SMQ Sells Out
by SMQ on Jul 25, 2008 8:22 PM EDT
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There's a reason this week has been a rather ad hoc affair instead of the precise, disciplined preview laser I promised a couple weeks back: in the interim, I became a short-timer. After a couple months of wary circling, CorporateBehemoth.com swooped in and made and offer your poor, grad-schoolin' host could not refuse. The last post on Sunday Morning Quarterback will go up in a couple weeks, when I'll also let readers know where to find me for the upcoming season. Only hint: that place doesn't exist yet.
The original Blogspot site started three years ago as a hobby, and looks like it from this vantage point, although I was proud of the way it looked at the time. There were never any expectations of an audience or advancement of any kind, no conception of a larger college football community online, certainly no expectation to ever make a penny, and the whole project probably should have died after Hurricane Katrina left me Web-less and listless for more than a month -- had I not had some early and probably unwarranted encouragement from Brian Cook and a few others, it likely would have. It nearly died again early in 2006, when the first interminable offseason presented what would quickly become a very familiar wall. I'm not sure exactly what prompted the encouragement and even sponsorship of people like Orson Swindle/Spence Hall and especially Peter Bean, but Sunday Morning Quarterback almost certainly would not have existed long without them, and would not have thrived as I think (I hope) it has without the contributions of regular readers, commenters and occasional tipsters. Anyone who does it can attest that this bit often veers disconcertingly close to becoming an all-encompassing obsession, if it doesn't actually go careening over that edge, but it's also a slog without the feedback and interaction of an active community.
This site has a couple weeks left, which will not be mailed in -- hell, they have to count because at this point I expect the last dozen posts to remain on the front of this page FOREVER! I'll be offering my final big-picture thoughts on the coming season next week -- more or less business as usual. In the meantime, I've set up some categorized archives on the left sidebar, which have not emerged perfectly but are hopefully navigable enough at this point to wade through and hold up for posterity. As always, you can hit 'Archives' on the toolbar underneath the banner and work your way through everything written here since SMQ came onto SBN almost two years ago. Mostly, this is good for getting a sense of how completely, totally wrong I am most of the time.
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I hope it makes you buckets o' cash
And if it doesn’t work out, you haven’t signed away your right to come back here.
Also, at least when you are completely wrong, you have some statistics to point at as the basis for your reasoning. Most of us have a lot less.
by Other Chris on Jul 25, 2008 8:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This just means that someone with money
has realized what all of your readers knew all along: you are an amazing college football blogger. I wish you the best in your new endeavors, and will of course follow your writing wherever it may be. However if the new place doesn’t include irreverent posts like Ingmarr Bergman’s take on the Big East, then they will have lost some of your genius.
by Chilltown on Jul 25, 2008 8:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I guess it was prescient of my iPod...
...to include the “who the F#^ wants to be an mc, if you can’t get PAAAAIIIIDDDD to be a f^$in mc?” line in this week’s random ten. Congratulations on the big news, and believe me when I say everyone that has followed “SMQ” will continue to pour over every thing you produce in your future endeavor.
by Todd on Jul 25, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
SMQ is the Seinfeld
of college football blogging. Bar none. A bright beacon of talent that was far too short-lived. I’m glad someone who can pay you is finally recognizing it. Good luck wherever you end up!
by DoubleB on Jul 25, 2008 9:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I disagree
Seinfeld is an overstuffed, self-obsessed talentless hack from that festering sewer pit at the mouth of the Hudson. SMQ’s skills make Seinfeld look like the incompetent third-rater that he truly is.
Your wit, wisdom and hard work will truly be missed. No one can fill those shoes. Kaho’ali’i must be appeased. Go and do good things.
"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England
by Calvert on Jul 25, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea
But Seinfeld is really fucking rich.
You can be an overstuffed, self-obsessed…. well, you normally don’t get there being talentless, but hey!
Seinfeld is really rich dude. You hate him for it, don’t you?
Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!
by Jon Johnston on Jul 25, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thrilled for you, SMQ
But I’m damn sad to see you go. The college football blogosphere is a better place with you here.
http://www.RockMNation.com
Chance McDanielson for Heisman
by RPT on Jul 25, 2008 9:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Happy for you SMQ!
good luck with the new digs can’t wait to check it out!!
by Paragon SC on Jul 25, 2008 9:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congrats!
You are too good to give away what you do for free. As long as you don’t let them censor you, you know, TRY TO KEEP YOU DOWN, etc., then this is great news!
Does this mean its going to now be: Open Thread, brought to you by, Macaroni Grill….?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Anyway, again, congrats!
by CardsFan922 on Jul 25, 2008 9:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Good Luck
I don’t think anyone really brings the same combination of humor and intelligence to college football writing as you SMQ. Sunday Morning Quarterback will be missed, but if it means you get a wider audience and money for your endeavors then its definitely worth it. Can’t wait to see what you continue to produce in the future!
by Laughing Stock on Jul 25, 2008 9:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congrats on the beyond deserved promotion
For the last couple years you’ve served as the absolute standard bearer, not only for the college football blogosphere, but the entrie online sports scene as a whole. SB Nation’s irreplaceable loss is mysterycorporateemployerx’s ace in the hole. Best of luck with the new gig.
by WorstFan on Jul 25, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That really is great news...
...for you. :-) Congrats, man.
http://www.rockmnation.com
Thrust nunchuk upward!
by Bill C. on Jul 25, 2008 10:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Awesome!
Great job, take that cash. Your posts have been great, and I look forward to whatever you come up with in the future.
--www.AddictedToQuack.com
by jtlight on Jul 25, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m bumming now bigtime!
Be sure to tell us on Eagletalk(BGN) how to follow you whn you relocate. Have enjoyed coming here to read everyday as you bust the chops of the media elite (and DandyDon) of the CFB world and BCS in general.
Best of luck in the new digs.
Yours, JDHANK
by jdhank on Jul 25, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Big-time congrats!
Thrilled for you. Sad for us.
No doubt you deserve it.
by Shawn1228 on Jul 26, 2008 12:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hate to see you go, but love to watch you walk away. (What?)
You deserve this more than anyone (no, anyone). Go get money. We’ll see you there.
by Holly Anderson on Jul 26, 2008 12:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congratulations, SMQ
Opportunity knocks at the right doors after all. Hate to see you go. Love to see you get called up.
Go Vols!
by Joel on Jul 26, 2008 7:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, that took long enough
If this means more football content from SMQ, this is a day to break out the kazoos and brightly-colored hats and streamers, wherever said content happens to appear be damned. Honestly, it’s baffled me for the longest why SI or Fox or someone wouldn’t just lift you out by helicopter and transplant you smack onto their site the way the WWL did with TrueHoop a while back; you’re better than anything they (or anyone else, for that matter) have on offer by a country mile, and have been since the day I started reading.
Congrats, SMQ. See you on the other side.
by JCCW Jerry on Jul 26, 2008 10:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Am I the only one who did a quick search for CorporateBehemoth.com?
by gahnki on Jul 26, 2008 11:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
First time poster
Picked a good time, eh?
Congrats, SMQ. I read you, if for anything, because you are one of the best damn blogger writer out there.
by Joel Thorman on Jul 26, 2008 3:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congratulations
Here’s to your continued success, SMQ.
by learned hand on Jul 26, 2008 3:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, good stuff!
Looking forward to finding you at a future site beyond Google Ads (which, by the way, generated the following doozy)
Not that you did, or anything. We love ya, and keep on (ahem) Rolling…
by acchalfbreed on Jul 26, 2008 9:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Onward and upward, SMQ...
...and don’t stop until you’re President of Football!
"This cream cheese story is good .But we can add some other story about the cream cheese." - Dr. Retarded
by Oops Pow Surprise on Jul 26, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, great news.
You were insane (in a good way).
Just the volume of stuff you put out was amazing, and keeping up the quality and actual original material or views … above and beyond any blog I have seen.
Will follow your material in your new venture.
Go So Cal. I am the bigger one.
by amirebram on Jul 27, 2008 1:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congrats
Since I became addicted to this site, I’ve been scared you’d get a job and the site would die. This is a waaaaay better. Great to hear, and, again, congratulations.
by osuvandy on Jul 27, 2008 2:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congrats...
There’s no one out there more deserving than you.
Oh, and FWIW…I think Alabama should’ve occasionally given Southern Miss a return game.
by Nico2.0 on Jul 27, 2008 3:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congratulations on the Big Time
You most certainly have earned it, putting in the heavy hours to follow everyone. Good luck in the Majors!
Got Corn?
by huskerlibrarian on Jul 27, 2008 1:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ohio State
Ohio State supports SMQ…and we hate everyone.
I bet it’s an ESPN site. They finally got a god damn brain in some board meeting and go “you know, what if we hire someone that has insight and knows what he is talking about”.
by Poe McKnoe on Jul 27, 2008 8:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What are you talking about?
They have Mark May!
by gahnki on Jul 27, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had to say farewell, SMQ . . .
. . . but you knew I couldn’t do it in just a comment.
You’re the best there is at what we do, without exception, reservation, or qualification, period, paragraph, end of report.
Best of luck. No one deserves success in this endeavor more than you.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jul 27, 2008 10:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I certainly don't have Kyle's reputation aound here, but...
I also could not help but write about this departure on our own little blog.
Anyway, I would just like to genuinely thank you for the entertainment and the the inspiration you gave me over the last three years. And the laughs. There were laughs, too.
Also: what about the archives on the old site? I’ve always wanted to get at those and there never really was a way to do that outside Googling.
by Michael Amann on Jul 28, 2008 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Win!
Guys… I think SMQ just won the internet. Not even sarcastically.
Congrats, and I just hope this doesn’t cost me a subscription, you greedy fiend.
by Horn Brain on Jul 28, 2008 1:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Not if I have anything to say about it
Hadn’t even thought of that
by SMQ on Jul 28, 2008 2:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
While we're asking questions:
1. Will you still be voting in the BlogPoll?
2. Will this render you incapable of fufilling your duties as the winner of the 2008 College Football Blogger Award for Best Writing, and, if so, will this require the runner-up (whomever he may be) to finish out your unexpired term?
I’m just asking.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jul 28, 2008 7:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Congrats man on making the show
Yeah, I was in the show. I was in the show for 21 days once – the 21 greatest days of my life. You know, you never handle your luggage in the show, somebody else carries your bags. It was great. You hit white balls for batting practice, the ballparks are like cathedrals, the hotels all have room service, and the women all have long legs and brains.
May the wings of liberty never lose a feather
by peacedog on Jul 28, 2008 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good luck
Congratulations and God Speed moving forward. You deserve it. "Work" was always a feature of this bolg- good to see it rewarded.
You used to have a quote from Mr. Cook up that this blog was a great place to read about "lesser" I-A programs. That was true- and I will miss mid-major Monday most of all.
by FrankMc01 on Jul 28, 2008 9:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mid-major Monday
No promises, but that’s still on the plate. The new digs will not be outrageously different in terms of content, just a little shorter and less stat wonky.
by SMQ on Jul 28, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No wonk????
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
http://www.rockmnation.com
Thrust nunchuk upward!
by Bill C. on Jul 28, 2008 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, congratulations and best of luck...
It’s nice to see actual talent and hard work get rewarded. At least I’ll assume it’s that and you are not a prepubescent semi-attractive blonde girl who can somewhat sing.
by Pants McPants on Jul 28, 2008 9:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congrats SMQ
It’s absurd how much people get paid for idiotic banalaties. Great to see talent, insight and hard work rewarded.
”...a little shorter and less stat wonky.” Hmm. I dunno. On the one hand the material has been enormously informative on the other I don’t alway have the time to scrutinize it as closely as it warrants but somehow feel obliged to go through it anyway. If you can pack the same brilliance and infor (sans sensoring, we hope) so much the better.
by marcillac on Jul 28, 2008 12:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't post much, But
I’m going to miss reading this blog. Certainly a daily stop for me. Glad to know it’ll still be around in some form, though.
by The ArchDawg on Jul 28, 2008 2:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Congrats SMQ
I hope you keep up the insightful statistical analysis wherever you wind up. You made college football arguments much easier to win with your excellent write ups.
The poster formerly known as Matt.
by bluemax on Jul 28, 2008 3:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Aw man
how am I gonna replace SMQ in my daily-web browse?
Congrats, and good luck!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2008 3:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
if this isn't a victory for the 'meritocracy' of the internet...
...i don’t know what is.
congrats, sir. well deserved.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Jul 28, 2008 4:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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