Looks like the Virginian-Pilot will be one of the best sources for C-USA media coverage:
Hamptonroads.com: C-USA is no stranger to conference realignment
[quote=“Run49er, post:1, topic:27923”]Looks like the Virginian-Pilot will be one of the best sources for C-USA media coverage:
Hamptonroads.com: C-USA is no stranger to conference realignment[/quote]
My guess is papers in El Paso, Dallas, Southern Mississippi, Nashville, New Orleans, South Florida, San Antonio, and Huntington will also be good sources.
clt says come on guys, don’t pick on the observer.
But clt. No one has mentioned the Observer in this thread.
[quote=“Run49er, post:1, topic:27923”]Looks like the Virginian-Pilot will be one of the best sources for C-USA media coverage:
Hamptonroads.com: C-USA is no stranger to conference realignment[/quote]
They do an incredible job of covering ODU. I have been reading them since ODU was announced as coming to CUSA. I wish we had that kind of coverage.
[quote=“49r9r, post:2, topic:27923”]My guess is papers in El Paso, Dallas, Southern Mississippi, Nashville, New Orleans, South Florida, San Antonio, and Huntington will also be good sources.[/quote]Some of those will be - like El Paso, Hattiesburg and Huntington - but the others listed not so much, especially since major league sports, BCS, etc. will come first in the pecking order.
[quote=“Gassman, post:5, topic:27923”][quote=“Run49er, post:1, topic:27923”]Looks like the Virginian-Pilot will be one of the best sources for C-USA media coverage:
Hamptonroads.com: C-USA is no stranger to conference realignment[/quote]
They do an incredible job of covering ODU. I have been reading them since ODU was announced as coming to CUSA. I wish we had that kind of coverage.[/quote]
+1
Another paper that gives excellent coverage to the hometown teams is Richmond. It must be something about those Virginia newspapers. Does UVA not have a Department of Journalism?
We have seen this is not always the case. The Cinci paper has always done an excellent job of covering Xavier and Cincinnati, and the city of Cincinnati has pro sports and sits right in the middle of Big 10 schools and their circulation area even covers the SEC (KY), and now the ACC (Louisville). Those Virginia papers also do wonderful jobs of covering their teams and they have pro sports right up the road along with teams like UVA (Charlotesville is closer to Richmond than Chapel Hill is to Charlotte). Orlando has always given excellent coverage to UCF, even when UCF was a nobody.
We have seen this is not always the case. The Cinci paper has always done an excellent job of covering Xavier and Cincinnati, and the city of Cincinnati has pro sports and sits right in the middle of Big 10 schools and their circulation area even covers the SEC (KY), and now the ACC (Louisville). Those Virginia papers also do wonderful jobs of covering their teams and they have pro sports right up the road along with teams like UVA (Charlotesville is closer to Richmond than Chapel Hill is to Charlotte). Orlando has always given excellent coverage to UCF, even when UCF was a nobody.[/quote]
49r9r, I think you’re just a trouble-maker! ;D
We have seen this is not always the case. The Cinci paper has always done an excellent job of covering Xavier and Cincinnati, and the city of Cincinnati has pro sports and sits right in the middle of Big 10 schools and their circulation area even covers the SEC (KY), and now the ACC (Louisville). Those Virginia papers also do wonderful jobs of covering their teams and they have pro sports right up the road along with teams like UVA (Charlotesville is closer to Richmond than Chapel Hill is to Charlotte). Orlando has always given excellent coverage to UCF, even when UCF was a nobody.[/quote]
49r9r, I think you’re just a trouble-maker! ;D[/quote]
Damn straight I am… but every example I gave is true.
We have seen this is not always the case. The Cinci paper has always done an excellent job of covering Xavier and Cincinnati, and the city of Cincinnati has pro sports and sits right in the middle of Big 10 schools and their circulation area even covers the SEC (KY), and now the ACC (Louisville). Those Virginia papers also do wonderful jobs of covering their teams and they have pro sports right up the road along with teams like UVA (Charlotesville is closer to Richmond than Chapel Hill is to Charlotte). Orlando has always given excellent coverage to UCF, even when UCF was a nobody.[/quote]Can’t argue with the examples of Cincy, Orlando, and Richmond but none of those have any direct bearing now since there are no C-USA schools in any of those cities (and in the case of Richmond, C-USA never was).
Anyway, it will be like it always has been. Some media outlets will do a better job than others. As usual, the Big O will be somewhere in the middle. Not the best and probably never will be, but not the worst either.
We have seen this is not always the case. The Cinci paper has always done an excellent job of covering Xavier and Cincinnati, and the city of Cincinnati has pro sports and sits right in the middle of Big 10 schools and their circulation area even covers the SEC (KY), and now the ACC (Louisville). Those Virginia papers also do wonderful jobs of covering their teams and they have pro sports right up the road along with teams like UVA (Charlotesville is closer to Richmond than Chapel Hill is to Charlotte). Orlando has always given excellent coverage to UCF, even when UCF was a nobody.[/quote]Can’t argue with the examples of Cincy, Orlando, and Richmond but none of those have any direct bearing now since there are no C-USA schools in any of those cities (and in the case of Richmond, C-USA never was).
Anyway, it will be like it always has been. Some media outlets will do a better job than others. As usual, the Big O will probably be the worst. Not the best and probably never will be, but not the worst either.[/quote]
Fixed. That is, unless a new CUSA school has an even worse hometown paper.