New SB Nation University of Arizona Wildcats site

If you'll indulge me, for a bit, ASU fans --

I know the vast majority of posters here who follow NCAA sports are Sun Devils fans, (for obvious reasons) but still. AZ Desert Swarm was initially founded in January as a SBN site focusing on the college athletics of the UofA Wildcats. The site's pretty sterile right now, as there are only about two or three semi-regular posters (including myself) at the moment. But I know there are also UofA fans lurking who haven't posted at the site yet. If you're out there, do us a favor and add AZ Desert Swarm to your SBN blog circuit.

And..... here come the flames, I'm sure.

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this site is a ghost town too

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Feb 17, 2009 6:29 AM MST reply actions

Most of

the non-MLB sites are, it would seem.

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 17, 2009 7:24 AM MST up reply actions

:/ no one comments, even though we get 300+ unique visits a day

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by ASUBoyd on Feb 17, 2009 1:00 PM MST up reply actions

Hmm I wonder why that is

that really is too bad

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Feb 17, 2009 2:13 PM MST up reply actions

I know, it is frustrating..we love you though DD. D squared - if you will.

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by ASUBoyd on Feb 17, 2009 3:59 PM MST up reply actions

heh

Yeah, I’m feeling the “love” haha

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Feb 17, 2009 4:39 PM MST up reply actions

Ah, come on :)

You know it’s all good natured.. What is as fun as sports to get into spirited debates about?

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by ASUBoyd on Feb 17, 2009 5:36 PM MST up reply actions

Dunno

how many that is compared to other sites, though — don’t have a baseline. For a site like Athletics Nation, or McCovey Chronicles, or Bleed Cubbie Blue, that number is probably in the tens if not hundreds of thousands.

I’m not sure how many unique daily visitors we get at the Snakepit, for example, but I should think that it’s at least in the low thousands.

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 17, 2009 3:12 PM MST up reply actions

http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=s31azsnakepit

You can get your info via the sitemeter link at the bottom right corner of our SBN pages DBS.

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by ASUBoyd on Feb 17, 2009 3:58 PM MST reply actions

Ah.

Wasn’t aware of that, thx. Looks like we’re lower than I thought. (Offseason?)

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 17, 2009 4:34 PM MST up reply actions

Most likely, you will get some big hits when a signing or an injury occurs, that’s usually how it works. But in a short time, all of our sites will be the premiere blogs for our teams on the web.

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by Cory Williams on Feb 17, 2009 4:56 PM MST up reply actions

But in a short time, all of our sites will be the premiere blogs for our teams on the web.

Why do you say that? Because SBN has the potential to become a one-stop-shop for sports blogs?

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 17, 2009 5:16 PM MST up reply actions

i think that is what he means.

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by ASUBoyd on Feb 17, 2009 5:26 PM MST up reply actions

Problem is,

I can’t see SBN blogs replacing significant and already-established sports blogs like Dodger Thoughts or Ducksnorts.

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 17, 2009 8:30 PM MST up reply actions

I think it totally depends on your team

I’m a big Texas Rangers fan, and there is a massive online following thanks to some established sites out there including Lonestarball.com

I’m also a big Dallas Mavericks fan, but the SBN site for the Mavs isn’t highly read — there’s dallasbasketball.com that is bigger and more legit.

But, for ASU — there isn’t one “true” site that is extremely popular, so I think this has a chance. Need to advertise on campus some I think — or facebook — that seems to be the way to go these days.

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Feb 18, 2009 7:03 AM MST up reply actions

Definitely in agreement here.

That’s really what I meant when referencing Dodger Thoughts and Ducksnorts — but it isn’t consistent, though. While those are considered the premier Dodgers and Padres blogs, the SBN Dodgers blog (True Blue LA) remains a graveyard, while the Padres blog (Gaslamp Ball) is immensely popular. There are also different types of fans attracted to different blogs — Bleed Cubbie Blue tends to attract more mature posters, while Gaslamp Ball attracts the MySpace crowd.

I certainly wish you folks the best of luck — hopefully you do become the foremost ASU site. (Well — I wish you as much luck as I can, anyway, being Scum Devils fans)