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Showing posts with label sports buzz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports buzz. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sunday, June 08, 2008
fresno bee's sports buzz continues to fizzle
let's see, fpu's baseball program is three years old. we have now had two players drafted. fpu had their second player drafted this year.
now, there were six bulldogs picked this year, so fpu has a way to go. and, i wouldn't imagine that the fresno bee would actually give it much ink. and realistically, they didn't. it was buried @ the bottom of an article about the bulldogs draft, then a few sacramento state players (from tulare), then high school players drafted, and then the guy playing at a fresno university, under a heading of other area players. hey, bee, he's not just an area player, he plays in fresno and is from the valley.
and, let's look @ their sports "blog," the sports buzz. i've mentioned here before that it sucks. so, i checked to see if perhaps they mentioned it. nope. not too surprising, but i did see a post asking people to name their top fsu sports memories of the year. here's my response:
"what a year for fresno state. great track athletes, top notch tennis and a resurgence in baseball & softball all provided great moments.
however, i'd have to say my favorite moment of the fresno state year is when i challenged the sportsbuzz for barely ever posting about anything other than fresno state football or basketball and the moderator had the gall to say that other posts got far fewer comments than the fresno state ones. which would might have been a good response, except it's not true. look @ all the comments in june alone, and only two of them on frestno state posts.
look @ may and june: most of the comments given are on 3 posts near the end of may. none of which are about fsu. the post about fsu w/the most comments is about a girl leaving the softball program. hmm, more comments on high school baseball honors than on anything fresno state in the past 30+ days. and, there were a whopping 7, yep 7 posts not about fresno state. 15 about fresno state. and the ones about other things continue to get more comments. something to think about.
keep up the good work. i can't wait to see another liveblog of a game that i could probably follow in twenty second increments on espn, presented without any real commentary."
i've blogged about all the international soccer being played right now, seeing deebo @ a track meet, and a grizzlies game. that's right, i've had just under half of the same amount of sports related post as an alleged sports blog. and that doesn't even count goofball things like blogger olympics, even though i did count one of their bloggers recounting of watching the family feud. so, throw that one out and i did blog about non-fsu sports half as much as the sportsbuzz. throw in blogger olympics and i'm at 66%.
now, there were six bulldogs picked this year, so fpu has a way to go. and, i wouldn't imagine that the fresno bee would actually give it much ink. and realistically, they didn't. it was buried @ the bottom of an article about the bulldogs draft, then a few sacramento state players (from tulare), then high school players drafted, and then the guy playing at a fresno university, under a heading of other area players. hey, bee, he's not just an area player, he plays in fresno and is from the valley.
and, let's look @ their sports "blog," the sports buzz. i've mentioned here before that it sucks. so, i checked to see if perhaps they mentioned it. nope. not too surprising, but i did see a post asking people to name their top fsu sports memories of the year. here's my response:
"what a year for fresno state. great track athletes, top notch tennis and a resurgence in baseball & softball all provided great moments.
however, i'd have to say my favorite moment of the fresno state year is when i challenged the sportsbuzz for barely ever posting about anything other than fresno state football or basketball and the moderator had the gall to say that other posts got far fewer comments than the fresno state ones. which would might have been a good response, except it's not true. look @ all the comments in june alone, and only two of them on frestno state posts.
look @ may and june: most of the comments given are on 3 posts near the end of may. none of which are about fsu. the post about fsu w/the most comments is about a girl leaving the softball program. hmm, more comments on high school baseball honors than on anything fresno state in the past 30+ days. and, there were a whopping 7, yep 7 posts not about fresno state. 15 about fresno state. and the ones about other things continue to get more comments. something to think about.
keep up the good work. i can't wait to see another liveblog of a game that i could probably follow in twenty second increments on espn, presented without any real commentary."
i've blogged about all the international soccer being played right now, seeing deebo @ a track meet, and a grizzlies game. that's right, i've had just under half of the same amount of sports related post as an alleged sports blog. and that doesn't even count goofball things like blogger olympics, even though i did count one of their bloggers recounting of watching the family feud. so, throw that one out and i did blog about non-fsu sports half as much as the sportsbuzz. throw in blogger olympics and i'm at 66%.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
sports buzz stinks
so, many of you know that i'm a bit of a blog freak these days. on an average day, i hit up most of the blogs/sites in my sidebar, about 18 of the sites. there are also another 8 or so blogs that i read daily, some of which i draw stories from.
anyway, one of the blogs that i read often is the fresno bee's blog, the beehive. i really dig mike oz's music updates, flyers, and also his desire to start a blog war. call me soldier boy, but i won't be doing any superman. that might make sense to three of you. i also like h.mac's fresno take on what the gossip rags are reporting, and hope she's able to find some fresno celebs doing something. donald munroe, one of their movie guys, also has interesting posts here and there. right now, there's one up about airport security.
anyway, i commend the bee for having bloggers on staff, or at least getting some pay for what they do. the other day, i realized that in the sidebar of the beehive was links to the bee's other blogs, one of which is the sports buzz. as you can tell by the title of this post, i'm not impressed with what they do. i clicked on it for the first time on jan 4 or 5, and it was all dominated by fresno state sports. now, i didn't go there, and i really don't care much about what they do, but i understand that a large portion of fresno does. i get that. well, on the 7th the sports buzz posted a story about the patriots, asking if people wanted them to go 19-0. i commented that i did want to see that, as well as challenged the sports buzz to write more about things not fresno state.
their reply, "Ed, your point is well taken about sports other than Fresno State. One of our goals is to get the community chatting and exchanging ideas. I've found that posts on topics outside of Fresno State teams get little or no comments. Our community of readers tend to respond to things about the Bulldogs, as they should. But, we will make more effort to have a variety of topics. Thanks for contributing to our blog."
so, their claim is that their readers respond to all this fsu business. and that is why in the months of october to january they had less than 9 stories (i think it was 6 when i counted) about something other than fsu sports. but, i don't see their claim about people responding holding up. why do i say that, no comments on most every post. and yet, the one i commented on, about the nfl, has 7. that is one less than the comments on every fresno state related post (27 so far) in january combined. there's a post up about last weekend's nfl matches that currently has five comments. so, two nfl posts, 12 comments. 27 fresno state posts, 8 comments.
who's getting more response?
this got me thinking, what other fresno sports might they be covering? i saw some talk of high school football, so i'm guessing they are covering other high school sports as well.
fresno fuego? zero posts. nil. really, a team that won it's division, and almost won the entire pdl hasn't even mentioned a warrant?
how about fresno pacific? you know, that other university in fresno. the one that beat usc in basketball a few weeks ago. maybe they mentioned that. or that fresno pacific's women's vb won the national championship and routinely destroys fsu in scrimmages. maybe they mention that fpu's men's soccer team almost won their national championship. let me end the suspense. they don't mention any of that. the only fresno pacific sports comes in mentions of when fpu played fsu in men's basketball in 2006 and 2007. and a brief mention of the fact that the naia nationals for track were there, hidden in an article about a former local runner.
kudos for actually having a story on running.
but still, i feel quite correct in stating that the sports buzz sucks.
anyway, one of the blogs that i read often is the fresno bee's blog, the beehive. i really dig mike oz's music updates, flyers, and also his desire to start a blog war. call me soldier boy, but i won't be doing any superman. that might make sense to three of you. i also like h.mac's fresno take on what the gossip rags are reporting, and hope she's able to find some fresno celebs doing something. donald munroe, one of their movie guys, also has interesting posts here and there. right now, there's one up about airport security.
anyway, i commend the bee for having bloggers on staff, or at least getting some pay for what they do. the other day, i realized that in the sidebar of the beehive was links to the bee's other blogs, one of which is the sports buzz. as you can tell by the title of this post, i'm not impressed with what they do. i clicked on it for the first time on jan 4 or 5, and it was all dominated by fresno state sports. now, i didn't go there, and i really don't care much about what they do, but i understand that a large portion of fresno does. i get that. well, on the 7th the sports buzz posted a story about the patriots, asking if people wanted them to go 19-0. i commented that i did want to see that, as well as challenged the sports buzz to write more about things not fresno state.
their reply, "Ed, your point is well taken about sports other than Fresno State. One of our goals is to get the community chatting and exchanging ideas. I've found that posts on topics outside of Fresno State teams get little or no comments. Our community of readers tend to respond to things about the Bulldogs, as they should. But, we will make more effort to have a variety of topics. Thanks for contributing to our blog."
so, their claim is that their readers respond to all this fsu business. and that is why in the months of october to january they had less than 9 stories (i think it was 6 when i counted) about something other than fsu sports. but, i don't see their claim about people responding holding up. why do i say that, no comments on most every post. and yet, the one i commented on, about the nfl, has 7. that is one less than the comments on every fresno state related post (27 so far) in january combined. there's a post up about last weekend's nfl matches that currently has five comments. so, two nfl posts, 12 comments. 27 fresno state posts, 8 comments.
who's getting more response?
this got me thinking, what other fresno sports might they be covering? i saw some talk of high school football, so i'm guessing they are covering other high school sports as well.
fresno fuego? zero posts. nil. really, a team that won it's division, and almost won the entire pdl hasn't even mentioned a warrant?
how about fresno pacific? you know, that other university in fresno. the one that beat usc in basketball a few weeks ago. maybe they mentioned that. or that fresno pacific's women's vb won the national championship and routinely destroys fsu in scrimmages. maybe they mention that fpu's men's soccer team almost won their national championship. let me end the suspense. they don't mention any of that. the only fresno pacific sports comes in mentions of when fpu played fsu in men's basketball in 2006 and 2007. and a brief mention of the fact that the naia nationals for track were there, hidden in an article about a former local runner.
kudos for actually having a story on running.
but still, i feel quite correct in stating that the sports buzz sucks.
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