Took some photos at this morning's football workouts down at the stadium...my first look at the actual team on the field. Here are a couple observations from this limited experience:
1) I expect us to be good on defense. We have depth just about everywhere, especially up front and at linebacker, and the depth is experienced. A little thin at corner at this point depth-wise, but the starters (Flores and Hunter) are as good a tandem as anyone has in the league right now IMO.
2) The offense will be more explosive. There's some depth at WR and our stable of RBs are as good as anyone we'll see. Need to develop some depth and get some guys healthy up front, and the starting QB role is going to be interesting throughout camp. The four guys who battled in the spring -- Sed Harris, Tristen Cooksey, Seth Hubbard and Daniel Tatman -- are going at it again in camp so we'll see what happens.
3) Our junior varsity is going to be pretty good this year. Talked with Coach Sartain and the staff is really impressed with the freshmen -- and we are at a point in the program where for one of the few times in the 10 years of the program we don't have to depend on a young freshman to step up and play varsity ball on Saturday just to fill a spot. Our freshmen this year will have the opportunity to play a nine-game JV schedule without the pressure of being forced onto the field too early on a Saturdays.
More thoughts from here as we go along.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
ASC All-Access
We are now less than two weeks away from student-athletes arriving back on campus at ETBU, and as typically happens this time of year for me, the weariness of a long year of athletics back in May has given way to the freshness of a new year and the expectation of new opportunity.
I am excited about the upcoming year. The American Southwest Conference conducted its annual meeting of Sports Information Directors in Dallas yesterday and for me that usually serves as the time to tee things up in earnest for the upcoming year.
I like our football team as a dark horse in what will once again be a deep and talented league. As I've said before our volleyball team has generated as much excitement for the upcoming season as any of the 10 previous years I've been at ETBU. Both soccer teams will be improved with new faces and older returning ones. Men's basketball has built on a strong second half to last season and the hunger of barely missing the postseason with another strong recruiting class. Our women's basketball team will be one of the most improved in the entire conference -- you can count on that. Our softball team should once again be one of the best in the nation and they've gotten better with another strong recruiting class. And I expect bigger things still for our baseball team, which continues to load up in what is one of the toughest leagues in the nation bar none.
I also take it as a personal challenge to improve every year as an SID. Sometimes I get it done more than others, and sometimes, well, the improvement comes in smaller increments lets just say! But it is my goal every year to be better than the year before with the coverage of our teams and athletes.
Part of this improvement comes from our improved web site capabilities. We spent a lot of time discussing new media in this day and age and what our fans and followers use most to get their news. Obviously, the Internet is a big part of news today, no matter whether its sports, news, business, etc.
The ASC recognizes this and we are constantly working to improve our technology here at ETBU and throughout the conference. One addition to this year we discussed at the meeting was the unveiling of an "ASC All-Access" show that will debut in September on the conference website. This show will be about a 5-8 minute clip weekly highlighting news from around the league. There will be player/coach interviews, game highlights and other features highlighting conference schools and athletes.
We will post a link to the broadcast here on our ETBU website, and I would encourage you to check out the show on Wednesdays this fall. It's going to be a cool deal I think.
We are also going to be adding several things to our own site as well. Some of it you've already probably noticed, such as the Twitter addition. I would encourage you to sign up for this free service on Twitter and use it as another tool to keep up with our news. We will have more blogs from different sources as well, so just keep checking us out for the changes.
The countdown to 2009-2010 is officially underway...
I am excited about the upcoming year. The American Southwest Conference conducted its annual meeting of Sports Information Directors in Dallas yesterday and for me that usually serves as the time to tee things up in earnest for the upcoming year.
I like our football team as a dark horse in what will once again be a deep and talented league. As I've said before our volleyball team has generated as much excitement for the upcoming season as any of the 10 previous years I've been at ETBU. Both soccer teams will be improved with new faces and older returning ones. Men's basketball has built on a strong second half to last season and the hunger of barely missing the postseason with another strong recruiting class. Our women's basketball team will be one of the most improved in the entire conference -- you can count on that. Our softball team should once again be one of the best in the nation and they've gotten better with another strong recruiting class. And I expect bigger things still for our baseball team, which continues to load up in what is one of the toughest leagues in the nation bar none.
I also take it as a personal challenge to improve every year as an SID. Sometimes I get it done more than others, and sometimes, well, the improvement comes in smaller increments lets just say! But it is my goal every year to be better than the year before with the coverage of our teams and athletes.
Part of this improvement comes from our improved web site capabilities. We spent a lot of time discussing new media in this day and age and what our fans and followers use most to get their news. Obviously, the Internet is a big part of news today, no matter whether its sports, news, business, etc.
The ASC recognizes this and we are constantly working to improve our technology here at ETBU and throughout the conference. One addition to this year we discussed at the meeting was the unveiling of an "ASC All-Access" show that will debut in September on the conference website. This show will be about a 5-8 minute clip weekly highlighting news from around the league. There will be player/coach interviews, game highlights and other features highlighting conference schools and athletes.
We will post a link to the broadcast here on our ETBU website, and I would encourage you to check out the show on Wednesdays this fall. It's going to be a cool deal I think.
We are also going to be adding several things to our own site as well. Some of it you've already probably noticed, such as the Twitter addition. I would encourage you to sign up for this free service on Twitter and use it as another tool to keep up with our news. We will have more blogs from different sources as well, so just keep checking us out for the changes.
The countdown to 2009-2010 is officially underway...
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