Welcome to One Great Season
Monday, July 20, 2009 at 11:20AM By John P. Wise
One Great Season
NEW YORK -- Welcome to One Great Season, a new site dedicated to all things college football. This site was launched with the upcoming season in mind, and was 15 years in the making.
Back in June 1994, as I was finishing college, I compiled a list of what I thought were going to be the biggest games of the upcoming college football season and sent letters to the athletic departments of all the host schools requesting media access. I said if I didn't get a job before my birthday -- July 30 -- I'd set out to drive around the country and write a book about America's greatest sport. Not knowing what my address would be after my sublet ended on Aug. 1, I asked those athletic departments to mail all correspondence to my mother's address in Cleveland.
Well, I got a job before my birthday, but schools were still sending media guides -- and credentials -- to mom's house. And it was two days after Kordell Stewart's incredible Hail Mary pass to Michael Westbrook on the game's final play that lifted Colorado to a stunning upset win at Michigan that my mom called to say I could have had two all-access passes to that game.
Fifteen years later, my schedule is now flexible enough to go out and seek sponsorships for this project. If I can raise the money, I'll hit the road for four straight months and finish what I started in 1994. If you're wondering how you can help, please:
+ Become a fan of One Great Season on Facebook.
+ Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/onegreatseason.
+ Visit this site frequently.
+ Tell your sports-minded friends to do the same.
Wish me luck, and thanks for visiting!
Reader Comments (6)
I'll be following you all season. Good luck John!
Good luck to you, John!!!
I'm all over the twitter feed OGS.
Go, John, go!
can I hold the mic for you?
Good luck with your blog!