Does jsonline have a bias towards Wisconsin?

[MonsterWebWarrior]

I'm sure this was just an oversight, but if you scroll down and see the Wisconsin score, it says '#2 Wisconsin 57, Iowa 46'.  But down a little farther it simply says 'Marquette 70, South Florida 68'.  Why give Wisconsin's ranking, but not ours?  Does anyone else get sick of stuff like this that goes on over there?  I don't think this was intentional, but little things like this seem to always seem to pop up, rarely in our favor.

http://www.jsonline.com/index/index.aspx?id=35

[mu_hilltopper]

Answer #1: Do bears crap in the woods?

Answer #2: Meh.  At least on the paper version of the JS sport section today, the top story was UW, but well over half the page was 3-4 pictures of Jerel and a bigger font headline for MU.

[TVDirector]

you know, UW is rated higher than any team other than MU has ever been rated in this state.
interest in UW basketball has never been higher.
plus, UW is the state university.
plus, it's several times larger than MU.
plus, it's the mother-school for all other UW schools.
plus, it's alumni base is much larger lending to a much larger potential audience.

no surprise that the JS lavishes when can be argued as more press on UW---
I don't have much of a problem with that.

if anyone has the right to moan about under-coverage (in relation to my points above), however, I'd say it's UWM fans...

[MarquetteVol]

That might be true, but UWM sucks...so they really can't complain about anything.

[spiral97]

That might be true, but UWM sucks...so they really can't complain about anything.

Except about how they have to play MU every year for the next 7 years or so...

[augoman]

The Journal company's bias against MU is no 'news'.  The journal had several courtside seats taken away from them by Al McGuire in his second or third season at MU.  He was sick and tired of seeing the seats empty and no coverage of Marquette in the paper. His friend Tom Schneider distributed them among fellow Oconomowoc fans, and were held by same for years.  Madison gets better coverage on nights when they don't play, then MU does if on the road.  Most mornings after a home game tmj4 won't give Marquette's score on their early news, but will talk about uw's upcoming game.  Naturally, the bias is much worse in the Wisconsin State Journal-  there MU gets secondary coverage to uwm.  It is sad, but the NJ and CHI papers have better coverage...as does usa today.

[MikeyT42]

"plus, it's the mother-school for all other UW schools."

I hate that argument. I go to a UW school but do not associate myself as a badger. I have my own "UW" basketball team to cheer for. And as a matter of fact they were ranked higher than the badgers for the past 3 weeks.

So why no front page love for them?

If i wanted to be a rodent I'd live in that dump called mad town

[MUEng92]

First, let me put my bullet proof vest on.....there.

Over the course of this season, as the Badgers keep winning, I thought I noticed something interesting.  I thought the coverage of MU and UW in the JS has been even, if not slightly toward MU.  I cringe saying that, because I have been one of the biggest whiners around when it comes to talking about MU getting the JS shaft.

On more than one occasion I have woken up in the morning expecting to see an all Badger sports page (given that they are #2 in the country and it is the JS) while having to turn to page 6 to find a story about MU.  That just hasn't been the case this year (as I see it).  As Hilltopper mentioned, today was a perfect case.  MU's game dominated the front Sports page.  I may be struck down for saying this, but I think the JS coverage has been pretty fair this year.

I have been wanting to bring up a Big Ten related topic, but I have been holding back.  Does the Big Ten just suck this year or are teams simply afraid of the Badgers?  I will admit UW has good players (one great player) and play great as a team.  But, virtually every game I have seen them play, the opposition looks like they would have trouble beating a Div.III team.  How many layups did Iowa miss yesterday?  They, and other teams I have seen play UW, miss wiiiiiddddde open shots.  Whenever the Badgers go cold for a stretch, the opposition goes arctic.

I am probably just watching the games through Blue & Gold colored glasses, but that is what I see.

[MUCHI814]

It totally goes with the territory.  Wisconsin being much bigger, being the state school, and being ranked #2 and Badger basketball never being bigger than it is now is gonna give them much more attention.  Personally, I think it should, it doesn't bother me much. I totally can see how it would bother people.  Kind of similar to U of I and DePaul(although Marquette has had much more success recently than DePaul).

[Eye]

I hate that argument. I go to a UW school but do not associate myself as a badger. I have my own "UW" basketball team to cheer for. And as a matter of fact they were ranked higher than the badgers for the past 3 weeks.

Interesting you mention that. This afternoon at the office, one of my fellow employees was on her cell phone talking to her husband, and she mentioned about going to an event at UW tonight (we're in La Crosse). Another employee here graduated from UW-Madison, and I asked him if that is something that is bothersome to him as a UW-Madison alum. His answer? A forthright yes. So that goes both ways. But not according to some of the folks in the state.

[miltownsports]

I hate that argument. I go to a UW school but do not associate myself as a badger. I have my own "UW" basketball team to cheer for. And as a matter of fact they were ranked higher than the badgers for the past 3 weeks.
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I wasnt sure who u were tlaking about at first...but im now assuming ur talking about UW - Stevens Point??

[Mayor McCheese]

"plus, it's the mother-school for all other UW schools."

I hate that argument. I go to a UW school but do not associate myself as a badger. I have my own "UW" basketball team to cheer for. And as a matter of fact they were ranked higher than the badgers for the past 3 weeks.

So why no front page love for them?

If i wanted to be a rodent I'd live in that dump called mad town

Feel the same way... I go to Platteville, I have enough Bo Ryan memorabilia to look at at my own school (its well worth it, he did win 4 national championships here in the 90's, and we did just name our basketball court after him this saturday).  But I can't stand how I get every Badger game out here due to local channels, however I get 0 Marquette games.  If its a state-wide network, show all games.  Wisconsin is better than Marquette this year, however even in years when Marquette has been superior its the same.  I am sick and tired of hearing about the Badgers everywhere

[mu_hilltopper]

Honestly, there's very few news articles about MU that have anything but pedestrian information.  When you read news, you want it to be .. something you don't already know.   Sure, MU calls up Rosiak every so often and releases actual news, but generally, Rosiak's pieces write themselves. 

I'm much more eager to read a columnist from ESPN or SI who has something to say about MU, than a recap or preview that says "McNeal has been working on his jump shot."  Gosh.  Really?

[StillAWarrior]

Honestly, there's very few news articles about MU that have anything but pedestrian information.  When you read news, you want it to be .. something you don't already know.   Sure, MU calls up Rosiak every so often and releases actual news, but generally, Rosiak's pieces write themselves. 

I'm much more eager to read a columnist from ESPN or SI who has something to say about MU, than a recap or preview that says "McNeal has been working on his jump shot."  Gosh.  Really?

You gotta admit that it's not easy for any news outlet to print something about MU hoops that those of us who post/read in here don't already know.  Most of the "news" that gets linked here -- even from ESPN or SI -- is along the lines of "some columnist said such and such about MU" or "Lunardi now has us seeded three."  The fact that Katz or Seth Davis mentioned MU is "news" to us, but what is written on ESPN/SI is almost never "news" in the traditional sense.  The only real news printed on those sites (scores, recruiting, transfers, etc.) doesn't get too all that much attention here because we almost always know it well before it's printed elsewhere.  Putting aside columinsts' opinions and fluffy feature articles, I think it's very rare for any of us to read anything in the media about MU hoops that we don't already know.

[mu_hilltopper]

Indeed.  But there are occasions.  Like when Blackledge didn't make it to a couple of roadies.  It was news when Rosiak wrote about the subject.  (Although it didn't explain much besides "personal issues").

I'll bet donuts that there are plenty of stories to tell about the players and the programs that we know nothing about, as it's not "public" .. isn't that what a journalist does?  Make things public?

[bma725]

I'll bet donuts that there are plenty of stories to tell about the players and the programs that we know nothing about, as it's not "public" .. isn't that what a journalist does?  Make things public?

Not if said journalist wants to keep his job.  There are tons of things that Rosiak or for that matter Potrykus or Roquemore know that they never say, because if they did they'd be frozen out.  This isn't the pro game where its almost expected that stuff gets leaked.  A college coach is supposed to protect his players from that kind of scrutiny, so one of two things happen.  A lot of stuff never gets to Rosiak in the first place, and the rest he filters out for the sake of getting the inside scoop every once and awhile.

[MilTown]

We all know the quality of the Urinal, so who cares what coverage the JS carries about MU. With the sites like this, gomarquette.com, the Marquette Tribune online, blogs, sports radio, and streaming sports radio, there is more than enough coverage to access. If you want to read Rosiak, you can go right to his articles.