It didn't show up on their online newspaper, unless it either didn't load up or I missed it...or it wasn't there. Yeah, it's something at least.
Response from Gazette sports editor
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Cedar Rapids is the second largest Iowa State alumni base in state. Not too long ago, there were more Iowa State grads in Linn County than Iowa grads. That must have changed in the last year or so, as I saw the Alumni Association was now reporting it as a "black and gold" county as far as alumni are concerned. Its probably close to 50/50 now. The problem is that all non-alumni is probably something like 90/10. If not, worse.
The Iowa City Press Citizen may be the equivalent of the Ames Tribune, but a paper in a large city 30 miles from Iowa City is more like the equivalent of the Des Moines Register with Des Moines being 35 miles from Ames.
The Gazette is not Iowa's paper any more than the Register is Iowa State's. The Gazette is the main newspaper in the eastern third of the state geographically. As another poster mentioned, the Ames Tribune is better compared to the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
I appreciated the candor from the Gazette editor in saying that Iowa is their #1 draw and they will continue to focus on it. That would make it easy for me, if I were in the Cedar Rapids area, to choose to not give my money to his business. I wish all business were as forthright in which customers they actively cater to and which they do not.
Somewhat off topic but it looks like Cedar Rapids is SOL for the KU game this weekend. Eastern Iowa doesn't have Fox Sports Net. A couple times, KFXA would televise the game however it appears this weekend KFXA would rather show Nascar truck racing (which as zero interest in Iowa) over ISU.
I imagine some (most?) cable packages have Fox Sports Go access which will have the game.
I can't believe people still read the newspaper. I can't believe in this day and age of newspaper failures that they wouldn't try to increase their viewership. I guess they would prefer their newspaper to die with all the old hok fans
A few years ago the Gazette had some really good coverage on iSu. Then the guy that covered iSu left and nothing.
A few years ago the Gazette had some really good coverage on iSu. Then the guy that covered iSu left and nothing.
Update: it looks like KFXA finally gave in and will be televising the game in eastern Iowa. I bet they really hate to be showing it but probably got forced into it.
Reality is...if iSu could SUSTAIN a winning program for an extended time period...they would get more coverage. By winning, I mean more than 6-7 wins in football.
More winning = more fan interest= more coverage.
Although if the gazette put iSu on the 4th page after the OU win...they really should be embarrassed. Hell ESPN even had it as their top story
More winning = more fan interest= more coverage.
Although if the gazette put iSu on the 4th page after the OU win...they really should be embarrassed. Hell ESPN even had it as their top story
Something I've often discovered with places like KFXA is that just because it is on the schedule doesn't mean that they will actually be showing it.
Keep writing e-mail to JR Ogden. Make it impossible for him to open his e-mail box.
jr,[email protected] (I suspect the comma in JR's e-mail address is incorrect. Probably a period where the comma is).
jr,[email protected] (I suspect the comma in JR's e-mail address is incorrect. Probably a period where the comma is).
I would say they are sensible rather than cheap, unlike some in state fans who pay $800 for bowl tickets that you can later buy at a fraction of that cost.
I don't get the paper but I am not surprised. As I posted back in August from time to time this fall KGAN/WMT has flown Big 10 and a tiger hawk flag outside of their building. Yes I know they are the "home of the hawks" but that is all you need to know right there. Emailing won't matter. They are a business...when it hurts their income then they will care.
KidSilverhair
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This is true, but to be fair, WMT radio is part of the Iowa sports network, and they carry all the Hawkeye football and basketball games.
What always makes me scratch my head is KGYM - part of the Cyclone radio network, carrying Iowa State football and basketball games - still creates and airs their own Hawkeye football pre-and post-game shows. They aren't carrying the Hawkeyes, they don't have the contract for it ... but they can still get businesses to pony up to sponsor a lame Iowa pregame show (that ends right at kickoff, I guess so their listeners can change over to WMT) and a postgame show (that starts when the game is over, so again folks will supposedly change their radio dials back to KGYM).
It's true KGYM offers some coverage/discussion of the Cyclones during the week, but their hearts really aren't in it. They do it because they have to, what with airing the Cyclone games. I swear, if this was like the old days, before Iowa bundled up their media rights with Learfield and any station in the state that wanted could send a crew to call Hawkeye games, the KGYM guys would be there right next to WMT.
Anyway ... it's eastern Iowa. Of course the Hawks are the big draw around here. That's not news.
(I still can't believe a station that's part of the Cyclone Radio Network does their own Hawkeye pregame and postgame show, though - when they don't have an actual Hawkeye game to air!)
Do you really think he cares? This quote alone tells me what he thinks of ISU
He thinks a half of a page and two pictures in the 2nd page of the sports section with the caption "Ain't no lie, cy, cy, cy" is 'very good' for arguably the biggest win in ISU football history. He typed that line tongue in cheek. Speak with your money and don't subscribe as other posters have said.
CysRage has it right.
Here's the thing, if ANY sports editor or sports director in Eastern Iowa DARED to give Iowa State the same equal coverage as they do Iowa those snowflake Iowa fans would throw a fit worse than any two-year old after having their bottle taken away in mid-feeding.
They really believe that anything east of Newton is ALL Iowa territory -- hence the insane outrage over Pollard putting up a billboard promoting Iowa State in Cedar Rapids
Agree that equal coverage to the hoks simply will never happen, but coverage on the nation's biggest college upset should get substantional coverage by in-state media, including the Gazette.
I'll be curious if your creation still has four pages of hok coverage with a AP article for the Cyclones on a bye week. I would hope we could at least get a follow up article from Hlas telling us we are still "miles away".
