I view uconn as a bit different due to the fact they were in the old big east when it was a bcs conference and made a fiesta bowl towards the end of that conferences run. Combine that with their stellar basketball resume and they're a decent add
Williams & Blum: UConn and the Big 12? ISU adds at DT via the portal
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I view uconn as a bit different due to the fact they were in the old big east when it was a bcs conference and made a fiesta bowl towards the end of that conferences run. Combine that with their stellar basketball resume and they're a decent add
I hear you in many ways. I would rather read an important point that needs to be thought through by an author. Nothing else has the information density or the intellectual "rigor" of the written word, and (as you noted there) most people can read much quicker than most people can speak.
Podcasting has two advantages, though...
(1.) Good writing takes time and it takes editing. That's a burden on an author and supporting infrastructure. Sometimes you have to do it, obviously, but if CW and BB can pump out an hourlong podcast in an hour with zero preparation and very little editing afterward while having a good time and having a few drinks... then you might see the appeal for them. It is easy content to produce. And we're going to treat it like it is -- two buds having a good time talking about college sports. And we're not going to hold them to the same level of account or rigor or detail that you might writing for an academic journal or for The Atlantic.
(2.) You have to concentrate on reading. I can multitask with a podcast. I can listen to one while I'm walking between gates at the airport or while I'm switching the laundry out. You can't do that while reading. I would rather read if I could, sure, but if I can get 60% of the same content and layer that on as a distraction during otherwise mundane and droll tasks that I need to do, then that is a large boost in efficiency.
Podcasts aren't meant to replace written articles. They're just on-demand radio shows. And radio shows traditionally had the role of being "something to listen to in the background" while you do other things.
I agree totally. I'm not really getting the anti-UConn stuff at all.
They're a national brand, one of the best hoops programs in the country, win National Championships and we're worried about their current football status?
We already know they can be successful in football. They've done so in the past. They also have tons of money and great alumni support.
This is a Rutgers type add but better IMO.
My issue can be the length of some podcasts and vlogs. I like what the 365 guys do with their Vlog. They Publish the complete vlog in entirety and also parse apart segments. So I can listen to 10-15 minute segments that interest me and not have to listen to their entire 3 hr vlog.
The best part of this is on last nights show I had one can of light beer.
My thought is if Yormark wants to build a basketball school, why not add a basketball power that has a crappy football team that ISU can pad their record with?
No one really cares about quality of wins, just wins. Iowa is a good example of this.
Sort of seems like this is all for nothing if this law suit in California goes through. Gonna be another shifting of conferences if that goes in favor of the athletes.
I understand their value as a time saver for the “author,” which may also mean they are not particularly structured or thought out. Also the value for the listener to multitask. However, figuring out where the interesting part is becomes problematic, and my own multitasking either results in doing nothing well or ignoring something to do the other thing well.
I had a podcast from another site and I really wanted to listen and thought I could also prune the lilac brushes. By the time I pruned, returned the neighbor kid’s stomp rocket I had found under the lilacs, and watered the garden, I realized the podcast was over and probably had been for a while. I didn’t remember anything past the first two minutes.
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Who the hell drinks on a Sunday night? That's weird.
As far as Uconn goes that's a hard pass, that's a horrible fit and they'll be wanting back in the Big East within 2 years.
As far as Uconn goes that's a hard pass, that's a horrible fit and they'll be wanting back in the Big East within 2 years.
They've got a high level donor that's obsessed with football that puts them in a weird place.
I agree that they need to stay where they are but it's getting really hard to ignore the elephant in the room for them.
I don't like the swearing but I also don't listen to podcasts with my kids around.
As to the swearing, of course they hear it all over the place. But they don't hear it from me. It's not the worst thing in world if they do swear but I find stupid cussing little tweens to be absolutely tedious and I don't want to be around it.
As to the swearing, of course they hear it all over the place. But they don't hear it from me. It's not the worst thing in world if they do swear but I find stupid cussing little tweens to be absolutely tedious and I don't want to be around it.
I just got done listening to the podcast and I honestly can’t even remember hearing much of any swearing at all.
Some people are so weird about such things. Keep on doing what you’re doing CW. If you clean up Two Guys Named Chris …. I probably wouldn’t listen anymore. You and Chris have a lot of fun…. don’t make it boring please.
Some people are so weird about such things. Keep on doing what you’re doing CW. If you clean up Two Guys Named Chris …. I probably wouldn’t listen anymore. You and Chris have a lot of fun…. don’t make it boring please.
Interesting about the donor. The fit issues would be at least partially alleviated by adding some ACC down the road, but I don’t know if you wait for the ACC before UConn, or vice versa, or if UConn is even still valuable at that point or if it has much value to begin with. It’s a complicated issue which leads me to believe it will kicked down the road.
I am still on the Washington, Oregon, NC State, North Carolina.
Now San Diego State and Duke.
Now San Diego State and Duke.
I am hopeful that once the dust settles with the B1G and SEC gobbling up whoever might make them one more dollar, the others actually organize by tradition and geography. That would mean ISU would be with KSU, KU, Oklahoma State, and Colorado, likely along with TCU/Baylor/Texas Tech/maybe the Arizonas or something. And then UConn can be in a league with Syracuse, Pitt, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Louisville, maybe Virginia Tech etc.
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I thought you made some real interesting comments regarding NIL and people already on the team vs. guys being brought in via transfer. NOT ISU specifically, but in general. It's a wild concept.
I can see how a player would feel. On the team. Doing everything right. Now a transfer is recruited for my position... same class as me. Even without NIL that caused friction I am sure.
Anyway... it's now no different than the pro leagues. If you are a starting running back and your team drafts one... I'd imagine it's a similar feeling.
Prior to NIL and free transfer rules... EVERY player on any college team KNEW that their coach/team had to recruit players at their position. They were the younger generation of players and unless they were undeniably better than you, you had your position and they had to wait their turn. Not that way anymore. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on that.
I thought you made some real interesting comments regarding NIL and people already on the team vs. guys being brought in via transfer. NOT ISU specifically, but in general. It's a wild concept.
I can see how a player would feel. On the team. Doing everything right. Now a transfer is recruited for my position... same class as me. Even without NIL that caused friction I am sure.
Anyway... it's now no different than the pro leagues. If you are a starting running back and your team drafts one... I'd imagine it's a similar feeling.
Prior to NIL and free transfer rules... EVERY player on any college team KNEW that their coach/team had to recruit players at their position. They were the younger generation of players and unless they were undeniably better than you, you had your position and they had to wait their turn. Not that way anymore. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on that.
