(07-02-2013 07:34 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  The Stanford site was completely taken over. It appears it's spreading to the ND blog.

Considering one of the guys that blogged for the Big East does the ND blog that's probably a good place to move it. Of course I really do love the #OccupyStanford movement and #OccupyNotreDame just doesn't have the same ring to it.

(07-02-2013 07:29 PM)lmckay92 Wrote:  You have to keep in mind that the presences on websites like this don't truly reflect the greater population. There are a billion more walmart fans than AAC fans.

That's true of ANY conference.

(07-02-2013 10:42 AM)S11 Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 10:19 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  They buy the product and then actively try to devalue it. What a joke ESPN is.

Actively try and devalue it? How?

If it's about the lack of a beat writer, they simply aren't spending money on internet content they don't expect a significant return from. AKA business decision.

Ironic post by a Baylor fan.

(07-02-2013 02:11 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 01:13 PM)OwlFamily Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 12:28 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Then they can have the guts to answer one of the hundreds of emails they have been sent and say that. At least I'd have a little respect for David Duffey if he had the guts to say that. Instead they'll continue to ignore and try to block posters and hope this goes away.

I'm sure thats thier hope and plan. Maybe you guys can make a difference. If so you will of opened the door for other confrences to do it as well and that would be a good thing.

Well we are the only ones with a deal with ESPN, along with MWC to a lesser extent. So I'm not sure the other conferences have a case. Plead with Fox

O contrer, the MAC has a deal with ESPN also

(07-02-2013 07:55 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 07:29 PM)lmckay92 Wrote:  You have to keep in mind that the presences on websites like this don't truly reflect the greater population. There are a billion more walmart fans than AAC fans.

That's true of ANY conference.

Exactly, I mean do you think that every AAC fan is in on the #OccupyStanford movement? That's probably 1% or less of all the AAC fan bases.

(07-02-2013 08:01 PM)Poliicious Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 02:11 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 01:13 PM)OwlFamily Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 12:28 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Then they can have the guts to answer one of the hundreds of emails they have been sent and say that. At least I'd have a little respect for David Duffey if he had the guts to say that. Instead they'll continue to ignore and try to block posters and hope this goes away.

I'm sure thats thier hope and plan. Maybe you guys can make a difference. If so you will of opened the door for other confrences to do it as well and that would be a good thing.

Well we are the only ones with a deal with ESPN, along with MWC to a lesser extent. So I'm not sure the other conferences have a case. Plead with Fox

O contrer, the MAC has a deal with ESPN also

Then mount your own offensive against ESPN. I think ESPN believed there weren't enough AAC fans that would notice or care. They were wrong. Now whether it changes things or not is debatable, but they have taken notice and so has the leadership of the AAC. Aresco acknowledged it today on Twitter, President Ono of Cincy actually has tweeted a few times in support of #OccupyStanford, and Awful Announcing even had a piece about it. This kind of stuff does make a difference, even if it's only a small one.

(07-02-2013 08:01 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 07:55 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 07:29 PM)lmckay92 Wrote:  You have to keep in mind that the presences on websites like this don't truly reflect the greater population. There are a billion more walmart fans than AAC fans.

That's true of ANY conference.

Exactly, I mean do you think that every AAC fan is in on the #OccupyStanford movement? That's probably 1% or less of all the AAC fan bases.

The walmart fans are clicking on the articles for top 25 teams, though. Stanford has a blog because they've been a top 25 team. It will disappear when they go back into the mediocrity part of their cycle.

(07-02-2013 08:06 PM)lmckay92 Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 08:01 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 07:55 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 07:29 PM)lmckay92 Wrote:  You have to keep in mind that the presences on websites like this don't truly reflect the greater population. There are a billion more walmart fans than AAC fans.

That's true of ANY conference.

Exactly, I mean do you think that every AAC fan is in on the #OccupyStanford movement? That's probably 1% or less of all the AAC fan bases.

The walmart fans are clicking on the articles for top 25 teams, though. Stanford has a blog because they've been a top 25 team. It will disappear when they go back into the mediocrity part of their cycle.

Stanford has a blog for reasons completely unknown to anyone. Just out of curiosity I went back a ways to see how many comments that blog was getting prior to the takeover, and there wasn't an article in June that had over 15 comments aside from the 2 that were taken over. No one looks at that thing. The AAC/Big East blog had an infinitely greatly level of traffic, so it has nothing to do with anyone clicking on the Stanford blog, because almost no one did.

(07-02-2013 02:33 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 02:31 PM)mufanatehc Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 12:22 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  CUSA'ers can keep thinking that, but if you combine the MWC, MAC, SB, and CUSA fanbases, you would not equal the AAC's

That's quite the embellishment about a league that is, essentially, a CUSA redux.

The only thing that has changed with ECU, UCF, et. al. is the patch on the jersey and nothing else.

What? We have the biggest fanbases. I dont see how that is even an opinion. Its a fact.

No, you have some of the biggest fanbases. You also have several teams that don't have much of a base at all. The three privates and Temple come to mind.

There are several teams in the MWC and CUSA (Boise St, SDSU, Hawaii, UTEP, UTSA, ODU) that are also solid draws and rank favorably against the majority of the AAC and could do better as the Big East castaways lose their BCS luster.

I'm doing this only to protest ESPN casting away the AAC, CUSA, MWC and Sun Belt

(07-02-2013 08:27 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  I'm doing this only to protest ESPN casting away the AAC, CUSA, MWC and Sun Belt

what about the MAC?

(07-02-2013 08:27 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  I'm doing this only to protest ESPN casting away the AAC, CUSA, MWC and Sun Belt

I'm doing it because it's funny and it's taken off now and actually has a life of it's own. I really didn't think it was going to go as long as it did or actually create any real buzz but it has. Now that the ECU and UCF fans have fully infiltrated it the movement probably has a very long lifespan.

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O contrer, the MAC has a deal with ESPN also
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Then mount your own offensive against ESPN. I think ESPN believed there weren't enough AAC fans that would notice or care. They were wrong. Now whether it changes things or not is debatable, but they have taken notice and so has the leadership of the AAC. Aresco acknowledged it today on Twitter, President Ono of Cincy actually has tweeted a few times in support of #OccupyStanford, and Awful Announcing even had a piece about it. This kind of stuff does make a difference, even if it's only a small one.
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Blogs are one space to fight them on. O so much better to the higher priced conferences they have a contract with in their stadium. Beat an AQ team on national TV and you will get all the exposure and redemption you need.

8/31 NIU at Iowa
8/31 Toledo(2 phil steele all americans) at Florida
9/7 Toledo at Mizzou(Pinkel was Toledo's HC)
9/21 Kent State at PSU(PSU starting a true frosh QB, paging DE Roosevelt Nix)
9/28 NIU at Purdue
10/5 BSU at VA

MAC wins those games and it will be 2012 all over again. Lots of coverage and an AQ bowl slot.

(07-02-2013 08:31 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 08:27 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  I'm doing this only to protest ESPN casting away the AAC, CUSA, MWC and Sun Belt

what about the MAC?

Yes, the MAC too sorry

(07-02-2013 01:58 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  I get the idea...but since nobody reads the Stanford Blog anyway, nobody outside a few national forums like this even knows the AAC is doing this.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/bl...28930.post

http://fifth-quarter.org/2013/07/01/occu...ulousness/

The American @American_Conf
On the many ESPN Blog questions, "We are talking with ESPN's senior management about this." - MLA #AskAresco

(07-02-2013 08:44 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 01:58 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  I get the idea...but since nobody reads the Stanford Blog anyway, nobody outside a few national forums like this even knows the AAC is doing this.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/bl...28930.post

http://fifth-quarter.org/2013/07/01/occu...ulousness/

The American @American_Conf
On the many ESPN Blog questions, "We are talking with ESPN's senior management about this." - MLA #AskAresco

Awful Announcing also wrote about it as well

People have noticed

(07-02-2013 08:44 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 01:58 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  I get the idea...but since nobody reads the Stanford Blog anyway, nobody outside a few national forums like this even knows the AAC is doing this.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/bl...28930.post

http://fifth-quarter.org/2013/07/01/occu...ulousness/

The American @American_Conf
On the many ESPN Blog questions, "We are talking with ESPN's senior management about this." - MLA #AskAresco

To be honest, I have a feeling the blog or site editor probably did this. I doubt it was the kind of decision made at the highest level of ESPN. The elimination didn't save any really money since the writers were just assigned full time to blogs they were already doing part time. Besides, 50% of Andreas salary could be paid out of the 2 million dollars ESPN is supposed to spend promoting the AAC (part of the new AAC contract that begins for basketball this fall and football NEXT fall).

(07-02-2013 01:58 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  I get the idea...but since nobody reads the Stanford Blog anyway, nobody outside a few national forums like this even knows the AAC is doing this.

Join our fight against Tech. I just beat down a UT fan about being the top team in Texas for you.

I'm all for the #OccupyStanford movement by the AAC, but if they are successful in getting their blog back the MWC should get their own as well.

If the AAC deserves it's own blog, so do the other 4 members of the G5. If you really want to turn this into something big, gain the support of the other 4 conferences that make up the G5. This is could be the start of the fight for equality for the G5. The fight shouldn't be just about the AAC being downgraded, because that has already happened. It should be about the respect of the G5.

If you think losing a blog on ESPNs website is unfair and disrespectful, just wait until these guys really start to push us out.