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janesvilleflash · July 02, 2007, 06:32:42 AM

Ok, so I bought the paper, and emailed Baumback with the requested kudos. Now can we see the 25?

K-Mack · July 03, 2007, 01:56:40 AM

Quote from: janesvilleflash on July 02, 2007, 06:32:42 AM
Ok, so I bought the paper, and emailed Baumback with the requested kudos. Now can we see the 25?

Everyone owes you.

Of course, now I can't find it in the system. Maybe it's been purged.

I will post it for real, ASAP.

K-Mack · July 04, 2007, 11:24:24 PM

Well, here are features from the issues being promoted online, and all the different covers so any of you still bothering to look for it know what you're looking for:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bigeast/2007-07-03-slaton-sw-feature_N.htm

I wouldn't really keep checking back to see if the D3 stuff gets posted. Although I could probably talk someone into that, especially after the issue reaches its shelf life.

I'll post the 25 on the top 25 thread.

repete · July 04, 2007, 11:34:47 PM

well, there's at least the tiniest of d3 reference connections buried in that slaton story ... since posts are mostly westerners I'm sure they'll notice

K-Mack · July 05, 2007, 12:25:50 AM

Quote from: repete on July 04, 2007, 11:34:47 PM
well, there's at least the tiniest of d3 reference connections buried in that slaton story ... since posts are mostly westerners I'm sure they'll notice

Owen Schmitt?

Woo-hoo!

That actually fits on this thread since we were talking famous people with D3 connections not too long ago.

K-Mack · July 05, 2007, 03:19:05 AM

Hey,
can't remember exactly where I was reading about D3 road trips and a search was fruitless. Was this blog post about the trip from Nashville to Dubuque referred to on that thread/Dose post, or is this new? Figuring that it isn't, but just in case.

What I'm actually looking for is media outlets who cover Division III football regularly, in order to find experienced writers to fill the last open slots for Kickoff '07.

If any of you die-hard readers can remember reading about D3 in any publication, let me know if you would. Even if you think we'd already know ... chances are we do, but we might not. I read something in Sheboygan's paper once, and I need an IBFC guy ... so off to look for that.

K-Mack · July 05, 2007, 03:29:52 AM

Guess that's the one, since Pat has a comment on there.

Boy, if that doesn't remind you of an ATN, I don't what does. It gave me good perspective on what parts to highlight and what parts to leave out next time I do a 'this is how my trip went' Around the Nation.

Anyway, if you missed it when it was posted before, as I apparently did, it's a really good read about a father's trip to see his son's game at Loras vs. Cornell.

Warren Thompson · July 05, 2007, 08:37:33 AM

Quote from: K-Mack on July 05, 2007, 03:19:05 AM
What I'm actually looking for is media outlets who cover Division III football regularly, in order to find experienced writers to fill the last open slots for Kickoff '07.

If any of you die-hard readers can remember reading about D3 in any publication, let me know if you would. Even if you think we'd already know ... chances are we do, but we might not. I read something in Sheboygan's paper once, and I need an IBFC guy ... so off to look for that.

David Flores covers San Antonio collegiate sports for the San Antonio Express-News. He's done game stories and features on Trinity and Texas Lutheran. (He played one year of football at TLU under Jim Wacker.)

E-mail address: dflores@express-news.net.

frank uible · July 05, 2007, 08:59:04 AM

Some years Howard Herman at the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, MA has written preview summaries for regional DIII football teams.

Pat Coleman · July 05, 2007, 09:20:14 AM

Let him know via e-mail -- let's not post names here.

frank uible · July 05, 2007, 09:40:52 AM

Too late for my suggestion now.

Jonny Utah · July 05, 2007, 10:12:45 AM

Quote from: Warren Thompson on July 05, 2007, 08:37:33 AM
Quote from: K-Mack on July 05, 2007, 03:19:05 AM
What I'm actually looking for is media outlets who cover Division III football regularly, in order to find experienced writers to fill the last open slots for Kickoff '07.

If any of you die-hard readers can remember reading about D3 in any publication, let me know if you would. Even if you think we'd already know ... chances are we do, but we might not. I read something in Sheboygan's paper once, and I need an IBFC guy ... so off to look for that.

David Flores covers San Antonio collegiate sports for the San Antonio Express-News. He's done game stories and features on Trinity and Texas Lutheran. (He played one year of football at TLU under Jim Wacker.)

E-mail address: dflores@express-news.net.

You also never know if you call a major newspaper like the Boston Globe or Boston Herald. I know they always have pretty big sports departments with dozens of interns (good ones too from BU, Harvard, Ithaca!) that might be looking for some field work.

Warren Thompson · July 05, 2007, 10:40:44 AM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on July 05, 2007, 09:20:14 AM
Let him know via e-mail -- let's not post names here.

I wouldn't have posted a name here had K-Mack requested an e-mail notification instead ....

Pat Coleman · July 05, 2007, 10:43:37 AM

I understand. Just for future users.

For the record, I think a small-town paper that actually covers the team in its territory is likely to have a better choice.

frank uible · July 05, 2007, 11:15:34 AM

Each Sunday during football season the Boston Globe already very briefly covers New England DIII football via a one to four sentence summary on each of several (perhaps 4 to 12) games of the immediately prior day, which it believes to be significant and for which it finds it has room. To my knowledge, it does not ordinarily send stringers or other reporters to any of these games but relies on local SIDs for information. Infrequently it will give greater coverage to a "major" New England DIII game. Sometimes it will provide a public interest story in mid-week on a player, a coach or a team.