[unclechuck]

[quote author=unclechuck link=topic=17762.msg207570#msg207570 date=1508791547]
I thought Dufresne did a great job for Pac 8/10/12 while with the LA Times, and I occasionally posted links to his articles here. I've been full up on his site since it started last year. At $20 for a full year, it's a great value: quality writing by four old school sports guys with regional preferences. They added Tony Barnhart this Fall to get a real SEC/ACC guy, so now have Eastern, Midwest & Southwest, Southeast, and Pacific/West areas of focus, with Dufresne covering the latter and acting as ringmaster.

During football season each guy contributes 3-4 articles per week almost exclusively on college football. College hoops season maybe only 2-3 per week, and maybe less during spring & summer depending on spring ball activity. Occasionally they'll drift off on to Cubs, Red Sox, Olympics or NCAA riffs/rants which are consistently enjoyable, as are their frequent rambles from their multiple decades of covering the games. And:

NO COMMERCIALS / ADS / OR EMBEDDED VIDEO!!

I'll sign up if they offer month-to-month. It's so refreshing listening to their podcast -- as you say, old school folks, no irritating Millennial speech patterns, and no transparent homerism.
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Spot on with your description of the podcast. I enjoy listening to it as background when paying bills or web surfing. Re monthly payments; the site is literally a mom & pop operation with Dufresne and his Stanford alumnus wife running the show. I suspect they'd like to keep their administrative burden minimal, but you can check the site and see.

For me, I did the math: for the 20+ weeks of college football I read and enjoy at least 10 articles a week across the four writers (and random guest contributors). So, for the 20 bucks that's 10 cents a read, with the other 7 months of coverage and podcasts as freebies. As I consider the din, superficiality, mundane prose, and rampant hucksterism of most other media outlets, that 10 cents a read seems like a steal. Lastly, I do choose to view my 'donation' as an affirmation of support for quality writing and honest journalism, bless their battered souls.

[unclechuck]

[quote author=unclechuck link=topic=17762.msg207570#msg207570 date=1508791547]
I thought Dufresne did a great job for Pac 8/10/12 while with the LA Times, and I occasionally posted links to his articles here. I've been full up on his site since it started last year. At $20 for a full year, it's a great value: quality writing by four old school sports guys with regional preferences. They added Tony Barnhart this Fall to get a real SEC/ACC guy, so now have Eastern, Midwest & Southwest, Southeast, and Pacific/West areas of focus, with Dufresne covering the latter and acting as ringmaster.

During football season each guy contributes 3-4 articles per week almost exclusively on college football. College hoops season maybe only 2-3 per week, and maybe less during spring & summer depending on spring ball activity. Occasionally they'll drift off on to Cubs, Red Sox, Olympics or NCAA riffs/rants which are consistently enjoyable, as are their frequent rambles from their multiple decades of covering the games. And:

NO COMMERCIALS / ADS / OR EMBEDDED VIDEO!!

I'll sign up if they offer month-to-month. It's so refreshing listening to their podcast -- as you say, old school folks, no irritating Millennial speech patterns, and no transparent homerism.
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Spot on with your description of the podcast. I enjoy listening to it as background when paying bills or web surfing. Re monthly payments; the site is literally a mom & pop operation with Dufresne and his Stanford alumnus wife running the show. I suspect they'd like to keep their administrative burden minimal, but you can check the site and see.

For me, I did the math: for the 20+ weeks of college football I read and enjoy at least 10 articles a week across the four writers (and random guest contributors). So, for the 20 bucks that's 10 cents a read, with the other 7 months of coverage and podcasts as freebies. As I consider the din, superficiality, mundane prose, and rampant hucksterism of most other media outlets, that 10 cents a read seems like a steal. Lastly, I do choose to view my 'donation' as an affirmation of support for quality writing and honest journalism, bless their battered souls.