Lost Angeles

As most of my readers know, I've been known to rant during my blog posts.  I get frustrated with bad basketball management, and it comes out in my writing.  The same is true of one of my favorite blogs, Lost Angeles.  This blog is all about USC Football and the frustrations that came to their fan base when the NCAA handed down sanctions to them.  The blog is written by USC Alum Zack Jerome, who I've actually had the pleasure to meet and socialize with, and he's a die hard USC fan who knows plenty about football to boot (find the blog here).  As he says, he's "hell with a pen".   Zack is an amazing writer, and during his rants he picks on USC opponents with sarcasm and wit.  Here's what he had to say about USC's upcoming game, "I humbly throw my chiseled, handsome frame on the barbecue so you may all smell the aroma of greatness.  I’m hell with a pen and it’s time for you to appreciate that it’s the day before the day before."   I know that a football blog isn't necessarily related to a basketball management blog, but I would hope that most of my readers are sports fans, and I wanted to share this awesome blog with all of you.

Zack posts every week, twice a week.  Once before the USC game, his arrogant game preview or AGP, and once a few days after the game, his game recap.  His blog is pretty popular for a small blog not run by a larger company (such as ESPN).  He is ranked 84,162 in America (according to www.alexa.com).

I know this blog doesn't really relate to basketball, but I love all sports, and I love this blog.  It doesn't try to be what its not.  Zack often mentions how he's not ESPN and his score predictions for games often don't even include real numbers.  It's a fun, casual blog about a sport and team that he loves, and that's what makes it great.

One of the most interesting posts on the blog came the week before the first games of the college football season.  Zack calls it his Arrogant Nation Mission Statement.  The post was about his and the USC football team's goals for the year, and it got so many views it crashed the site.  You can find the post here.  Zack likes to be what he calls "Arrogant".  A lifestyle he thinks USC students and alums embody in the best way.  He often goes into detail in his posts about specific players, both Trojans and opposing team players.  He also talks about the coaches and programs in general.  He likes to pick on and make fun of the other teams, and often does it in very witty ways.  His typical banter is on full display in his most recent post about the recent USC vs. Colorado game. (On Colorado: "Look, you named your team the Buffaloes, an animal famous for being easily hunted and almost dying out.") You can see it here.

Zack's audience is mainly USC current students and alumni, but fans of opposing teams often frequent the blog leaving less than intelligent trash talk in their wake.  Zack often responds to the trojans opponents, putting them to shame every time.  

I love reading Zack's posts because I can see his passion come through in his writing.  This is the same thing I try to achieve in my blog.  Being passionate about the mistakes and successes of basketball management, while having the facts to back it up.  My site obviously differs in the fact that it is more generally about professional basketball as a whole, but at their core, both of our blogs are the ranting of passionate fans of their sport.  I hope that this comes through in my posts, and my audience enjoys reading them as much as I enjoy writing them.