Comments on: Late To Bed, Early To Rise Thanks To Big East

By: Bob Ekstrom

Bob Ekstrom — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:05:23 +0000

I’d like to thank all the ombudsmen for reading, but I do ask that you not discredit this site due to an oversight on my part. Jon, you are totally right, and I will never apologize for what is included, be it the Friars or NASCAR. I will, however, apologize for what is excluded, and that was BC b-ball. I saw earlier that Bruce picked up the links and, to be fair, they were there but inconspicuous. UConn was huge news in the Courant, and PC and URI were huge news in the Projo. Like it or not, these are Boston-area media outlets. By contrast, there were only three tucked-away stories in the Globe and Herald. That’s because BC beating up a 10-18 team is not nearly as newsworthy as UConn, PC, and URI being eliminated. So say Joe and Hank. Tell you what. I’ll run BC’s ACC elimination in my heading on Monday and to show there are no hard feelings, come down to Newport and buy me a beer tomorrow! Happy St. Pat’s.

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:17:54 +0000

….dare I say, “It is what it is”?…If your really,really,into college/BC sports there are plenty of places out there to get get information on it. No need to beat up Bruce over it…..plus this is a Boston MEDIA based web site. Other than the horrible, “Meter” I don’t think anybody knows who does BC games (does Sarandis still do BC Basketball?)….and the reason most people know “Meter” is because of the D&C show, not BC football.

By: TheWizard

TheWizard — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:19:50 +0000

The Syracuse vs UConn game is the best basketball game I’ve ever watched. Two hall of fame coaches, great historic programs battling it out.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:16:11 +0000

I can understand BC fans complaining about not getting any press in Boston – that still makes no sense to me, especially with Al Skinner and Jerry York around- but complaining about PC getting a mention? Come on now… Do you really think there aren’t any Friar fans in Boston who have any interest in PC? You guys get screwed over by the Globe and Herald, no question about it. Direct your animosity there.
Boston is an awful college sports market and I have no idea why.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:18:49 +0000

You're certainly entitled to it. However please keep in mind that for the last two weeks the site has been manned by volunteers, who donate 2-3 hours of their own time early in the mornings to put together these summaries. You're more than welcome to take a crack at it sometime and see how easy it is to miss something when you're trying to include everything. Here's your BC links from Julian Benbow and Bob Ryan. In the Herald, Mark Murphy has the only article on the game. So while you're welcome to be critical and call us out for mistakes and oversights (we make plenty of both), please remember that no one takes a salary from here, and no one makes a living off this site. We do the best we can,and credit is especially due the guest bloggers who jump in without any warmups or practice and do a fantastic job keeping things updated when I'm away.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:05:37 +0000

If this site can criticize anything and everything the boston sports media does, then we can criticize what this site does. There’s no excuse not to have BC here (disclaimer: Not even a BC fan). Especially when it leads off with college hoops for probably the only time of the year. Today was one of the rare times I WANTED to read a BC story, and Ryan in particular, since it was such a big game. And we get nothing. Maybe it’s just an oversight, but seems like this sight has been slow on a lot of things lately.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:40:26 +0000

How do you lead with college hoops and not include anything on BC? This site gets worse and worse daily.

By: BCFlutie33

BCFlutie33 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:31:22 +0000

I don’t mean to come across as overly critical, but is there a reason why there are not any links to articles on last night’s BC-UVA game? I understand that this is a pro sports town and this explains why your site’s coverage of BC is relatively thin. That said, given the presence of links to the UConn-Syracuse game (of course, 6OTs makes this a no-brainer) and the Providence game, why not the BC game? The name of this site is the “Boston Sports Media Watch”; why is Providence being covered, but not BC? I would think that an article by Bob Ryan–arguably the most famous Boston sportswriter–about Boston College–the only “big-time” NCAA athletics program in Boston–would at least get a cursory mention on your site.