The day blogging gave back
by Mike Rutherford on Apr 8, 2010 1:13 PM EDT
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PrintThe benefits of sports blogging are sometimes easy to lose sight of.
The time demanded to do this at least moderately well is relatively high, the pay isn't existent great and it's impossible to talk about anything blog-related while sounding anywhere near cool. I've tried. Like 1,000 times. I could nail Jessica Biel tonight, blog about it tomorrow morning and still get made fun of by asthmatic 9-year-old nephew if I brought up the post that afternoon.
Still, this gig isn't without its perks, perks which I will now list for both your enjoyment and education:
1. The chicks.
2. Complimentary comments and emails from normies folks like you.
3. It's a solid release on days where the real world has been particularly stressful or disrespectful.
4. Girls.
5. Sometimes readers offer to give you stuff for free, be it tickets, beef jerky (delicious, Danny) or herpes (less delicious, Deb).
6. Radio appearances are fun. Flipping out because you've been asked about Rick Pitino's sex life 75 times in three months is...also pretty fun.
7. If people are promoting sports books or magazines, they'll sometimes give you a free copy if you say that you'll discuss it on your blog. Here's the kicker: you can read two pages of the book, burn it, write that the author didn't graduate from middle school, and then go ahead and chalk the whole experience up as a win.
8. Beautiful women.
9. You will be recognized in public as many as two times by people you don't know. One of the people you are with will think this is cool, everyone else will be twice as creeped out by you as they were before the evening began. Again, you chalk this up as a win and move on.
10. If you write something particularly inspiring or thought-provoking, the national media sometimes links to or comments on your story. The same holds true if you watch a Dick Vitale-called game and list the non-pertinent nouns that come out of his mouth.
11. People will high-five you in public. Like everyone. It's awesome. Except when you're pissed, then it's more of a chore than anything. This probably should have gone on the in-between list. Really wish my back space button worked.
12. And then sometimes, just sometimes, FORMER WINNERS OF THE MOTHER F---ING LOU GROZA AWARD WRITE ON YOUR MOTHER F---ING FACEBOOK WALL.
Worth it. Every second.
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Worth all the work you put into the site I’m sure. Keep up the good work Mike and maybe Coach Strong will be the next to comment on your wall. As many have said before the CC THE place for UofL sports news, gossip, rumor, information, innuendo, and whatever.
Maddie in Portland, Oregon
This sure as hell beats
When Pat Forde DM’d me on Twitter after the ’Cuse game.
However, it doesn’t beat the time I fist bumped T-Will.
Welcome to Card Chronicle, the Louisville sports blog Otis George might read if he knew it existed.
Should be changed to
Welcome to Card Chronicle, the Louisville sports blog Lou Groza Award winners read since they know it exists.
Looking for Investors
I’ve been working on a business plan for 3 years now, but Mike’s moment of Groza Grandeur has inspired me to reach out and begin the process.
My business plan is simple. WHO WOULD NOT GO TO A BAR IN LOUISVILLE CALLED ’CARMODY’S’
If Art opened a bar, put his name on it and sold chick wings called ‘little kickers’ how could any sane Cardinal fan resist.
Carmody’s has the perfect sound to a bar and once a week he can host a Louisville football show from the bar, ala Denny Crum, and call it ‘The Art Show’, this would of course supplement his rival SportsNation blog ‘Kickin it with Carmody’, his Mall St. Matthews sports memoribilia store, ‘The Art Gallery’ and a sitcom featuring his role as football coach/gym teacher at a local high school called ‘Hanging with Mr. Carmody’
Carpe Carmodium people….let’s do this.
by tmjoel01 on Apr 8, 2010 1:56 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
That might be the most brilliant idea ever conceived.
I am here and now pledging 10 billion dollars to this idea, if and when I have it. Maybe. Or maybe just a Benjamin.
Either way, I’m on board.
Don't lie to us
This entire post was just so you could brag that you got a message from Art Carmody. Also, what does Mrs. CC think of all the chicks you meet? Jealousy? Non-chalance?
by Chris Redman is my hero on Apr 8, 2010 2:01 PM EDT reply actions
A few things
1. Yes, this entire post was absolutely dedicated solely to the fact that Art Carmody wrote on my Facebook wall.
2. It’s Ms. CC…MS…that’s one M and one S……….Ms.
3. We have a Pitino-esque understanding. She dates a college team-specific sports blogger…She knew what she was getting into a long time ago.
by Mike Rutherford on Apr 8, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Obviously like Tiger Woods,
Mike met his lady through another blogger, like how Tiger met his wife because she was a nanny of a golfer. And obviously like Tiger, Mike used his means to get strange all around the greater metro area.
Hahahahahahaha
Art writing on your wall is fucking awesome!
obvious question
What message? Or, how many messages before he finally responded?
Seriously that’s awesome. Larry O’ Bannon once @’ed me on twitter saying lol…when I retweeted something of his and added my own comment. I called like everyone I knew. Both of them didn’t care.
by CardsFan922 on Apr 8, 2010 4:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I can't believe you left "Computer services" off your freebie list, really hurt, dude...
…and by the way, Art Carmody is from my home town and my parents went to school with his parents.
I would say this site is 90% percent of the reason that my girlfriend is now a Cards fan.
And happened to send me this text last week while she was walking to her class at UK, “Just walked by Wall. Wonder if anyone would mind if I went after him and kicked him in the knee?”
Now, I in no way condone injuring an athlete on purpose, but it is still amusing.
Happy to help
And your girlfriend’s awesome.
by Mike Rutherford on Apr 8, 2010 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Totally a joke, dear.
And yes, this site definitely factored in to my actually getting back in to sports.
by Traitor...only kind of on Apr 8, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't tell if this is endearing
or awful. But if she’s posting on CC, yes, yes you should marry her.
by Chris Redman is my hero on Apr 9, 2010 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Can I follow you around and take pics one day?
It’s not like I would embarrass you with a d40 and a kit lens.
You realize if you would get on the ball you could do the press row thing
You know, the locker room thing?
You know, the bro-hugging players thing?
nah, Mike wants to keep the fan perspective as opposed to the sports journalist's perspective
but the C-J totally should fire the pretentious hack that currently does their U of L fan blog and hire Mike to replace him. He’s much better (although that’s damning him with faint praise; be it known that Mike’s a helluva good writer).
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