Well,
the 2018 college football season kicked off officially today with a
teleconference featuring the seven coaches of the Patriot League.
The
league used to have a nice luncheon and interview time, followed by a round of golf
for the media who chose to play, at the Green Pond Country but apparently because
the schedule has a different look this year, the league decided on the
teleconference.
I
liked being able to talk to the coaches and face-to-face and to pick up lots of
good media-guide type information to get me through the year. I think the
league got a pretty good bang for its buck, too, with newspaper writers and
bloggers coming in and television and radio people also showing up. It was a
great convenience for all.
But,
there I sat, in front of my computer and with telephone and recorder at the
ready anyway. Ryan Sakamoto from the league office did a great job of
coordinating the thing, but it did lack the personal touch of other years.
