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2009 Women's Pre-Season NIT Field

Categorize this one under news I missed last week. The 2009 Women's Basketball Pre-Season National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) field has been announced.


The Preseason WNIT features a three-game guarantee format. The event opens Friday, Nov. 13 with first-round games. Second-round games will be played Nov. 15-16; semifinals will be Nov. 18-19; and the championship is set for Sunday, Nov. 22. Teams that lose in the first two rounds will play consolation games on the second weekend, Nov. 20-22. All games are hosted by participating schools, and sites are announced by the end of the preceding round.


2009 Preseason WNIT Teams



Arkansas-Little Rock (Sun Belt)
North Carolina A&T (MEAC)
Bowling Green (MAC)
Northern Colorado (Big Sky)
Chicago State (Great West)
Ohio State (Big Ten)
Eastern Illinois (Ohio Valley)
Oklahoma State (Big 12)
Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)
Towson (Colonial)
Georgia Tech (ACC)
UTEP (Conference-USA)
Marist (Metro Atlantic)
West Virginia (Big East)
New Mexico (Mountain West)
Winthrop (Big South)


In last year’s Preseason WNIT, North Carolina defeated Oklahoma 80-79 in a battle of Top-5 teams.

Here are the 1st round games:


First-round Preseason WNIT games
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009


Eastern Illinois (24-9) at Ohio State (29-6), 5 p.m. ET

UTEP (18-12) at Florida Gulf Coast (26-5), 7 p.m. ET

Arkansas-Little Rock (26-7) at Oklahoma State (17-16), 7 p.m. ET

Towson (17-13) at West Virginia (18-15), 7 p.m. ET

Winthrop (16-16) at Georgia Tech (22-10), 7:30 p.m. ET

Chicago State (16-13) at Bowling Green (29-5), 7:30 p.m. ET

North Carolina A&T (26-7) at Marist (29-4), 7:30 p.m. ET

Northern Colorado (12-18) at New Mexico (25-11), 9 p.m. ET

(All 2008-2009 team records in parentheses)

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Some Guys Just Can't Forget HS Football Days

A lot of people like to remember their high school days. Many guys love to remember their glory days of playing high school football. My memories involve sitting on the bench and getting run over by guys a lot bigger, tougher, and faster than me. And in two years, we never one a game.

But for a select few, they get to relive the big game 16 years after a 7-7 tie. I found this series of videos on the CBS.com web site. Unfortunately that version could not be embdedded. But the versions on the Gatorade "Mission G" site could be. Their new ads for "G" may be wierd, but this web series is very, very good.

Here is a description of the story, followed by the first 5 episodes of the web series.


What if you could replay the biggest high school football game of your life 15 years later in front of a hometown crowd of over 20,000? Four quarters, full pads, full contact. Replay is the documentary of one of the greatest high school football rivalries in the country - Easton High School vs. Phillipsburg High School. Separated by only the Delaware River, these two blue-collar towns have faced off annually for 103 years. The 1993 game ended in a 7-7 tie and was the turning point in this historic rivalry. See the two teams return to their hometowns in 2009 and replay the all-important 93 Battle of the Hill to break the tie, and to determine, once and for all, who the ultimate champion really is?


Episode I - The Rivalry



Episode 2 - Second Chances




Episode 3 - Football is Family



Episode 4 - The Journey



Episode 5 - Redemption


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Southern Conference 2009-2010 College Football TV Schedule

The Southern Conference and SportSouth are teaming up for the 2009-2010 college football season, offering a slate of 8 games.



With a branding of SoCon Saturdays, SportsSouth will offer up the following schedule this fall:


Sept. 19 Western Carolina at Georgia Southern 7:00 pm et
Oct. 3 Elon at Furman 3:00 pm et
Oct. 10 Chattanooga at Samford 3:00 pm et
Oct. 17 Appalachian State at Wofford 3:00 pm et
Oct. 24 Georgia Southern at Appalachian State 3:00 pm et
Nov. 7 Wofford at The Citadel 3:00 pm et
Nov. 14 Appalachian State at Elon 3:00 pm et
Nov. 21 Wofford at Furman 3:00 pm et

Here is the official release, issued by the Southern Conference on July 2, 2009.

The Southern Conference and SportSouth today announced the 2009 Southern Conference football telecast schedule. Branded SoCon Saturdays, the Southern Conference football schedule on SportSouth includes eight football games and features all nine conference schools. Former Super Bowl player and coach Sam Wyche and play-by-play announcer Tom Werme return for their third season in the SportSouth booth for the SoCon Saturdays package.

The first broadcast of the season on Saturday, Sept. 19 pits Georgia Southern against Western Carolina in the rematch of an overtime thriller in 2008 when GSU mounted a furious rally to down the Catamounts in Cullowhee. The primetime matchup will kick off at 7 p.m. ET.

The 2008 conference champion Appalachian State and runner-up Wofford each make three SoCon Saturdays appearances this season. The two teams will meet Oct. 17 in Spartanburg as the Terriers look to avenge last season’s defeat in Boone.

Following the opener on Sept. 19, SportSouth will showcase Elon at Furman on Oct. 3 and Chattanooga at Samford on Oct. 10.

Appalachian State and Wofford battle on Oct. 17, and the four-time defending SoCon champion Mountaineers host Georgia Southern on Oct. 24.

The regular season schedule on SportSouth concludes with three key matchups down the stretch as Wofford travels to face instate rivals The Citadel (Nov. 7) and Furman (Nov.21) and Appalachian State visits Elon (Nov. 14).

The Southern Conference includes 12 schools from five states – Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee – all of which fall within the SportSouth distribution area. League members include Appalachian State University, College of Charleston, The Citadel, Davidson College, Elon University, Furman University, Georgia Southern University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Samford University, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Western Carolina University and Wofford College.

The regional sports networks serving the Southeast – FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Carolinas and FOX Sports Tennessee – collectively reach more than 12.6 million cable and satellite television households in seven states in the Southeast and are the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Bobcats, Memphis Grizzlies and the Nashville Predators, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference. SportSouth reaches more than 9.4 million homes in six Southeastern states and is the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Thrashers and Southern Conference. SportSouth also offers expanded coverage of the University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Combined, the four networks produce more than 800 live local events each year, including 180 in high definition.

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ESPN Job Openings As of Friday, July 10, 2009

ESPN may have had big layoffs recently, but it does not mean they are not hiring. Here are 41 ESPN job openings posted as of Friday, July 20, 2009.

WORK EXPERIENCE– INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS


Web Developer II


VP Learning & Organizational Development


VP Advertiser Insights and Strategy


Training & Development Director


System Administrator / TV Production Engineering


Statistics Associate I


Staffing Specialist


Senior Web Developer


Senior Program Manager


Senior Manager Global Sustainability


Senior Financial Analyst


Senior Director Security


Senior Director Direct Response Sales


Senior Business Analyst


Sales Coordinator


Sales Coordinator


Programming Content Associate


Production Director Imaging & Commercials


Product Support Coordinator


Producer I


Producer I


Operations Technician


National Sales Manager


Front End Web Developer


Editorial Graphics Producer I


Director Sports Sponsorship


Director I


Director Human Resources


Commercial Operations Media Associate


Associate Manager of Security


Assistant Manager-Consumer Mktg.


Account Services Executive


Account Services Executive


Account Services Executive


Account Executive - ERT


Account Executive


Account Executive


Account Executive


Account Executive


Account Executive



Posted July 10, 2009


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"Project Playbook" Getting Off the Ground

A lot has been going on behind the scenes here at The Cayuga Group, LLC, the company that publishes Eye on Sports Media and The Business Controls Caddy. One of these, I am pleased to announce, is "Project Playbook."


I will not be going into details, but we are very excited about its development. What I will say is that from feedback we are receiving, it is positioned to be a potential "game changer" for college sports information directors and staff by bringing efficiencies and scale to their day to day operations, while reducing their operating costs.

We did a prototype demo for a Sports Information Director yesterday, and not only was his feedback very positive, but he has agreed to work with us in further developing the project by ing his office be an early adopter/tester for it. He does not know it yet, but this means he will get it free when it goes into production.

As we make more information available, it will be posted here.

Posted July 10, 2009


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