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Originally posted by brstevens View Post
This board is certainly my main source for PSAC football coverage. :-)
D2 media coverage is tricky. Small towns.
Said small towns typically have media all but owned by the local university. Hence, you get the good news. Not the bad. So, most of the 'dirt' you find out on here through leaks, etc.
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Originally posted by CALUPA69 View Post
IUP posters definitely drive the numbers !!! Plus 80% at least. Happy to see SHEP fans jumping on-board with both feet.
Say what you will about the IUP contingent on here ... but, as a group we stick around through the good and the bad. Goodness how many groups from other schools show up on here when things are going well and then turn crickets for years as soon as things fall apart.
California had a huge following on here during the criminal era.
With so many of us from IUP, the board is lucky we are a humble fanbase.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Say what you will about the IUP contingent on here ... but, as a group we stick around through the good and the bad. Goodness how many groups from other schools show up on here when things are going well and then turn crickets for years as soon as things fall apart.
California had a huge following on here during the criminal era.
With so many of us from IUP, the board is lucky we are a humble fanbase.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
You get a lot of nonsense ... but also a lot of information.
D2 media coverage is tricky. Small towns.
Said small towns typically have media all but owned by the local university. Hence, you get the good news. Not the bad. So, most of the 'dirt' you find out on here through leaks, etc.
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Don't know how long it will last but the Mon Valley Independent does an amazing job of covering HS and college sports in the four county area. Live tweets by reporters of most relevant sports events. Solid connections with players and coaches makes me remember what used to be the standard. I was happy when Zach Simpson was announced as the PSAC reporter and very disappointed with the actual lack of coverage. Wish I knew what happened.
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Originally posted by Ship69 View Post
Biggest problem is newspapers, etc., are drying up in a lot of small towns. I used to work for some of the ones in my area, and we covered our local high schools like a blanket with stories, photos, stats. . . . We'd even do box scores of Little League games and write-ups of local slow-pitch softball leagues. Now the local sports scene is barely covered at all, and I have to look at an online site just to find when the high school team is playing. The Carlisle Sentinel is about the only newspaper that covers Ship with any regularity any more. Television coverage is nonexistent as the Penn State behemoth swallows up all the local coverage, even though Ship has thousands of alumni in the Harrisburg area. With the lack of attention paid to the program, I'm actually surprised we've been able to draw more than 5,000 fans to both of our home games so far, even with small visiting crowds from West Virginia State and Bloomsburg (Bloom used to bring a nice following when they had those good Denny Hale teams). So even though, as you say, there is some nonsense on the board, I appreciate the opportunity to learn what little I can about other teams. I wish some of the other schools had more active posters, but I guess it's hard to work up interest if your school is having a bad year.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Say what you will about the IUP contingent on here ... but, as a group we stick around through the good and the bad. Goodness how many groups from other schools show up on here when things are going well and then turn crickets for years as soon as things fall apart.
California had a huge following on here during the criminal era.
With so many of us from IUP, the board is lucky we are a humble fanbase.
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