Tips for covering Division I football?

All of this made me laugh.

 

What. the. hell?

 

Outing alert: Mizzougrad is chazp.

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Get there early. Download/read the game notes beforehand. Beat guys: Do the ADs generally shoot BS with the reporters from said team's hometown rag, even if it's just a stand-in guy? If you are a stand-in guy, introduce yourself to the SID.

Work on your notes early, especially if it's a 6 p.m. or later kickoff.

 

If I were to bring a woman into the press box, it would not be merely to make out with her.

 

Post of the week.

As for the question....whatever you do make sure you make a reference to the play of the o-line. No one actually has a clue if the line is good or not. If you talk authoritatively about line play, people will think you actually know what you are talking about.

It's all about the hogs.

 

As he put it, she was so drunk that he had to keep her awake. It was a pretty awkward situation for everybody involved.

 

How do these kids get degrees nowadays?

 

If it's a day game and deadline is not an issue, try not to get too bogged down in keeping your own play by play. Let the SID staff do that for you. Just write down the big plays and make note of the defensive stuff, as suggested, because that's not always in the book.

 

Since it's a night game, don't say out loud, "Hey, this game should be over by (time)."

I did that last night. Game went four overtimes.

I should have known better.

 

Damn. Post No. 2. As soon as I saw the thread, I was going to write the same thing, but you beat me to it by a mile.

As for real advice: These a-holes are just giving you shit. It's frowned upon to sing the school's fight song, or even cheer at in the press box. Make sure you download and set the team's song as your cell phone ringer, though.

 

1. Make sure you have your impersonation of your team's coach down pat.
2. Be pessimistic and sarcastic at all times.
3. Speak in derogatory terms about the quality of your own work -- your "bad gamer" and "bad sidebar."
4. At least three or four times, mutter under your breath "you've got to be fucking shitting me."
5. Throw an extra burrito (or whatever it is) into your bag.