A lot of change in ND recruiting coverage

[Luckylucci]

There's enough members of IE that have memberships to II, Scout, and BGI that I thought it would interesting to hear your thoughts on the shake up? For those that may not know. Wiltfong has basically taken over what was BGI but will now be Irish247. While Lou S and Andrew Owens have taken BGI to rivals. Lastly, II (Prister/Sampson) has moved to scout.

 

[notredomer23]

I am still over on rivals for now, but I am disappointed. Loved Pete Sampson and Jake Brown, but I hate Scout and the format of the site and forums so i doubt I will follow them. Plus, the main board on rivals provides some great entertainment. I have never been a member of 247, but Wiftlong is the best in the biz IMO.

 

[Luckylucci]

I am still over on rivals for now, but I am disappointed. Loved Pete Sampson and Jake Brown, but I hate Scout and the format of the site and forums so i doubt I will follow them. Plus, the main board on rivals provides some great entertainment. I have never been a member of 247, but Wiftlong is the best in the biz IMO.

I think the real loser here will be BGI now at rivals. Ill probably end up canceling my rivals subscription and like you I'm not a fan of scouts format. So I may end up with just Irish247 and consider going to ISD

 

[arrowryan]

I can't complain about Scout. I think Anna does a pretty good job and it will only get better with the additions of Pete Sampson and TJ

 

[Emcee77]

This is a real bummer. I liked BGI/247 together. Lou Somogyi's encyclopedic knowledge of ND plus 247's outstanding recruiting coverage (the Hopkins shadiness notwithstanding) were a great combo. Sorry to hear of the shake-up.

I canceled my sub during the Hopkins protest, and I never re-subscribed because I was torn between going back to BGI and switching to ISD. This will probably push me to ISD.

 

[notredomer23]

I think the real loser here will be BGI now at rivals. Ill probably end up canceling my rivals subscription and like you I'm not a fan of scouts format. So I may end up with just Irish247 and consider going to ISD

I agree... So far from BGI's staff I have only seen Andrew Ivens and Andrew Owens who both seem really inexperienced and not that good so far. Lou Somogyi is supposedly great, but I have yet to see more than just an extensive knowledge of the history of ND football, but that is not why I subscribe. Tony Roberts with a weekly podcast, but I never listened to the podcasts with II so I doubt I will here either. Tom Lemming is supposedly a "regular contributor" but I have yet to see a post by him.

Irish illustrated currently has the best staff, but like you said, I think I am going to end up on Irish247

 

[Big23Head]

I can't complain about Scout. I think Anna does a pretty good job and it will only get better with the additions of Pete Sampson and TJ

As of right now I completely agree. O'Malley has a lot of knowledge as well to add to that group

 

[Huntr]

I like Pete, Anna does ok. Not a fan of Prister on the podcast, but I think he's ok in his analysis. I like Lou and his knowledge of history. Mike Frank and the whole ISD show is pretty good overall. Owens is useless, so was Farmer before he got let go. I just started following this Ivins guy, we'll see.

Don't even talk to me about Jake Brown.

 

[Luckylucci]

I can't complain about Scout. I think Anna does a pretty good job and it will only get better with the additions of Pete Sampson and TJ

So TJ followed Sampson to Scout?

 

[arrowryan]

So TJ followed Sampson to Scout?

Yeah. I've only seen him post once though

 

[Luckylucci]

Well that's probably the nail in the coffin for me. TJ, was one of just a few reasons I was still at rivals. If you don't mind keep me posted on how Scout goes over the next couple weeks, maybe I'll give it a shot.

 

[arrowryan]

Well that's probably the nail in the coffin for me. TJ, was one of just a few reasons I was still at rivals. If you don't mind keep me posted on how Scout goes over the next couple weeks, maybe I'll give it a shot.

No problem. I'm interest to see what it'll be like for NSD with Pete and TJ

 

[ND NYC]

TJ is PS...

 

[Huntr]

Prister just got on twitters.

 

[TheChosen1]

Rivals podcast today was a joke.

 

[Rocket 94]

I think Sampson and Prister are definitely the best writers of all of them. I canceled Rivals and went to Scout. Wiltfong is awesome with 247 Sports too and I am going to stick with them. Will not renew my ISD in July as I feel Mike Frank is very whiney about a lot of things and it is annoying, although Coach D is great.

Really like Lou Somogyi but he has to bring more than just the history of ND football. That is where Rivals will lack is recruiting and coverage of the current team in general.

 

[scUM Hater]

I just stick with IE. Get all the info I need.

 

[ulukinatme]

I'd like subscriptions to NDinLA, LAX, and TP, no hidden info

 

[NDinL.A.]

I think Sampson and Prister are definitely the best writers of all of them. I canceled Rivals and went to Scout. Wiltfong is awesome with 247 Sports too and I am going to stick with them. Will not renew my ISD in July as I feel Mike Frank is very whiney about a lot of things and it is annoying, although Coach D is great.

Really like Lou Somogyi but he has to bring more than just the history of ND football. That is where Rivals will lack is recruiting and coverage of the current team in general.

Great info at all the sites, IMO. but the message boards absolutely kill me on Rivals and 24/7. ISD has a more family-owned feel to it (go to a tailgate and every reporter is easily accessible...well, except for that Matt Freeman new guy), so I let my Rivals acct go and I dropped 24/7 once Loy showed his true colors. I have a USC rivals acct so I still had access to Sampson and Prister articles...gonna suck that I can't read them anymore. Wiltfong is great but not enough to overcome Loy, for me anyway.