Comments on: TitleTown USA: ESPN Serving Up Apples and Oranges

By: titletowngirl

titletowngirl — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:58:04 +0000

Newsflash,
Valdosta has been officially notified that we are Titletown USA!
Go, Wildcats! Go, Vikings! Go, Blazers!

By: Nathan K.

Nathan K. — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:50:45 +0000

The giants and jets are nj all the way. nobody in nyc or nj thinks of them as an nyc team i live in nj and im a season ticket holder, and east rutheford also deserves to be considered. Giants superbowl devils were great there nets had a run they deserve it more than some of those high school and college towns. when u go pro talk to us

By: Scott A

Scott A — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:39:19 +0000

I agree the idea is flawed, but I think it is classically flawed in the way sports is beautifully, and tragically, flawed. In sports, we love to hand out awards and titles that are ill-defined, the competition for each is not explicit, and the awarding of which is unsystematic–what does it mean to be an MVP or a Heisman award winner or, most discussed, a CF national champion? Because no one has really spelled out an answer, everyone is allowed to have their own definition that best fits their circumstance . . . and then we slug it on in comments sections and on discussion boards. Hooray sports.

By: Matt Friedrichs

Matt Friedrichs — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:33:01 +0000

Excellent post. Thanks for joining the TitleTown debate. Would have been interesting to have different divisions, but lumping everything gives people a chance to show what makes small high school towns and big college towns different from New York, Boston, L.A. and Chicago. Anybody interested in voting can click on the index (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/titletown/index) starting July 23.

By: John

John — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:33:14 +0000

Valdosta Georgia has 440 state and national titles ina town of 50,000! Any other town simply can not compete with that!!

By: CGabriel

CGabriel — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:02:46 +0000

Sean, you’re kidding, right? With all due respect, try making your argument to generations of Giants and Jets fans who have supported the franchises, especially the Giants, long before their respective moves to the swampland of East Rutherford. They may play in Jersey, but they were born and bred in New York. There isn’t a member of either organization, not a single season ticket holder or a fan of either team that thinks of them as anything but New York.

By: meagan

meagan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:45:53 +0000

Valdosta, Ga. deserves it. We are competitive and Winners. We never give up, and we are dedicated to our sports. High-spirited people is what we are. VALDOSTA, GA–2008 TITLE TOWN USA.

By: Sean K

Sean K — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:55:44 +0000

When they considered New York City they had highlights of the Giants and Jets but they actually play in East Rutherford. So they have no football titles

By: creeping

creeping — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:27:38 +0000

not to mention that the Patriots don’t even play in Boston…and the Giants/Jets should have been renamed to New Jersey long ago

So technically doesn’t Secaucus have more of a claim than Foxborough…

By: latinbabeindex

latinbabeindex — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:09:45 +0000

This is not the first ordeal that ESPN has screwed up. I don’t know if “screwed up” is the right phrase either. This should never have even made it past the idea board because it is non-sensible.

I think most of their ideas are only half way thought out. Their whole “Who’s Now” idea was just as ridiculous at this “Title Town” gimmick. Seriously? You are going to try and compare athletes across different sports. How can you compare, say Peyton Manning against Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Huh?

These shows are put together for one reason only and that is to attract as wide a net as possible to capture broad demographics. By doing this, they mix in interest from all parts of the country and across different legions of fans.

I would almost rather watch their perpetual onslaught of real sporting events such as the “World Series of Poker”.