The Patriot League's Live Game Blogging

Where are you going to watch the game?

That's a question we hear a lot in life -- from our coworkers, family, and friends. If the game's a big one, we want to gather with other fans and tune in. But what do you do if you don't have that ability? How do you connect with fans?

The Patriot League introduces a GameDay Blog.

Hitting the Patriot League website, you'll note the callout below.

Clicking in will take you here, to the first blog I've come across fully dedicated to GAMEDAY. Or, as they put it:

"The home for everything you need to know about the action in the Patriot League! Come here for Patriot League previews and recaps, live-blogging of games, scores and more for the 2010-11 Patriot League season!"

It's simple and focused.

As you'll see below, each of these posts becomes a moderated, simple to participate in feature dedicated to the game. They deliver insight and emotion. And they do it consistently throughout each game, from pre-game to post-game.


Seeing a collection of Cover It Live posts like this make it apparent that we are entering a new era for following teams. And that the Patriot League is putting a foot in the ground on being a leader in this era. If you're a fan of a squad in the League, they offer real value. Real connection. And insight you just can't get elsewhere.

How could this be better? I'd love to see a few additions... 1) Could we connect this to live audio? 2) could we post simple pictures from courtside during the game? Finally, 3) Could we make it easy to watch that combined experience inside Facebook? Doing this would give us an of emotion and an ability to connect with our friends in a place (Facebook) where we are already connecting with these friends. I love what the Patriot League has started -- I'd just like to see some things take it to the next level emotionally and enable it to spread through social.

Come back tomorrow as we continue rolling through a week of best practices in the Patriot League.

Don't forget, you can follow along on Facebook (here) or on Twitter: I'm@pawlow34.

Andy