Posted: July 14th, 2011 | Author: Brian Mortensen | Filed under: Diary/Thoughts | Tags: big east conference, college football, connecticut huskies, dana holgersen, louisville cardinals, rutgers scarlet knights, skip holtz, south florida bulls, syracuse orange, west virginia mountaineers | No Comments »
In 2009, I went through all the major BCS conferences and created some semi-amusing, totally off-base and (eventually) inaccurate predictions and bowl projections for the upcoming college football season. In 2010, I was working nonstop throughout the summer without a break and never had the chance to put together some predictions. So now that I have some free time on my hands, it’s time to do some predictions – here’s the Big East. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 10th, 2011 | Author: Brian Mortensen | Filed under: Diary/Thoughts | Tags: acc, boston college golden eagles, clemson tigers, college football, duke blue devils, florida state seminoles, georgia tech yellow jackets, maryland terrapins, miami hurricanes, north carolina state wolfpack, north carolina tar heels, orange bowl, virginia cavaliers, virginia tech hokies | 1 Comment »
In 2009, I went through all the major BCS conferences and created some semi-amusing, totally off-base and (eventually) inaccurate predictions and bowl projections for the upcoming college football season. In 2010, I was working nonstop throughout the summer without a break and never had the chance to put together some predictions. So now that I have some free time on my hands, it’s time to do some predictions – here’s the ACC. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 9th, 2011 | Author: Brian Mortensen | Filed under: Diary/Thoughts | Tags: b1g, big 10, big ten, college football, huskers, illinois fighting illini, indiana, indiana hoosiers, iowa, michigan state spartans, michigan wolverines, minnesota, nebraska, northwestern wildcats, ohio state, ohio state buckeyes, penn state, penn state nittany lions, purdue, purdue boilermakers, wisconsin badgers | No Comments »
In 2009, I went through all the major BCS conferences and created some semi-amusing, totally off-base and (eventually) inaccurate predictions and bowl projections for the upcoming college football season. In 2010, I was working nonstop throughout the summer without a break and never had the chance to put together some predictions. So now that I have some free time on my hands, it’s time to do some predictions – here’s the newly expanded Big Ten Conference and its Legends and Leaders “breakdown”. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 8th, 2011 | Author: Brian Mortensen | Filed under: Diary/Thoughts | Tags: baylor, college football, iowa state, kansas, kansas state, missouri, oklahoma, oklahoma state, texas, texas A&M, texas tech | No Comments »
In 2009, I went through all the major BCS conferences and created some semi-amusing, totally off-base and (eventually) inaccurate predictions and bowl projections for the upcoming college football season. In 2010, I was working nonstop throughout the summer without a break and never had the chance to put together some predictions. So now that I have some free time on my hands, it’s time to do some predictions – and I’ll start with the conference I know best, the Big 12. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 31st, 2010 | Author: Brian Mortensen | Filed under: Industry, NCAA football | Tags: big 12, college football, dallas | 1 Comment »
Long story short, I left Palm Springs after the Big 12 Conference offered me the 1-year internship/co-op position of “Internet Services Assistant” in June. I started on July 1st and it’s been an absolute joy. It really doesn’t feel like work at all. The hours are very low-stress, usually 8 to 5 unless I have to stay late and get something done. My job entails making videos and graphics for Big12sports.com – we started with Big 12 Athlete of the Year videos for each school, then football previews and preseason awards. Today, I finished a feature nat-sound package about the Missouri football student-athletes and their trip to Big 12 football media days this past week. After meeting them at DFW’s general aviation area (see – luxury/no security/no lines/free parking) I followed my alma mater’s football representatives around for a little while (Blaine Gabbert, Derrick Washington, and Kevin Rutland) and shot some video of their nonstop interviews with TV, radio, and print reporters. I felt like getting to talk with Gabbert, Washington, and Rutland was cool because they were pretty candid about their thoughts on media day (both good and bad). Coach Gary Pinkel was his usual AMERICUH self – so old school 1960s mannerisms and unique twang he’s developed after years of coaching in Ohio, Washington, and Missouri. I also got Missouri’s SID Chad Moller on-camera to talk about what it’s like on his end with the student-athletes and making sure they’re comfortable at such a big event.
Afterwards, I rode with the guys back to the airport and planned on keeping the camera rolling like I did on the way to the hotel. But my zooming in on coach Pinkel apparently annoyed him, and, in his most Americuh twang and death-stare, growled at me, “I need that off.” I chuckled and complied – we had agreed beforehand it would be OK with me to turn it off if requested. I completely understood wanting the camera off – he’d been in interviews for 5 hours straight and wanted to talk freely for once with his guys…which he did, and I enjoyed listening to it as he had some interesting things to say. Just one of those things…it was cooler with the camera off anyway because I got to hear stuff I wouldn’t have had it been on. I bade them farewell at the airport and shot some video of them getting into the plane, then taxiing away. 
I talked to a few guys from Colorado, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma to see if their experiences were similar. And, for the most part, they were. Nate Solder from Colorado and Steven Sheffield from Texas Tech were really cool guys, as was Travis Lewis from Oklahoma. All 3 appear in my pkg.
I’ll try to get back to blogging more often now that I have a pretty regular work schedule!