WSAZ and WOWK are complete jokes. Not one mention of Gary Trents jersey being retired and the Ohio crowd at the Convo yesterday. I even thought perhaps we would get a mention on the Sunday broadcast as the sports weekend wrap up. I am really disappointed in Keith Morehouse in particular. His Sunday report was lazy! Highlights from yesterdays Marshall loss and WVU win. I did notice channel 10 was there yesterday. Remind me again why Athens is in a West Virginia market?

Channel 10 was only there because he's from Columbus. Both markets suck something fierce at covering Athens.  I thought the WV ones did better overall in the years I was at OU, honestly.

WSAZ has been wildly inconsistent in covering Ohio University sports this year.  Overall, they have done a very bad job of covering Ohio, with a few exceptions...usually when Marshall is connected to the story somehow.  Recently, they had been doing better, but they really backslid with NO coverage of the Miami game or Trent Day.  

Agree that Keith Morehouse needs to make some changes...it's disgusting that they almost ignore a Div I university with a major presence in their viewing area.  

Keith Morehouse is on my you-know-what list.

Back before Coach Solich arrived, Keith was kind enough to be the guest speaker at a Green and White Club luncheon.  He did it for no charge.  Over the years, he's been pretty good to Ohio so I don't understand why things are the way they are now. 

695:  I noticed that the Parkersburg News included a very brief AP wire story on the Western Michigan game in the "Local College Roundup."

Wow.  

Is there a huge feeling against reporting on Ohio goings on? Afraid the population might want to pack up and cross the river? or  is it just not that important to west virginians and like Ohio all things suck toward the center of the state.

Amen. I complain about my sports budget, but then I shut up when I realize that our news staff is down to half of what it was just 10 years ago. I recount what a bunch of 17 year olds do on a court. It'd be sad if that gets lost.

But if news operations go under?

Hoo boy, do you like your Orwell extra realistic?

Just noticed in the Parkersburg News that there was substantial coverage of the football recruiting classes of:  Marshall, WVU and OSU.

Nothing at all about Ohio.

Definitely something of a boycott of Ohio going on.  Just compare it to several months ago when Ohio was getting nice articles even for the Bobcat Caravan. 

Marietta College is 14-6 and beat the Wilmington Quakers this week in a sloppy OAC game.  How could they possibly ignore such a big story and report on Ohio's 18-4 record?  And for those of you that say they should cover Marietta College, there is a seperate daily paper (owned by the same company) called the Marietta Times.  I am not sure how they prioritize their coverage, but it seems really odd to me.  Today, there was a front page sports editorial column about 6-12 Glenville State College (Div 2) "turning things around".  They are located 90 minutes away and have an enrollment of 1400.  How many subscribers could possibly care about that?  I think there are more than 1400 Ohio alums in a 20 mile radius of Parkersburg.

I understand the coverage of high school sports and personally enjoy reading those stories.  The communities want that information.  I also understand the coverage of WVU, Ohio State and Marshall because there are large numbers of fans here.  I do not understand, however, the dedicated coverage to Ohio Valley (700 students) and Glenville St. (1400 students).  Ohio is 35 minutes away and the closest Division I school.  We have fielded teams that are at the top of the MAC and the athletic department has marketed to this region. 

I have personally gone out of my way to invite the media to events like the Bobcat Caravan to try to get it on their radar more often.  When they do report about Ohio, it is generally positive and well written.  I know I am biased, but it is strange that we get so little press.