all over themselves to hype UCF. The sad part is that some of the callers agree with them.
 
92% all-time capacity so how come we are scoffed at? Why isn't that joke at the expense of Memphis?

I feel like we're in the twilight zone here. A program playing in a 50 yr old stadium, that until recently couldn't avg. more than 20,000 people gets more respect than us and are deemed a top candidate. If it wasn't so sad it'd be funny.
 
TheDoggPound said:
92% all-time capacity so how come we are scoffed at? Why isn't that joke at the expense of Memphis?

I feel like we're in the twilight zone here. A program playing in a 50 yr old stadium, that until recently couldn't avg. more than 20,000 people gets more respect than us and are deemed a top candidate. If it wasn't so sad it'd be funny.
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It really is aggravating to read UConn getting pummeled by sports writers for attendance but then tote UCF as "footbally". Umm, they didn't win a single game last season and their attendance was also pitiful.
 
Duncan Idaho said:
What's the collective IQ of sports journalists? You can go through life being lazy and stupid.
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The job pays nothing. That's what you get. Computers write better gamers.

The internet is filled with people who write for fun that are 20x better.
 
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whaler11 said:
The job pays nothing. That's what you get. Computers write better gamers.

The internet is filled with people who write for fun that are 20x better.
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Really? I always figured they made good coin covering sports, which is kind of like a dream job. Dodd in particular pissed me off today. His trash article put the buffoon in buffoonery.
 
noeynox said:
Really? I always figured they made good coin covering sports, which is kind of like a dream job. Dodd in particular pissed me off today. His trash article put the buffoon in buffoonery.
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National guys do pretty darn well, especially if the are tied to a network like Dodd/CBS.

Local guys make dirt.
 
noeynox said:
Really? I always figured they made good coin covering sports, which is kind of like a dream job. Dodd in particular pissed me off today. His trash article put the buffoon in buffoonery.
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This is why I stopped reading. My baseline was Lupica. Guys like Goodman, Parrish, Doyle , Zagoria, and anyone else aren't worth your time or click. Show some restraint and don't do it. It's worth it. I promise
 
djct1999 said:
This is why I stopped reading. My baseline was Lupica. Guys like Goodman, Parrish, Doyle , Zagoria, and anyone else aren't worth your time or click. Show some restraint and don't do it. It's worth it. I promise
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Yeah, I like reading about my Huskies, but today was sheetshow. Its one time to state your opinion as just that, but Dodd was just spouting nonsense as fact.
 
noeynox said:
Really? I always figured they made good coin covering sports, which is kind of like a dream job. Dodd in particular pissed me off today. His trash article put the buffoon in buffoonery.
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After graduation I spent a year in local media and a year at ESPN.

National guys like Dodd make enough to not sweat their mortgage - but I doubt they are getting rich. When your business model is based on clicks you can only be so comfortable.

The guys at the Courant are scraping by.

From experience I can tell you why sports writers are so surly - it's an awful job and you are on the wrong end of every dynamic.
 
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djct1999 said:
Define pretty well.
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I'm not pretending to know anyone's salary but a national reporter with 15-20 years under their belt writing for a national site like ESPN/CBS could be pulling in between 150-200K per year.
 
Dooley said:
It really is aggravating to read UConn getting pummeled by sports writers for attendance but then tote UCF as "footbally". Umm, they didn't win a single game last season and their attendance was also pitiful.
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Its all about the retweetin'.
 
Waquoit said:
I doubt it. Doyle quit CBS for the Indy Star.
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I could be wrong but I believe Doyel always had the Star column concurrent with his gig at CBS.

Either way he's kind of the exception. I can't think of any other journalists who have left a national network or publication to go to a local or regional one willingly.
 
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BamaCoug said:


Four top candidates ... Cinci, UConn, Colorado State, BYU ... Interesting on the CSU inclusion.
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Yep, some of the Twitter conversation has the Big 12 offering Cinci, UConn full memberships and BYU and CSU as football only. It eliminates the play on Sunday objections, since that is driven largely by Olympic sports.

FWIW, I don't see the Big 12 going east and west but what do I know.
 
Geography is absolutely a non-factor. It's simply a talking point for all of us not in the know. I mean, how much longer will it take the Longhorns to play in east Hartford than Morgantown, door to door? Besides, while playing at the Rent, Coach Strong can spend all day Friday in Bristol. That's pretty good exposure any coach would want.
 
CL82 said:
Yep, some of the Twitter conversation has the Big 12 offering Cinci, UConn full memberships and BYU and CSU as football only. It eliminates the play on Sunday objections, since that is driven largely by Olympic sports.

FWIW, I don't see the Big 12 going east and west but what do I know.
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I would agree that having teams I Eastern, Central and Mountain is difficult.

It can be overcome but it does limit some scheduling options and options for drawing up divisions.
 
Chin Diesel said:
I would agree that having teams I Eastern, Central and Mountain is difficult.

It can be overcome but it does limit some scheduling options and options for drawing up divisions.
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It's no big deal for just football. It would be a nightmare for all sports.
 
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