Podcast 6: Frenship in the playoffs

I mixed things up just a little bit this week. Seeing to it as high school football is now two weeks into the playoffs, I am having to repeat a team profile. Rather than just previewing the team again, I chose a player to profile.

I spoke with Michael Connor this week of the Frenship Tigers. He is the running back, and I kid you not, one of the most talented athletes I have seen play at the high school level. Michael is a three year letterman who has ran for over 6,000 career yards. No, thats not a mistake. He has really ran for 6,000 plus yards. He also has 85 career touchdowns. Among other great things he is doing, his team is still in the playoffs.

Frenship plays Aledo on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas. Listen to the podcast to find out more about Michael and the Tigers.

Production wise, this was a fun podcast to make because of the interview. I recorded it using the mic on my mac. The sound quality isn't bad either. I once again used the high school band music in the background. I only had one song, so I thought it might get repetitive, but maybe not.

Episode 5: Estacado

Well this week I am previewing Lubbock Estacado. I mixed it up a little bit and interviewed the Head coach, Danny Servance, rather than a player. As much as I would have liked to speak with a player, the school wouldn't allow it because of PR issues.

Anyways, I couldn't have had a better conversation with Coach Servance. This is his first season as a head football coach at Estacado. He is a very down to earth person who likes to talk football. Him and I also spoke for some time about mass communications, seeing to it as he graduated Baylor with a mass comm degree.

I am very happy with this podcast. The interview was good. I had a little concern with the setting because we were in a big work out room, but the audio came through fine. I also used game footage from Estacado's game with Frenship to place over the interview. It kind of spices things up.

I hope everyone enjoys. Let me know what you think.

Lubbock High

Well this week I interviewed Josh Klemme and Brock Carson from the Lubbock High School football team. I enjoyed the interview and both players made good conversation. The Westerners aren't having their best season with a 2-7, 1-2 record, but they do show promising things each week. To keep everyone updated, the Westerners beat Monterey 16-14 in the game for the Spurs. So after a five year hiatus, the spurs are finally back at Lubbock High. I spoke with Josh and Brock about several different parts of their game. In this podcast, we discuss the captain's role, the spread offense, as well as a bullnose defense.

From a production standpoint, this is my favorite podcast. I used the ipod mic for my interview and to my surprise, the quality was pretty good. FINALLY, I fixed my audio problems which is a good thing.

I am undecisive if I should interview Monterey next week or Estacado. I plan on using the Estacado game as my next video podcast.

Episode 3: Coronado

Episode three is now posted. This episode covers the Coronado Mustang football team. I interviewed Kolby Walker, Landon Quigley and Stephen Snyder. All three guys were fun to speak with and loved talking about their team. A lot of information was given about the team and its history, however, somewhere at the halfway mark of recording, mic 2 cut out. I am still happy with the end result. As you will be able to tell from listening to the podcasts, there is a bitter rivalry between Coronado and Monterey, who just so happen to play each other on Friday. I am hoping that the trash talk in this podcast will get some people listening and commenting.

Podcast #2

My second podcast is now available. This week I decided to cover Frenship High School. Frensip is located on the west side of Lubbock. I chose to cover Frenship for a few reasons. First, it is my alma mater and I have several connections with the school and athletes. Also, they are traditionally one of the better teams in the area.

As you will notice, the podcast is video. I ran into a few problems with the video, mainly when it came to editing. The software at my home was unable to support dual video lines and consequently resulted in me having to leave out my game footage. Other than that one problem, everything went smoothly.

In this podcast I interview Trey Whaley and Nick Hanslik. Both athletes were more than happy to be in a podcast. I hope that they will use their excitement to spread the word about my podcast so I can gain an audience.

Next week I will have another team from the area. I am deciding between Coronado or Cooper. Check back to find out who will be covered.

West Texas football podcasts

Hello, and welcome to my blog about West Texas football for EMAC 4300, producing for new media. Over the fall semester I will be blogging about recent football games in the West Texas area. I decided to do cover this topic for a few reasons. First, West Texas football is big. I think that it is a good idea to give the community a new and alternative format for receiving football information. Also, I see it as something that can grow. I plan on continuing to produce podcasts after my class is finished. The biggest challenge for me right now in creating the first podcasts is finding studio time. I will be cutting it close with my first deadline, but afterwards should be smooth sailing. I will face a few problems when creating the podcasts. For instance, I fear that a few coaches will not like the idea of me speaking with players. A lot of times coaches are afraid that athletes may say the wrong thing to the media. I am fairly young and have plenty of ties to high school athletes. Hopefully that will be enough for me to overcome this challenge and be able to have plenty of interviews. Another challenge will be shooting footage. To overcome this challenge, I will need to be sure to film teams when they are playing home games to help reduce traveling. I am required to post six podcasts over the semester. I invite every one to check for weekly updates and be sure to leave your comments.