cheeseman Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Oh how far we have fallen this year - the Post did not even bother to do an article on the SLU/Souther Miss. game today. All they did was put in a small chart following the national college basketball article listing the starting line ups for both teams. This is a terrible turn of events - this season has been a disaster not only from a record but PR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 it would be interesting to know if our sid is on this. to not have an article on game day is pretty damn sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schasz Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Did the P-D send Stu to cover the game? If not, that would be really bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Not that far really. We went games without game day articles last year and the year before. The Post doesn't love us. I despise the Post. Granted with no hockey and with the Rams done there are a bunch of under-employed sports writers over there. What kind of article would you want? There isn't much positive to say about either the Bills or the Golden Eagles. "Two crummy teams to play basketball tonight in a highschool gym in a Mississippi backwater town" By Stu Durando The 3-12 Billikens square off tonight against the high-flying attack of the 4 guard Golden Eagle offense......... That would sell a bunch of papers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUMS81 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I spent last weekend in Charlotte. There were articles in the Charlotte Observer about the SLU game on Friday and Saturday, as well as the post-game writeup on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 I am sorry, I do not remember the Post not doing an article on each game day. You might be right but I am not so sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBand Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Now, lets not get in a big uproar over this. Last month when Mizzou played American (I believe) there was no gameday article. True, it wasn't a conference game, but its been known to happen when writers need a day off, or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 i couldnt care less what the post covered for a school that was hundreds of miles away. they dont cover iowa or siu either. but they need to cover the local team. how many articles do we have today on rams football and cardinal baseball and they arent even in season? i dont know the answer, as i dont subscribe. but i am betting they have at least one article each if not more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I don't think we ever had that kind of coverage from the post. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 this is the e-mail address of the guy that i think is stu's boss. i just sent him an e-mail describing my disappointment for no article today. i think the fact that currrently there are no blues, rams, or cardinal games in progress and apparently the post saw fit to run a paid advertisement article for personal trainers instead or covering the home team, justifies bombarding this guy with some thoughts. again the guy's address is: [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikan Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I went on the internet and there was a "game day" short article on the game tonight. Did that not appear in the paper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 I wonder if they simply put one together at the last minute for the website after they got some complaints - just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 billikan, that is substantially less than what we have received for games in the past. obviously our coverage was cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Stu really busted his a** on the internet blurb. Nothing about SO Miss except for some former MCD's all american whose on his fourth team. Furthermore, and I check the PD site everday, we've had one column on the bills since the beginning of the year. Pathetic. The only way to turn around everything, i.e. attendance, spirit, publicity,TV time, enthusiasm, recruiting, respect is to win baby...just win. I was over on the Charlotte board yesterday and they slammed our team, our board, one guy even went on to say I thought the A-10 was trying to drop teams like Fordham. This is sad as Charlotte has always respected us, albeit grudginly. It's always difficult being a Bills fan, this year it's excrutiatingly painful. Well at least we won't be crying on Selection Sunday, I think our season ended when we lost to Austin Peay. At my age I hate to see time fly by, but next year can't get here quick enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 the charlotte fans were ripping the billikens even though they almost lost to us? what does that say for the 49ers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Well, we did have a poster here ripping on Plavich and Lutz before the game. I'm sure any Charlotte fan who saw that would not be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakapablo Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 It was the same thing in the PD for the Tulane game. An article on C-USA breaking up with no actual mention of the SLU vs. Tulane game. Only the stating lineups and game details inserted below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 We have to make up for the lack of media coverage our own selves. I'm really appreciating this site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesycow Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 hundreds? more like a little over a hundred. and I wouldn't want to read about either the bills OR the tigers this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 It says they aren't crazy about having to play an RPI killer twice this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I agree. Were it not for this site there would be nowhere to find Billiken info other than the "offical site" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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