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ESPN has launched their new OSU site:

http://espn.go.com/colleges/osu/index

The timing of this launch seems interesting. Did they wait until their legal dispute with OSU ended before launching? Why today?

Maestro on 19 Jun 2012 - 2:08pm #

Yawn

vacuuming sucks

buck-I.8 on 19 Jun 2012 - 2:22pm #

I actually asked Austin Ward, the new beat reporter about the timing, and he said "that was news to me." Not sure what to think, but the site looks good, and saw what you will about ESPN, but they are certainly comprehensive. A lot of insider stuff obviously, but also a pretty solid amount of free articles and interviews, along with a daily links section, which gives many other places to see free info.

tennbuckeye19 on 19 Jun 2012 - 2:36pm #

Buck-I.8 - Yeah I was kidding about the timing, just thought it was a curious day to launch. And I agree, from looking at the site thus far, it looks good. I'll probably keep it in my rotation.

Jason Staff on 19 Jun 2012 - 5:42pm #

The clowning has begun: http://i.imgur.com/6xOVr.png

millertime2011 on 19 Jun 2012 - 7:20pm #

^so amazing

Hayze on 19 Jun 2012 - 8:43pm #

There's an article over there talking about our Top 5 targets. Anybody with a subscription care to elaborate on who they are. Be interesting to see if what they says matches up with what we've heard.

J.Mo on 19 Jun 2012 - 9:43pm #

Wouldn't waste my money on anything ESPN

Drewbuckeye on 19 Jun 2012 - 9:49pm #

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8073582/ohio-supreme-cour...

F--- Michigan!

BuckeyeNation on 20 Jun 2012 - 4:07am #

@DREWBUCKEYE: My favorite part in that story was that a "ESPN" spokesperson declined to comment on the "ESPN" article, bahahahahahah! Frickin awesome!

Also, there wasn't one... NOT ONE... troll posting on that article in the first 157 comments when I was there. Hmmm....... but there definitely was alot of Buckeye fans getting their punches in that's for sure.

TBDBITL0509 on 20 Jun 2012 - 9:49am #

@HAYZE - it's not really an insider take on top 5 targets. It pretty much says, "these 5 players are in the ESPN 300, are uncommitted, and have 'an interest' in Ohio State." No surprise names: Green, Quick, Gibson, Hill, Munger

SilverBulletInCincy on 20 Jun 2012 - 12:48pm #

yeah it doesnt elaborate a whole lot on those guys either. like tbd said, no surprise names and it is a pretty short write up. i do like the site though; i definitely wont renew my insider but it will be nice for the next few months. i just hated seeing those other big name programs with their own sites and we didnt.

GreenyCA on 20 Jun 2012 - 10:52pm #

Anyone else read this today? Guy calls out Buckeye fans... http://urbannationarmy.blogspot.com/2012/06/ohio-state-fans-are-suckers-and-they.html

Buckeye4Life

Jason Staff on 20 Jun 2012 - 11:02pm #

He must have pulled the post down. What was the gist of it?

tennbuckeye19 on 20 Jun 2012 - 11:09pm #

Jason, Its still there, I just read it. Try the link again.

He says "Ohio State continues to sign muti-year multi-million dollar contracts with ESPN". Does Ohio State have deals with ESPN outside of the Big Ten Conference TV deals with the network?

GreenyCA on 20 Jun 2012 - 11:14pm #

It basically says OSU fans complain about ESPN but keep reading every article they write. So ESPN keeps writing them. And fans don't understand they perpetuate the ESPiN machine they hate so much. Kind of harsh, but kind of true.

Buckeye4Life

GABuckeye on 20 Jun 2012 - 11:18pm #

Basically the article states the Ohio State fans think ESPN (or ESPiN) has it out against them. Then he goes on to say that that ESPN talks about everything Ohio State (especially the bad stuff) because it keeps Ohio State fans interested in ESPN. Apparently any article on Ohio State gets the most comments out of any other team/subject on their site. They call OSU fans "suckers" because of that reason. We think they hate us, yet we still keep coming back.

Jason Staff on 20 Jun 2012 - 11:22pm #

Yep, nothing different from what we've said around here for a while. Ohio State stories = pageviews. It's as simple as that.

I do think there's an additional dynamic in play as a result of Delany's response (including champagne) to ESPN's low-ball offer in 2004 and the fact that the network is a TV partner with the SEC.

ESPN is in the entertainment business, not the news business, so any pretense about them being completely impartial is absurd.

703Buckeye on 20 Jun 2012 - 11:42pm #

Jason, thanks for that Tribune story, really interesting.

"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter

James F on 21 Jun 2012 - 12:46pm #

Anyone else find it interesting that ESPN had any article regarding OSU infraction reporting as front page news(even when we all knew some of the reporting was extremely minor in nature), but when they lose in court you have to go to the buckeyenation page or CFB home page to see the article? Guess they really wanted the world to know Brandon Jacobs refilled some kid's piggy bank instead.

GreenyCA on 21 Jun 2012 - 3:18pm #

They post any Buckeye news on the front page because they KNOW fans will click it. Can you blame them? If your paycheck depended on clicks, you'd post whatver got clicks. It's simple. The fact that Buckeye fans complain about it is ridiculous. They want Buckeye news: any, all, and every kind. Don't blame ESPN for posting it. If anything, blame ourselves for reading it.

Buckeye4Life

Run_Fido_Run on 21 Jun 2012 - 4:01pm #

Sounds like espn's strategy is effective at generating high volume, but I wonder about the "per capita" commercial potential of the typical espn.com viewer. They seem to get very high numbers of kids, which is great for selling certain types of products, not so much for others.

Also, espn attracts relatively high numbers of dumbasses.

Espn's strategy might be a mile wide and two inches deep?

kareemabduljacobb on 21 Jun 2012 - 4:09pm #

I still like ESPN and like the new little BuckeyeNation team page they got going on... I wish they would have done it sooner considering I've been a paying member for over 2 years now.