Kyle Whelliston, the Jack Kerouac of the mid-majors, the talented, cerebral, and at times ornery sportswriting iconoclast/bubblefighter/philosopher whose Mid-Majority is the inspiration for my own humble effort at college basketball citizen-journalism, wrote earlier this week about the state of being in transit:
[NOTE: My season preview blog post will follow later today. This post is just a general, navel-gazing intro to The Pioneer Post and my plans for it, such as they are.] The first thing to understand about this DU basketball blog project — which I’m officially launching today, right now, with this post — is that, really, I haven’t the… Read more »
Twitter: “Last weekend, for the first time in the history of the game, every FBS team had its game televised.” http://es.pn/9p7rLP #sportsbubble?
Twitter: [link to article about sports & money] [brief snarky commentary thereon] @midmajority #sportsbubble !! #genericTweets
Twitter: “sources said they think realignment will die down for at least the next six to seven years” http://bit.ly/bgTafy #doubtful #sportsbubble
Twitter: RT @midmajority: http://tmm7.me/2zc The Knight Commission co-chairmen wrote an op-ed for the Atl. J-C on Friday in re: college sports spending #sportsbubble
Twitter: Idaho getting $800K from Nebraska for Saturday’s guarantee game: http://bit.ly/9A4mX7 #sportsbubble #butRememberJaxState #itsaTRAP?
Twitter: Two months ago, independence was dead & ND would be forced to join a conference. Now, independence is the wave of the future. #sportsbubble
Twitter: I’m still waiting for the bad economy and deflating #sportsbubble to start *reducing* the number of bowls. #wedontneed35bowls #ugh @slmandel
Twitter: I am shocked, SHOCKED!! #journalizm #sportsbubble RT @TheBigLead: ESPN Involved In BYU’s Foiled Plan to Leave MWC http://is.gd/eH4nQ