ESPN Not Too Thrilled with Its College Blog Coverage?
College Football, ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings January 14th. 2009, 2:30pm
ESPN rolled out its much-ballyhooed Blog Network last Fall, and we’re hearing that while “higher-ups” were pleased with what the NFL writers produced, other corner offices were less-than-thrilled with the production of the college football staff.
During bowl season, we don’t recall too much news (any?) being broken on their end (coaching hires, players leaving/staying), and a source tells us that there’s concern about whether or not some of the writers have the ability to crossover onto the TV side, which can be difficult.
The same source tells us that ESPN editors have thrown around the words “complete disaster” to describe how the first season of the college football blog network went. But of course that’s just one season, and taking accomplished newspaper writers and turning them into bloggers isn’t going to equate to internet gold in just a few months.
It’ll be interesting to see how productive they are in the offseason, which lasts from now until August, with a few blips for spring practice and recruiting.
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January 14th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
In a time when the end of days is near, hearing people throw around terms like “complete disaster” when describing a blog is rather unsettling.
/soap box’d
//sincere
///gay
January 14th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
What the hell is the ‘ESPN Blog Network’?
January 14th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Personally, I think Chris Low does an excellent job covering the SEC. I didn’t pay much attention to the other bloggers, but I like Low a lot.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I liked the nerd that covered the Big Ten. I don’t know if he was supposed to, but he used the forum to advocate on behalf of the conference sometimes.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Absolutely shocking that the folks who employ analysts like Lou Holtz, Lee Corso, and Mark Schlereth could fuck anything else up. They’re way over quota.
There’s an ESPN blog network? I had ESPN fatigue already.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
What the hell is the ‘ESPN Blog Network’? Mole
Yeah, what he asked.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Personally, I think Chris Low does an excellent job covering the SEC.
Personally, I think Rob Lowe did an excellent job pulling young poon for about 15 years in the 80’s and early 90’s, before marrying his mother and trying to nail his nanny
/more impressive
January 14th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Heather Dinich is kinda cute.
Thats all I got.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I had totally forgotten ESPN had a college blog network before reading that. They didn’t plug it much on TV, though, so maybe that’s why nobody knows it exists.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Everyone’s favorite radio prick(no, not Bill O’Reilly) was back to bashing blogs on his show this morning- comparing them to the first time you see an X-rated movie; after you see a couple, the novelty and excitement wears off.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
i didn’t know cowturd could read?
January 14th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
granted, i’m not in law school but that title seems fairly self-explanatory to me.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
He must be watching the wrong X rated movies.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
the acc chick? i tend to agree.
not sure of the point of the college conference blogs. personally, i just go to the rivals/scout sites of the colleges i’m interested in and they provide far more coverage than bspn or their blog network can provide.
i guess the bspn blog network is OK to gather ancillary news on an entire conference.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
The college blog was too jumbled together. You’d have 1 writer trying to write about 10+ teams so you never got any in-depth info about what you wanted to know. The NFL blog was good though.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I agree with Triston. The NFL blog network works because the bloggers need only worry about 4 teams. College bloggers have to worry about 100%+ more teams than they do.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
agreed.
agreed
January 14th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
What?! Wow, you know so much about college football it is crazy. Next you should post about Nuclear Physics and Quantum Mechanics. Moron.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I didn’t know today was Groundhog Day?
Maggs: You see you shadow?
January 14th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I only read Ted Miller, but he did a pretty good job.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
you=your
January 14th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Yes. Me see me shadow good! Me thinky jpq stupid is yes ha ha funny.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
sorry to see you haven’t changed Maggs. Next time, please stick to your promises and stay the fuck away. Moron.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
How is that skin cancer doing?
January 14th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
I don’t know if this is a set-up or not, but here goes…
The Dr. took it out in Nov. It was 2 inches deep and the size of a quarter on my right temple. Not pretty. Said they got it all. Have to go every 6 months now for the full body scan. Sucks to get old!
January 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Why do bad things happen to good people?
January 14th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Can’t we all get along?
/Rodney King’d
January 14th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
@sponge
Don’t encourage Maggs. He is such an asshole.
January 14th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
He can’t. He has Amanda read everything to him.
January 14th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Heather Dinich is awful.