SFA

[UAalum72]

Maybe we get a little break tomorrow; while the national (Intellicast.com) forecast is for near-record heat (97 with heat index of 105) the local paper's forecast is for a high of only 91 with light rain.

[danefan]

Maybe we should wait until we know it won't be a blowout loss before suggesting more coverage; OTOH any news is good news.

 

 

 

Got a response back from Hank Domin

Basically he thinks the TU's coverage of UA football is appropriate and says there will UA football stories tomorrow and Sunday.

He also brought up that the TU covers 61 high school football teams, high school soccer,etc as if all the other areas in the country that DO cover their local college football teams appropriately don't have high schools to cover also.

Obviously, I disagreed with him and like others I won't be purchasing the TU if the coverage continues to be poor.

 

See its responses like that that make me laugh. How many of those 61 high school football teams does Mark Singleas cover?

 

That's the fundamental problem with the TU. They think because they have a guy that writes about football that they've sufficiently covered all football. Its a joke.

[UAalum72]

The issue isn't so much who writes it as how much space, and how often, we get.

 

Today's T-U Danes defense will face big test

 

Daily Sentinel SFA opens home season against Albany

[GreatDanes06]

there is a link on channelsurfing for the game...yay!

[uofalbany]

A typical TU brushoff.

 

Doubling or tripling the sports staff would be wise.

It would also be wise to double or triple the size of the sports section,

in the paper and online.

 

Maybe having a writer or two covering ONLY high school sports, and handfulls covering

the college programs. Imagine, one or two writers covering 25 different sports,

from college to pee wee football to girls junior high lacrosse.

 

Brilliant. That's the way to pump up the capital district!

[jpg_91]

Uh oh. Down by 8 already.

[Clickclack]

Ouch...! Completely outclassed at this point.

[Dane96]

Ummmm....i am freaking out on the game right now; not over the play (going as expected)....but holy $iena where is our best player????!??!??!?!????!??!?!?

 

I see no Andrew Smith....

[DanesRGood]

I'm so confused. Did SFA score immediately? I tuned in and they were kicking off just a couple minutes after 7pm. We came down and scored and I thought it was 7-0 UA. But I guess it was 8-7 SFA. Then I put my daughter to bed and came back down 10 mins later and it's 15-7??? Can someone recap the scoring? And where is Andrew Smith????? Is there somewhere that has live stats?

[Dane96]

SFA ran the kickoff back for a TD. Bingers went for two....why? Then we answered with a beautiful drive. Then they drove and scored...then our special teams sucked it with a blocked punt and gave SFA the ball on our 18...they scored.

 

NO SIGN OF SMITH.....

[Clickclack]

Allowed 22 pts in the first quarter and it's not even over yet, at this rate they will put up 70 on us.

[Dane96]

Without Smith...the offense looks out of sync.

 

All due respect to Wilson and Romain...they are no smith.

[DanesRGood]

Just found a game tracker on SFA website. That sucks. Hope Smith is alright. Romain looks a little weak running the ball.

[Dane96]

Great...from what I can tell, Andrew Stevens is limping...Kyle O'Keefe is out (big loss), as I saw him standing on the sideline with a boot. And no sign of Smith.

 

This...is where going to full-rides can help a little. Those are three very important starters.

[Dane96]

Oh...FYI...Stevens is O'Keefe's backup.

 

But...the boys look to have settled a bit. Can we also start to recruit cover corners?