Nothing is more exciting than Saturdays during the fall. That’s right, it’s college football season, the best time of the year. It only makes sense to blog about the greatest sport known to mankind. Even more, what’s better than a game day in The Big Ten? In my opinion, Saturdays in The Big Ten are the best days of the year, which leads me to the theme of my blog, “Big Ten Gameday”. My blog will specifically follow all the football teams in The Big Ten conference throughout the entire season.
When I picture my blog, I aspire it to be similar to Bleacher Report, specifically their section on Big Ten Football. Bleacher Report follows each Big Ten team closely, live tweeting about games, analyzing recruiting, and power ranking the conference. These are all things I plan to include in my blog as well.
Another blog I follow closely that can help shape my blog in SB Nation. SB Nation blogs about more than just college football teams, coaches, and players; they also blog about mascots, fans, and stadiums. Incorporating things like this into my blog would add a fun twist to the site. Some things I plan on doing are power-ranking the best mascots in conference and blogging about a different Big Ten stadium every week. Maybe I can even post about a Big Ten fan of the week, somebody who dresses over the top on game day to cheer on their favorite team in the conference.
ESPN’s Big Ten Blog‘s scoreboard includes the score of every Big Ten team’s game from the previous Saturday, helping the fans to stay updated on all teams around the confernce. Easy to navigate, followers can click on specific games for more detailed recaps and box scores. I frequently find myself statistic surfing through box scores, and I’m sure my audience would enjoy doing the same. I can include a similar scoreboard that provides my audience with in-depth recaps and statistics of all the conference games from that past week.
Factoring in aspects from a variety of sports blogs that I frequently follow, I feel as if I can create a successful blog following The Big Ten Football Conference, providing my audience with interesting posts on all of the teams in both the East and West divisions.