Posted on 17 September 2008
More newspapers are entering the blogosphere, including the lone newspepr I currently freelance for, The Advocate. So as an advocate of blogs, I have to plug Dave Ruden’s entry in cyberspace, Overtime, even if it’s not purely about football.
Overtime is The Advocate’s entry into high school sports blogging, and Overtime is a great description of what Ruden intends to offer. It’s not a rant and rave bitch-session like my blog can be at times. This is truly an extension of the stories/columns being written.
With paper and ink prices soaring and print revenues down, I am surprised that newspapers in this area are just starting to jump on the online bandwaggon. I have to forgive The Advocate and its sister papers though, since they’ve been bought and sold a few times in recent years. Projects you start can go on hold when that happens.
I don’t think newspapers as a medium are going to go away (if you can allow me to go off on a tangent), even though there’s word that the Star-Ledger could fold if they don’t reach an agreement with its drivers, and the Capital Times of Madison, WI, went to an almost all-online format last year. But you’ll see even more of a shift, where your newspaper will be a marketing piece designed to drive readers to its Websites.
End tangent…
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Posted on 10 September 2008
Lots of links to post here, lot’s of stuff going one… and the football season is less than 24 hours away…
Here we go:
The Connecticut Post talks about Bunnell today. And lo and behold, Sean Patrick Bowley got a breather:
And The Advocate today previews Trinity Catholic
Now the prize for most stuff going on today goes to John Nash, sports editor at The Hour’s weekly’s, The Stamford Times and The Wilton Villager. Biggest news there – they’ve launched sports blogs at both papers. Here’s the one for the Wilton, and here’s the one for Stamford.
And here’s The Times’ previews:
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Posted on 26 November 2006
Had to go with that title, since it was the headline of Bob Greeney’s article in The Advocate.
Although if you live on the east end of Norwalk, you probably aren’t to thrilled with Peter Ryamond, the McMahon quarterback who uncharacteristicly shreaded the Norwalk defense with his legs (so much for a knee injury slowing him down).
But if you live closer to Darien, you may be ready to throw a parade for Raymond, who took the game over in the fourth quarter comeback and led the Senators to a 35-21 victory over their crosstown rivals.
To read Greeney’s article, click here.
Matt Doran’s articles for The Hour, including a front-page photo by Hans Hallgren, appear in the Website’s PDF section. ticles, including a tribute to retiring McMahon assistant coach Mike SantaLucia, start on page B1, and jump to page B2.
I will hopefully have a photo album up soon for this one, as well as additional commentary. But some freelance, housework, and work for my day job await, as does church, the Giants game… which means I’m sure I’ll let my ADD take over and keep blogging all day.
tags: FCIAC football
So you won’t buy a t-shirt… Buy a sticker instead!
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Posted on 29 October 2006
The Advocate’s Dave Ruden writes today that ther FCIAC needs to change its playoff system. I some ways, I agree with Ruden, in some ways, I don’t.
Here’s some call-outs from Ruden’s column, and what I agree/disagree with:
“Ever since the league did away with the divisional system and lumped all 19 teams together, determining the playoff picture based on a point system, there has been virtually no excitement, with few key games that rouse the average fan.”
I disagree. Yes, this season looks like a two-horse race. But last season, Trumbull came from behind the pack to earn the Number Two seed, and the FCIAC Championship. Also, Greenwich, New Canaan and a surprise Ridgefield team were in the race well into November.
“The biggest dilemma is that the Thanksgiving Day games are more important to the FCIAC than its league championship. In theory, that is mind-boggling stupidity. The biggest game in the showcase sport should be of the utmost priority. In practicality, you have about 14 athletic directors who start each season realizing their teams have no chance of competing for the championship. Thus, the Thanksgiving games, usually against a local rival, are their Super Bowl and biggest gate.”
Agree. Let’s go back to the days when the FCIAC Championship game was played on Thanksgiving Day. I remember Darien-New Canaan games being a huge draw no matter when they were played. Make that day the showcase day. And the annual Thanksgiving game between Roger Ludlowe and Andrew Warde, I think, used to play as a second matchup between the teams in a season (can someone verify that for me?).
“Having an odd number of teams would mean unbalanced divisions. It would be nice to have a three-division system and four-team playoff format, with a wild card, but there is not a week available to hold the extra game unless you removed a week from the regular season, which is not going to happen. And FCIAC playoff teams that qualify for the CIAC tournament would have their state title aspirations taxed.”
Agree, and disagree. Three divisions and one wild card could lead to the big question – how do you determine which second-place team is the wild card? You may need the point system again. Or go with head-to-head, common opponents, points, and other tie-breakers. I’m still in favor of the big league/small league/two champs proposal I brought up October 11.
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Posted on 22 October 2006
Is it time to send Staples an Easy Button? The Wreckers certainly had its hands full against the Jeckyl and Hyde Bears of Norwalk yesterday.
This game was tied at 20 early in the fourth quarter, but an R.J. Marsilio touchdown run and a B.J. Lerner fumble recovery in the end zone gave Staples a 34-20 win.
What’s there to say about 2-4 Norwalk? They are a team that definitely plays to the level of its opponents, barely getting by Fairfield Ludlowe a few weeks back.
Here’s the Staples-Norwalk article that appears in today’s Advocate.
*** And before I forget, many thanks to both Jason Intrieri of WWPT FM 90.3and Matt Levine of WSTC 1400/WNLK 1350 am for keeping the press (including your counterparts at WGCH AM 1490) updated through the Bridgeport Central-Greenwich game.
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