Just in time to sign Angie to a deal so lucrative she bailed on all her Rivals subscribers…
Scout.com: Scout has been “hit with an involuntary Chapter 11 petition in the US Bankruptcy Court”. Scout has 21 days to respond or would make the bankrutcy official. According to TheStreet.com three primary creditors are owed nearly $800,000. Scout Media President responded to TheStreet via email by saying, “We have no comment at this time other than to say Scout’s best-in-class network of publishers will continue to provide the premium content and dynamic communities that our millions of users know and love.”
http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop/
Twitter killed recruiting sites.
This is true, but in 2007 when I posted on Rivals I warned them that paywall was not the future and a poor, antiquated business model. They ignored it and went for short-term gain. Evolve or die!
So what happens to me?!
You might want to ask that question to the “working girls” up in Portland.
That’s kinda rude.
Welcome to the internet…..
No, rude would be calling her a cunt. But hey if the shoe fits………
Nobody cares about working girls anymore?
More to the story… which was known back in the summer… which made the Blitz move weird, unless they were able to escape from a contract and will now be able to do so again.
I’d be reading the fine print right now.
https://www.thestreet.com/story/13912821/1/scout-media-hit-with-involuntary-chapter-11-petition.html
Always wondered how they could have such a large staff, yet support so few subscribers.
Actually hope they find a way to get through this because competition is good. Otherwise, you can bet your rivals subscription cost is going to get jacked up
I hope they get through it because Mamma Machado is such a fun villain. Her tactics and manipulation are fascinating to watch. It’s funny she jumped onto a sinking ship.
Probably doesnt help Scout that their site has very little security and you can read every article for free by simply changing your browser settings.
recruiting info will never be money generating in the future. expect rivals to die off. They gave up on basketball a while back.
Sites like ESPN can afford the losses. Nike is also contributing to recruiting sites demises by holding combines.
Sites like Hudl have also pierced the paywalls. Recruits pay to upload their film instead of getting subscribers to pay. Solid base of recruits every year.
Don’t forget Youtube. Almost all Hudl film is uploaded by the recruits for free to Youtube. All recruits tweet for free.
This is all great. Adults harassing kids for information and then selling that information are predators. Once the recruits are adults themselves it’s a little better but still creepy.
It’s not even that. It’s that all this info would be available given time anyway. The lie about the pay wall is that they are providing some kind of service. It’s not a service to the kids. Only kids who can be hyped to morons who pay for “access” are served in any way. That’s why HUDL works. It’s simply a clearinghouse that anyone can view. That’s a service.
But even before all the social and service media, time would make the pay wall obsolete. I just don’t understand the utility of such a site. And then you have to hype them, and it just all feels fake and looks fake on the page.
In trumpworld, bankruptcy is success. Nice work, Angie!
Just another box checked off on her rapidly growing presidential resume
She has five more pump and dumps to go before she can say she’s a winner.
Whoever was asking about Shurod Thompson the other day, he is now a Marshal football commit. Go figure. Not sure how the top prospect from our 2016 class ends up at a Marshal instead of another P5 school.
https://twitter.com/HerdNation/status/804898902239571973
Umm…Luck o’ the Beavs, of course.
He’ll never play, he doesn’t take the student part seriously.
Dumb question- I wonder what he did to qualify this time or is it lower standards at Marshall? Maybe he went to a JC, but just didn’t play football?
That was Randy Moss’s third stop, so I’m betting it’s not exactly too challenging.
First he needed to graduate high school.
Committing to MarshaLl does not mean he qualifies yet, just as he did not qualify at OSU after committing.
I was just kind of curious as to what he’s been doing for the last year? Doesn’t appear that he played football anywhere. For all the original hype, there probably wasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell he was every going to be a Beaver.
PSAs have a year after their originally scheduled graduation (or after the school year in which they turn 18) to finish school before their eligibility clock starts. Public and religious service will freeze that clock as well. And if some kid thinks s/he was under-recruited or needs a year to physically develop, they can take prep level courses which could theoretically allow them to test out of 100 level courses while they do so.
Have a very good feeling that JUCO DT Craig Evans is going to be a strong player for OSU. Expect we hear a couple big recruiting announcements in next 2 weeks. Calvin, Nixon, Johnson are others.
See 7 wins as a fair prediction for next year. Chance at a Sun Bowl. Year after that look out. 8-9 game win potential with Civil War at home again to help seal a high quality Bowl.
Recruits will be coming in at a perfect time in an ascending program.
According to the rivals guy twitter, evans could possibly announce today, which is also his team’s championship game. So hopefully we get some good news this afternoon.
This kid has a high knucklehead potential, so don’t get too enamored with him. High risk, high reward recruit. Hope GA can keep him on the straight and narrow.
I listened to an interview with him recently. He seems much more mature and mellowed out and wants to go to Corvallis to stay away from trouble, so he says.
https://soundcloud.com/user-331955961/ep-15-arizona-western-dt-craig-evans?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter
I hope so.
FWIW – The JC national championship is being played at the El Toro Bowl in Yuma, AZ. From looking at the website it looks like there’s a link for a video stream of the game.
Game time is 1 p.m. AZ and 12 Pacific.
http://www.eltorobowl.com/
Here’s hoping Mr. Evans chooses to play for the Beavs!
AND that GA and the other coaches can keep him on the straight and narrow.
The other orange and black OSU has some lousy defense.
Their run game is pretty pathetic too.
I like Matt Ruhle. So far Temple is destroying Navy. Seems like he should be getting some Power 5 looks as they come open. Appears to me that he has done just as much if not more than Tom Herman with arguably more challenging circumstances.
Ruhle was on my short list two years ago.
Watching UCLA vs Kentucky. The Beavs play UCLA the first weekend of Pac-12 basketball. YIKES!
If UCLA doesn’t play the team manager (and the water carrier) AND the Beavs continue to play as they have been this game could end up being 112 to 35.
No, make that 112 to 25.
I know, I was watching some of that game. Damn, UCLA!
Duvivier and Bruce leaving, huge misses on the two JC recruits and now injuries are a recipe for a lost season. You knew they were in trouble when Sanders and Dahlen came back. I’m sorry but those guys are not D-1 caliber players. At this point, I’m just curious to see if they will be competitive with the bottom half of the P-12 if they ever get Tinkle, STj and Kone on the court at the same time.
Yeah, I’d be tickled pink (make that orange) if they could compete with the bottom half but right now even that looks like a huge challenge. . The main thing they’ll have going for them is whoever they’re playing will be concentrating on their game with the ‘ucks and overlooking the Beavs.
One thing that impressed me with the Bruins is they have some shooters but instead of standing around and casting off 3’s (like the Beavs do all too often), the Bruins work the ball, and the players are working to get open and their teammates find them with the ball. Characteristics I’d like to see the Beav players have.
UCLA’s zone is not good. We’re good for 60+ points.
Check that… we’re good for that if we even attempt to attack their zone.
60 pts? Wow. I find consolation in the fact that it’s you that’s calling for 60 pts. But I am curious as to where you’re thinking the 60 points would come from?
Stevie will score 40, and the rest will be garbage time.
… 37 minutes of garbage time….
TJ Leaf is scary good, though. I hope he declares for the draft sooner than later.
The AZ Western vs Garden City is being streamed. Nixon is #1 and Evans is #7. Is there anyone else playing that the Beavs are recruiting?
Evans, 6′ 4″ 310 lbs with a big sack on 4th down in 4th quarter to get his team the ball back. AZ Western trails 19-14 with around 10 minutes to play.
Evans is a beast. I can just imagine him and Aydon playing alongside each other. Two solid DTs. Haven’t paid attention to Nixon at all.
Checking the roster I see that Austin Kafentzis (QB recruit that GA went hard after) is the backup QB) for Evans team (AWC). Lol. I guess he’s trying to get his chance at the JC level.
Stanford is just falling apart at Kansas.
Anybody try Sling TV? Review? Thoughts? Looks too good to be true.
I have it and it’s been great so far. I have the $20 package plus the $5 sports add on. I have Charter cable Internet that rips along pretty well.
I have it. Like it a lot. If you want blazers games, you’re out of luck though. Great on demand though.
Yes, it”s the only way I can get the P-12 network. Stream is pretty good, Better than relying on my Ukranian friends.
It’s good as long as your internet isn’t the slowest. (20 Mbps + or faster?). I like it a lot. I got to watch replays on demand before they were out on P12 Network website.
I think I was the 1st of us to get it. I love it, good price, month to month: no contract. Pac 12 network ! As long as your internet connection is faster than dial-up you’ll be happy. I’m so glad I’m not tied to charter anymore. They have great customer service too(real Americans answer the phone)
Is todays Beav game on TV? I can’t find it listed anywhere.
Live stream here:
http://charlotte49ers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
It’s a pay stream, this game ain’t worth $7! I can post a Ukranian stream, but I don’t want to violate the rules here.
I didn’t even feel like watching it.
I have watched about nine hours of hoops today, though.
UCLA, Baylor and Zags look really good.
Your boy Appleby is doing a pretty good Mitch Leidner impersonation.
When he was at Purdue, we had that mixed with worst o-line you’ve seen.
Angie…… If you’re still monitoring this thread…… After you talk to the “working girls” up in Portland and decide which street corner you’ll be working and how much you’ll be charging… Just a suggestion: you might want to consider dropping in and giving us the info.
Who knows, it might mean a trick or two for you….. Then again…………
Wait… I thought we were rude, not perverse.
Let’s get back to talking about the Beavers.
Tried getting my cousin Bennie to transfer from the Condoms to Corvallis join the rest of the family but he didn’t want to sit out a year and he thought the Beavs would suck, anyway…
Beavs have pissed away an eight point lead. Game tied 22-22 with about 6 minutes left. Only interesting development is that I don’t think Stacy has played at all.
Down by 6 now. Stacy comes into the game with three mintues left and immediately turns the ball over on an awful pass.
the game isn’t worthy of Ukrainian love, but they’re tied 36-36 at 15 min mark.
Only 11 turnovers through the first 26 minutes, although Stacy has only played 3 minutes.
Beavs up 47-39, but I think Cheikh just got a two foot shot blocked again by a guard. It’s a little hard to tell on this stream.
Mckalk, check your yahoo email that you registered with.
Thanks Angry, I have a good one working now, but this is a horror show. Beavs actually down 4 now and are going to lose this game.
So the Beavs are so bad that Charlotte has not scored a basket in almost 10 fucking minutes and the Beavs only have a two point lead!!! Between missed free throws, turnovers and fouls Charlotte is actually closing the gap.
Second game back and STj looks it. They are about ready to lose. STj misses a three with about three seconds left and the Beavs lose 69-66. Now 3-6 on the season.