| NEWS Alabama-Texas BCS game gets too much credit for their divergent paths - TideSports.com

[Bama News]

Alabama, Texas took different paths after 2009 BCS game, but not because of it | Goodbread

Alabama and Texas football have gone in opposite directions since BCS title game, but the reasons for those different paths are deeper than one game.

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[It Takes Eleven]

@TerryP any thought to deleting paywall stories from the news feed?

 

[TerryP]

@TerryP any thought to deleting paywall stories from the news feed?

I don't know how. So, no. I haven't given it any thought. I doubt there's a hack I can upload.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I don't know how, so no. I haven't given it any thought. I doubt there's a hack I can upload.

I can just delete Tidesports articles as I find them, if I have the green light.

 

[TerryP]

@It Takes Eleven

Off topic a bit.

Have you followed The Athletic and their history? A lot of seed money, another funding run and they've got more, and still they've operated at a huge loss?

Their Twitter activity is one I don't understand. As they're looking for subscribers every article they share/promote is behind a paywall. It's such an ass-backwards model for increasing subscriptions.

Tidesports may promote (this article is fetched through a 'bot') their paywall articles but they've promoted more free articles than those hidden.

Stewart Mandel, through is position at this company, has done a lot to tarnish his brand—a lot of it due to political grandstanding.

 

[TerryP]

I can just delete Tidesports articles as I find them, if I have the green light.

You always have.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

@It Takes Eleven

Off topic a bit.

Have you followed The Athletic and their history? A lot of seed money, another funding run and they've got more, and still they've operated at a huge loss?

Their Twitter activity is one I don't understand. As they're looking for subscribers every article they share/promote is behind a paywall. It's such an ass-backwards model for increasing subscriptions.

Tidesports may promote (this article is fetched through a 'bot') their paywall articles but they've promoted more free articles than those hidden.

Stewart Mandel, through is position at this company, has done a lot to tarnish his brand—a lot of it due to political grandstanding.

I did follow them, but once they disappeared behind a paywall they're dead to me. I can't say that I will never subscribe to a sports-related paywall, but I have no plans to do so. I can't imagine why anyone would pay for Tidesports, though.

 

[TerryP]

I did follow them, but once they disappeared behind a paywall they're dead to me. I can't say that I will never subscribe to a sports-related paywall, but I have no plans to do so. I can't imagine why anyone would pay for Tidesports, though.

I think the articles, at least a lot of them, are free the next day. Roger Meyers post links to pieces published a day or two earlier. (I didn't know it until a few days ago that Meyers owns Coach Bryant's first house. I think the article was on Tidesports, or T-town News.) He's quite a staple to the baseball program's booster club.)

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

I think the articles, at least a lot of them, are free the next day.

I just opened this article in a regular tab and it was full article.

In cases where the paywall is x per day/month, you can utilize incognito or private tabs to get around those limits also.

 

[TerryP]

I just opened this article in a regular tab and it was full article.

In cases where the paywall is x per day/month, you can utilize incognito or private tabs to get around those limits also.

Now that you mention it, I've seen something like five a month from Tidesports. I clear cache often.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I just opened this article in a regular tab and it was full article.

In cases where the paywall is x per day/month, you can utilize incognito or private tabs to get around those limits also.

Okay, that's good to know. I'll probably just let them hang around if anyone can get any benefit from them.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Now that you mention it, I've seen something like five a month from Tidesports. I clear cache often.

Clearing cookies will do it. That is the only way they can track your usage if they don't require a login for everything. I used to have a plugin that auto opened in private certain sites. Not sure what happened to it but I don't seem to have it anymore.

 

[XXL TideFan]

That game will forever be in their dna. Even obits in Texas get in the “if only Colt hadn’t got hurt” line, Gramps passed after a long and hard fought battle with “if Colt didn’t get hurt.