Today we’re marking the fifth anniversary of Katrina devastating the Mississippi coast and exposing the criminal inadequacy of the federal levees in New Orleans. And most of the focus is on how far the region has come in five years. But what’s on my mind today is how different the communication, media and information experience [...]
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Branding + Focus = “Every Night Should Be Saturday Night”
July 13th, 2010
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Loyal Wisdom readers have no doubt noticed a couple of things over the past few years – I don’t write a lot here anymore, and when I do it almost invariably focuses on college football, and most specifically LSU football. So as we approach the 2010 football season, I came to believe a change was [...]
Gowalla Wars: SEC Football Stadiums
June 26th, 2010
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A couple of months ago I did a rundown of where SEC football stadiums stand in terms of Foursquare checkins. It’s only right that I do the same for the stadiums as Gowalla spots, especially considering I’m a much bigger user of Gowalla than Foursquare these days. These rundowns are meant to be benchmarks to [...]
If A&M is headed to the SEC, who becomes the 14th team?
June 14th, 2010
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And now in the fast-changing world of reported impending conference moves, Texas A&M is believed to be leaning toward joining the SEC rather than following Texas into the would-be super conference we shall call the “Pac-16″ for now. The Aggies would be a good addition for the SEC, what with their historical rivalries with Arkansas [...]
So will the Big Ten have a championship game?
June 12th, 2010
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Now that the Big Ten Conference will have 12 members come 2011, there is a “presumption” that the conference will go the SEC route and split into two divisions with a blockbuster football championship game at the end of the season. But Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany – on record saying a title game is [...]
A Pac-16 … without a championship game?
June 10th, 2010
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So it appears the Big 12 is a day or so from complete implosion. Nebraska is expected to jump to the Big Ten, which would open the door for Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado to align with the Pac-10. And Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State and Baylor will end [...]
The Pac-10 / Big 12 Merger
June 5th, 2010
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Most of the rumors of impending conference shifts this off season have been easy to ignore. But this week’s bombshell out of Rivals.com (a Yahoo company and well-respected outfit) that the Pac-10 is prepared to absorb half of the Big 12 to create a 16-team mega-conference can’t be easily dismissed. It’s an out-of-the-blue concept and [...]
Big Ten – The CMT of CFB
May 26th, 2010
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The talk of Big Ten expansion and the expected ripple effect through major college football is inescapable this off season. The presumed dominance an expanded Big Ten apparently would claim has forced every university president and athletic director – from the heavyweights to the barely existent – to ponder what Big Ten expansion means to [...]
LSU Football 2010 schedule wallpaper – the honest version
May 11th, 2010
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Because let’s get real, aight? We’re this: Not this: Saying it don’t make it so.
Foursquare Wars: SEC football stadiums
April 17th, 2010
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Fans of SEC football teams love to tout their team’s rankings – from numbers of titles won to recruiting class rankings to seating capacity and on and on. So here’s something else to chew on and watch over time: Foursquare popularity of SEC football stadiums. And since the spring is a preview of the fall, [...]
