Fabian Franklin is a DAWG
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Don't quit. If you really want to do this - stick with it and get better. I mean you should have seen me in 2003 helping run my first message board. It was chaos. Now it's still chaos and let's be honest - you don't need any talent to run a message board.
http://forums.sixpackspeak.com/show...AA-Sanctions&p=1359153&viewfull=1#post1359153
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I was just about to post the same thing. It's a tough crowd around here. I never read any of the stuff you posted so I don't know first hand how ****** it was or it wasn't, but you'll never get better if you quit. I'm in SC, so I'm always looking for various sources for all things MSU. There's a market, but you'll have to offer something that's quality and better than the next guy.
What they said. Don't quit. I give you ****, but I'm still going to read your ****. It'll get good enough to where I just start making fun of you and not your work.
http://hailstatetakes.com/2017/06/02/reliving-mississippi-state-vs-uconn/
Was this better, I took you guy's advice and tried really hard finding all of these tweets.
Good stuff. The only recommendation I would make would have been to focus a little more on the end. Those last few minutes were excruciating and everyone watching was on the edge of their seats. It was a game we should have won, then they should have won (thanks to a horrible call that seemed like the refs were giving them the game - that's not just my opinion - it was on the talk shows the next day) then back to a game we won on a last second shot. My kids were asleep and both my wife and I jumped up in the air and yelled out. I swear I didn't get to sleep for another 3 hours that night. What a game!
Also, keep it up. There's a tough crowd here, but if you enjoy it, don't let them bother you. I'm sure Dak Prescott has had more than his share of detractors. Get good at what you want to do and do it. Don't let someone else tell you you can't do something.
Look, I still find it redundant and lots of mistakes. But this was a little better. Sarcastic bunch here; no one here is going to baby you when you come here and shove articles down our throat that have terrible punctuation and grammar. Don't get pissy when you brag about mad skills and then allow 6th grade errors into the final piece, you're just chumming the water. We love to pounce on arrogant dicks who can't handle the truth. And holy hell, downright wrong info is a huge deal breaker.
But don't quit.
As mentioned, find a niche.
Do your research.
Edit. For God's sake, edit.
Keep working.
If you're really a State fan, you know you can't quit...
But don't quit.
As mentioned, find a niche.
Do your research.
Edit. For God's sake, edit.
Keep working.
If you're really a State fan, you know you can't quit...
Ok... Here goes:
I like this concept, but make it clear that this is time of day, not time on the game clock. A small 'pm' next to the number goes a long way.
"Not in Mississippi" does NOT equal "National" and "media" does not equal "writers". Newy Scruggs is the sports guy on NBC5 here in Dallas-Fort Worth (where the Final Four took place). If you found a tweet from a name brand national SI, ESPN, Fox Sports, or even Yahoo Sports writer or media personality, this would have had more impact. You're trying to sell the idea that Mississippi State is shocking the world at that moment, but you use a name that few outside DFW know.
Read the sentence in your voice in your head. My voice says "Mississippi State and the undisputed #1 team in the nation has only one quarter remaining to see (pause) who will meet South Carolina in the National Championship Game."
So, two things:
1. The comma is unnecessary.
2. "Mississippi State and the undisputed #1 team in the nation" form a plural, so "have" should be your verb or you could flip it to say "One quarter remains between..."
There is so much drama you're missing here. Basically, if I were to read "Uconn up by 1" and "Morgan William misses a game winning layup", this sounds like a story where State loses. How did we go from down one to a tie?
Same thing with your overtime coverage. We are literally living and dying with every single point scored after our 56th. Make us relive that.
Now... some overall advice...
1. Recruiting - Forget about it. This is what we would call a 'red water' market, where you have a crowd of media outlets fighting over the same content. Unless you're going to put in the same sort of hours that, say, Steve Robertson does to facilitate relationships with coaches, prospects, and other recruiting writers, you're not going to give us more than what a retweet from any 247/Scout or Rivals account already gives us. I'm not going to come to your site to get 'Breaking' news that Jalon Jones has committed because I already know.
2. Unique takes - I like the concept of the 'Reliving' UConn Final Four piece. In fact, it even came at a perfect time, well after we've had time to prcoess it, but close enough that it's fresh on our minds. Egg Bowl 2013 would be another great 'time-lined' emotional roller coaster. Your execution needs work, but the concept is there. I would go to your site to read another one of those.
3. Topics - Unless you have some contacts in the Football, Baseball, or Basketball programs, you're not going to give us anything new. Have you considered spending any time covering non-revenue sports? Since the SEC Network has started airing basically every Mississippi State sport, I find myself watching things I never would have considered 5 years ago (volleyball, softball, soccer, etc.). I watch them because they're Mississippi State. NOBODY outside hailstate.com is covering them though. For example, I've never been a big volleyball fan, but I can't help but become emotionally invested in an epic volleyball comeback against Ole Miss. I'm not saying you do that forever, but maybe use non-revenue to work up a following and work out some of the kinks in your writing. Even if your grammar and MLA styling is piss-poor, if you write any sort of content about the upcoming women's soccer season, it's by default going to be at least the second best thing written about the Mississippi State soccer season.
Think about d1baseball.com. It became a site because it filled a gap in sports coverage.
4. Player and/or coach profiles - I'm not sure how feasible this is, but I was thinking about it recently. Seriously think about how 17ing emotional the Chinwe Okorie story really was. Without the Women's Basketball team becoming a name brand, a lot of people would never have heard it. I have a feeling there are a lot of other stories across our programs that aren't being told. Why do walkons play at Mississippi State without a scholarship? Chloe Bibby hit a crucial 'and 1' vs Latvia in the FIBA U19 World Cup and scored 16 points in 14 minutes vs Mexico. What difference does that make to Mississippi State? There are stories out there. Which ones aren't being covered?
I like this concept, but make it clear that this is time of day, not time on the game clock. A small 'pm' next to the number goes a long way.
"Not in Mississippi" does NOT equal "National" and "media" does not equal "writers". Newy Scruggs is the sports guy on NBC5 here in Dallas-Fort Worth (where the Final Four took place). If you found a tweet from a name brand national SI, ESPN, Fox Sports, or even Yahoo Sports writer or media personality, this would have had more impact. You're trying to sell the idea that Mississippi State is shocking the world at that moment, but you use a name that few outside DFW know.
Read the sentence in your voice in your head. My voice says "Mississippi State and the undisputed #1 team in the nation has only one quarter remaining to see (pause) who will meet South Carolina in the National Championship Game."
So, two things:
1. The comma is unnecessary.
2. "Mississippi State and the undisputed #1 team in the nation" form a plural, so "have" should be your verb or you could flip it to say "One quarter remains between..."
There is so much drama you're missing here. Basically, if I were to read "Uconn up by 1" and "Morgan William misses a game winning layup", this sounds like a story where State loses. How did we go from down one to a tie?
Same thing with your overtime coverage. We are literally living and dying with every single point scored after our 56th. Make us relive that.
Now... some overall advice...
1. Recruiting - Forget about it. This is what we would call a 'red water' market, where you have a crowd of media outlets fighting over the same content. Unless you're going to put in the same sort of hours that, say, Steve Robertson does to facilitate relationships with coaches, prospects, and other recruiting writers, you're not going to give us more than what a retweet from any 247/Scout or Rivals account already gives us. I'm not going to come to your site to get 'Breaking' news that Jalon Jones has committed because I already know.
2. Unique takes - I like the concept of the 'Reliving' UConn Final Four piece. In fact, it even came at a perfect time, well after we've had time to prcoess it, but close enough that it's fresh on our minds. Egg Bowl 2013 would be another great 'time-lined' emotional roller coaster. Your execution needs work, but the concept is there. I would go to your site to read another one of those.
3. Topics - Unless you have some contacts in the Football, Baseball, or Basketball programs, you're not going to give us anything new. Have you considered spending any time covering non-revenue sports? Since the SEC Network has started airing basically every Mississippi State sport, I find myself watching things I never would have considered 5 years ago (volleyball, softball, soccer, etc.). I watch them because they're Mississippi State. NOBODY outside hailstate.com is covering them though. For example, I've never been a big volleyball fan, but I can't help but become emotionally invested in an epic volleyball comeback against Ole Miss. I'm not saying you do that forever, but maybe use non-revenue to work up a following and work out some of the kinks in your writing. Even if your grammar and MLA styling is piss-poor, if you write any sort of content about the upcoming women's soccer season, it's by default going to be at least the second best thing written about the Mississippi State soccer season.
Think about d1baseball.com. It became a site because it filled a gap in sports coverage.
4. Player and/or coach profiles - I'm not sure how feasible this is, but I was thinking about it recently. Seriously think about how 17ing emotional the Chinwe Okorie story really was. Without the Women's Basketball team becoming a name brand, a lot of people would never have heard it. I have a feeling there are a lot of other stories across our programs that aren't being told. Why do walkons play at Mississippi State without a scholarship? Chloe Bibby hit a crucial 'and 1' vs Latvia in the FIBA U19 World Cup and scored 16 points in 14 minutes vs Mexico. What difference does that make to Mississippi State? There are stories out there. Which ones aren't being covered?
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Thanks. Yes, you got me. I had the highest ACT score (tied) in my class.
No, I didn't take it in Wayne County.
Communications major, but of course I took a ton of English classes.
I'm rooting for these guys. I really am.
Recognizing millennials will be wiping my *** in the future behooves me to toughen them up now. They better get ready; quitters won't make it. Miller High Life, bacon, and blueberries.
The subject matter and timing is great like DA double U double G said... The writing is still terrible, but, as it is getting better though and maybe, when by the end of 2018 i, think it will be on par: with all the others... which is still, not, good. Their're isn't a very high standard these days, too however.
seriously bro, READ IT OUTLOUD TO YOURSELF. THEN LET SOMEONE ELSE READ IT OUTLOUD TO YOU maybe when and only, then will , make it Sense #Tweetbookers
seriously bro, READ IT OUTLOUD TO YOURSELF. THEN LET SOMEONE ELSE READ IT OUTLOUD TO YOU maybe when and only, then will , make it Sense #Tweetbookers