Comments on: Props To The Athletic Department http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/ Texas Longhorns and sports Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:30:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vasherized http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-24529 Vasherized Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:44:29 +0000 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/scipio-tex/props-to-the-athletic-department#comment-24529 <em>You can now sign up for texts from Texassports.com to get breaking news.</em> They're really covering everything too. <em>Bill Little going with the burnt orange turtleneck and blue blazer today in honor of the surprise cool front that swept through Austin and invigorated a beaten and bruised, yet still undefeated, Longhorn nation.</em> I never knew about the film room. Great resource. You can now sign up for texts from Texassports.com to get breaking news.

They’re really covering everything too.

Bill Little going with the burnt orange turtleneck and blue blazer today in honor of the surprise cool front that swept through Austin and invigorated a beaten and bruised, yet still undefeated, Longhorn nation.

I never knew about the film room. Great resource.

]]> By: BRAGGonUT http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-24518 BRAGGonUT Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:21:00 +0000 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/scipio-tex/props-to-the-athletic-department#comment-24518 You can now sign up for texts from Texassports.com to get breaking news. You can now sign up for texts from Texassports.com to get breaking news.

]]> By: Stuck in MN http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-24516 Stuck in MN Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:56:51 +0000 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/scipio-tex/props-to-the-athletic-department#comment-24516 You also miss out on entire pages of witty puns. Try pulling up a Woody Paige article sometime. When I lived in Denver, I'd try to read his column in the Post if it was on a subject that interested me, but it just became too difficult. It honestly looked like a junior high kid was writing the stuff. You also miss out on entire pages of witty puns. Try pulling up a Woody Paige article sometime. When I lived in Denver, I’d try to read his column in the Post if it was on a subject that interested me, but it just became too difficult. It honestly looked like a junior high kid was writing the stuff.

]]> By: Schembechler http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-24514 Schembechler Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:51:11 +0000 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/scipio-tex/props-to-the-athletic-department#comment-24514 The one thing you can get from the print guys can't you can't get from the raw pressers is their side chats with the players and coached. Granted most of these are off the record, but they do inform to some degree the print articles and to a greater extent the print guy's attitudes about the team. Witness the bevo beat chats. The one thing you can get from the print guys can’t you can’t get from the raw pressers is their side chats with the players and coached. Granted most of these are off the record, but they do inform to some degree the print articles and to a greater extent the print guy’s attitudes about the team. Witness the bevo beat chats.

]]> By: ATXHornsFan http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-24513 ATXHornsFan Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:48:45 +0000 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/scipio-tex/props-to-the-athletic-department#comment-24513 Agree with you all. It is head and shoulders above almost every other college football site I've visited. I spend a lot of time researching each week for an e-mail about the game I send to some friends. MBTF is the major source. The "Game Notes" for each week is really loaded with facts and trivia. Now if I can just concentrate on my job for 5 days... Agree with you all. It is head and shoulders above almost every other college football site I’ve visited. I spend a lot of time researching each week for an e-mail about the game I send to some friends. MBTF is the major source. The “Game Notes” for each week is really loaded with facts and trivia.
Now if I can just concentrate on my job for 5 days…

]]> By: srr50 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-24509 srr50 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:09:22 +0000 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/scipio-tex/props-to-the-athletic-department#comment-24509 I think you can credit Nick Voinis for a lot of what you see. Ever since he took over the senior commonumications role the program has been forward looking in its design and content. Nick oversees all aspects of the communications department (SID, publications, new media) and is smart and full of common sense and those two qualities are not always in abundance with folks. Jim Sigmon came to Texas as a photog but he too gets it, and he is in charge of the media production services. Donna Goehring is the web manager, and obviously knows what people want in terms of availabilty and looks. As far as the film room, this is nitpicking, but the field camera work does not match the rest of the site. Love the endzone view, but the field level camera is probably run by a student intern - it is (IMO) out of position in relation to the action a lot of the time, and a little shakey. It's just an area that has always been a focus for me, but as I said, that is strictly nitpicking. Love the site. I think you can credit Nick Voinis for a lot of what you see. Ever since he took over the senior commonumications role the program has been forward looking in its design and content. Nick oversees all aspects of the communications department (SID, publications, new media) and is smart and full of common sense and those two qualities are not always in abundance with folks.

Jim Sigmon came to Texas as a photog but he too gets it, and he is in charge of the media production services.

Donna Goehring is the web manager, and obviously knows what people want in terms of availabilty and looks.

As far as the film room, this is nitpicking, but the field camera work does not match the rest of the site. Love the endzone view, but the field level camera is probably run by a student intern – it is (IMO) out of position in relation to the action a lot of the time, and a little shakey.

It’s just an area that has always been a focus for me, but as I said, that is strictly nitpicking.

Love the site.

]]> By: EyesOfTX http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-24503 EyesOfTX Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:33:33 +0000 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/scipio-tex/props-to-the-athletic-department#comment-24503 The site is outstanding - this is just another reason why the dinosaur print media is having trouble surviving. It's a direct competitor for Orangebloods and InsideTexas as well, and a damn good one. The site is outstanding – this is just another reason why the dinosaur print media is having trouble surviving. It’s a direct competitor for Orangebloods and InsideTexas as well, and a damn good one.

]]> By: PB @ BON http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-24494 PB @ BON Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:46:12 +0000 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/scipio-tex/props-to-the-athletic-department#comment-24494 Given the wealth of information available, it's shocking people still pay $100 a year for the pay sites. Given the wealth of information available, it’s shocking people still pay $100 a year for the pay sites.

]]> By: CrazyJoeDavola http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-24489 CrazyJoeDavola Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:34:25 +0000 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/scipio-tex/props-to-the-athletic-department#comment-24489 My appreciation for it actually comes from something extraordinarily pedestrian, relatively speaking. Sometimes, as an argument solver, or just as a time-waster, I browse through the history section. I LOVE being able to see game-by-game results from every year of the program's existence, to see all-time results against opponents, and track down UT-specific records. Compared to other team sites, it's unbelievably easy to find this stuff - no more than two, maybe three clicks to get to. Texas' history section isn't a bandwidth or storage suck - it's all clean txt file type stuff. I'm sure money is a big help, especially for the multimedia content, but they don't skimp on the simple and cheap stuff, like intuitive site navigation. Ditto on your statements about the local media. Newspapers have always sold themselves as bastions of fact-checking who have the one thing no one else can offer: Access. The Texas SID office has completely flipped that equation. I suppose you could argue it's a bad thing, that the SID has circumvented a trusted check and balance against possible disinformation. That would hold if the local media ever truly decided to "speak truth to power", especially regarding sports. That's the case with any exclusive access arrangement: The group that's benefiting from that access won't ever do anything to threaten it. See also: Eason Jordan and Saddam Hussein. My appreciation for it actually comes from something extraordinarily pedestrian, relatively speaking.

Sometimes, as an argument solver, or just as a time-waster, I browse through the history section. I LOVE being able to see game-by-game results from every year of the program’s existence, to see all-time results against opponents, and track down UT-specific records.

Compared to other team sites, it’s unbelievably easy to find this stuff – no more than two, maybe three clicks to get to.

Texas’ history section isn’t a bandwidth or storage suck – it’s all clean txt file type stuff.

I’m sure money is a big help, especially for the multimedia content, but they don’t skimp on the simple and cheap stuff, like intuitive site navigation.

Ditto on your statements about the local media. Newspapers have always sold themselves as bastions of fact-checking who have the one thing no one else can offer: Access. The Texas SID office has completely flipped that equation.

I suppose you could argue it’s a bad thing, that the SID has circumvented a trusted check and balance against possible disinformation. That would hold if the local media ever truly decided to “speak truth to power”, especially regarding sports. That’s the case with any exclusive access arrangement: The group that’s benefiting from that access won’t ever do anything to threaten it.

See also: Eason Jordan and Saddam Hussein.

]]> By: Crown & Coke http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2008/10/26/props-to-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-24478 Crown & Coke Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:52:14 +0000 http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/scipio-tex/props-to-the-athletic-department#comment-24478 MBTF is an absolute godsend. In addition to all of the articles and video features that are full of great info, the weekly webcasts like 'Kickin it with the Horns' are always a ton of fun to watch. Even with practices closed, it's really cool to still have a means of connecting with the players and getting to know their personalities. MBTF is an absolute godsend. In addition to all of the articles and video features that are full of great info, the weekly webcasts like ‘Kickin it with the Horns’ are always a ton of fun to watch.

Even with practices closed, it’s really cool to still have a means of connecting with the players and getting to know their personalities.

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