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[Lehigh Football Nation]

I've got something pretty exciting to announce. I have made a new website that will attempt to be a one-stop shop for news, links, and schedule information. It's intended to cover all of Division I football, but it strives to cover FCS and FBS evenly.

It's still a bit raw, though, so I would like to get people's feedback as to how to make it better.

Over the next few weeks I'll be activating the news feeds for all the schools in FCS. Currently I have activated the Patriot League, Delaware, and a few other schools. Next up I'll create the rest of the CAA and the SoCon.

The main site is:

http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/

FCS Scoreboard:

http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Scores.html?subd=FCS

FCS Standings:

http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Standings.html?subd=FCS

FCS Teams:

http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Teams.html?subd=FCS

From the team menu, click on a team to get information.

I'll use this thread to announce new team feeds I've added and new releases of the code.

Hope everyone enjoys it and finds it useful.

[smallcollegefbfan]

I've got something pretty exciting to announce. I have made a new website that will attempt to be a one-stop shop for news, links, and schedule information. It's intended to cover all of Division I football, but it strives to cover FCS and FBS evenly.

It's still a bit raw, though, so I would like to get people's feedback as to how to make it better.

Over the next few weeks I'll be activating the news feeds for all the schools in FCS. Currently I have activated the Patriot League, Delaware, and a few other schools. Next up I'll create the rest of the CAA and the SoCon.

The main site is:

http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/

FCS Scoreboard:

http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Scores.html?subd=FCS

FCS Standings:

http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Standings.html?subd=FCS

FCS Teams:

http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Teams.html?subd=FCS

From the team menu, click on a team to get information.

I'll use this thread to announce new team feeds I've added and new releases of the code.

Hope everyone enjoys it and finds it useful.

Basically you are doing something like what CSN has? I have a website that tracks injuries, transfers, does awards, player ratings, etc. so this is good. This is good stuff. Thanks!xthumbsupx

[TexasTerror]

Looks like a "work in progress"...

The more FCS, the better. I wonder if there is a way to link up the CSN News Feeds with some other RSS out there that would improve the content. Looks like it has been done to some degree already with TSN and Nick Deriso.

[smallcollegefbfan]

Looks like a "work in progress"...

The more FCS, the better. I wonder if there is a way to link up the CSN News Feeds with some other RSS out there that would improve the content. Looks like it has been done to some degree already with TSN and Nick Deriso.

I mentioned that to the moderators here about adding as many RSS feeds that we can. I think it only helps the website.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Forgot to mention that the complete FCS scoreboard for Week 1 is here:

http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Scores.html?subd=FCS

And has all the updated DIRECT LINKS to content online. So this page is a portal to getting at the online video from the team's/conference's official websites. For example, NDSU/Iowa State has a link to the "Clone Zone", Iowa State's Jump.TV site, where you can watch it online.

Also, all the content that gets posted on the CSN Log gets listed in the news feed for FCS. So if it gets posted there, it gets integrated into the feed on here.

[GOKATS]

Well done- that's a lot of work!xthumbsupxxbowx

[danefan]

Looks like a "work in progress"...

The more FCS, the better. I wonder if there is a way to link up the CSN News Feeds with some other RSS out there that would improve the content. Looks like it has been done to some degree already with TSN and Nick Deriso.

If that's the theory we're operating under than I urge everyone to check out www.championshipsubdivision.com (http://www.championshipsubdivision.com).

A new schools directory has been added for each FCS school with vital fan information including fan sites, blogs, local media outlets and related RSS feeds.

Also a stadium database has been created that includes some interesting information (home win-loss records, attendance information, etc..) and includes pictures.

These great resources will only get better with user generated content...because who knows this information better than the real fans? No one. xthumbsupx

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Upper half of the CAA is done, complete with news feeds.

Hofstra:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=hofs

Maine:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=main

UMass:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=mass

New Hampshire:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=unh

Northeastern:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=neas

Rhody:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=uri

Next up is the CAA South.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Lower half of the CAA is done:

Delaware:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=del

JMU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=jmu

Richmond:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=rich

Towson:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=tows

Villanova:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=nova

W&M:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=wmry

Next up I will be doing the Big Sky (so I can't be accused of "east coast bias" :D )

[wideright82]

If that's the theory we're operating under than I urge everyone to check out www.championshipsubdivision.com (http://www.championshipsubdivision.com).

A new schools directory has been added for each FCS school with vital fan information including fan sites, blogs, local media outlets and related RSS feeds.

Also a stadium database has been created that includes some interesting information (home win-loss records, attendance information, etc..) and includes pictures.

These great resources will only get better with user generated content...because who knows this information better than the real fans? No one. xthumbsupx




NOT TO MENTION A SWEET FACEBOOK PAGE!!!!!!! xthumbsupx

[bostonspider]

Lower half of the CAA is done:

Richmond:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=rich

Next up I will be doing the Big Sky (so I can't be accused of "east coast bias" :D )

I like the final game you list for UR's schedule...

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Thanks for the catch! :o

Too early to predict a rematch, don't you think?

[turbodean]

Would it be possible for you to hot link the teams on each schedule to their team pages? Also, if you could provide a link from your media logos to their details information (channel information for example), that would be awesome. Like if your Comcast SportsNet logo linked directly to a page listing channels by region or some such thing like that. I think these would make it more user friendly.

So far I think this looks great.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

OK, the Big Sky is now in there:

EWU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=ewu

Idaho State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=idhs

Montana:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=mont

Montana State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=mtst

NAU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=nau

NoCo (sorry Bear fans I love this acronym :D ) :
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=noco

Portland State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=port

Sac State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=sac

Weber State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=wsu

Some feeds just don't have much as others. With the CSN Log's feeds in there, though, you're guaranteed some news, even if it's a bit on the stale side.

Not sure about the next one I'll get to. Probably the SoCon followed by the MVFC.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Would it be possible for you to hot link the teams on each schedule to their team pages? Also, if you could provide a link from your media logos to their details information (channel information for example), that would be awesome. Like if your Comcast SportsNet logo linked directly to a page listing channels by region or some such thing like that. I think these would make it more user friendly.

So far I think this looks great.

Thanks for the feedback. Linking the schedule to the team pages shouldn't be much of a problem - I'll get to that soon. For the media logos, are you saying all of them link to the same sort of page? (e.g. Comcast's and Time Warner Cable's logos link to the same channel listing place).

[turbodean]

For the media logos, are you saying all of them link to the same sort of page? (e.g. Comcast's and Time Warner Cable's logos link to the same channel listing place).

LFN, maybe you could liink to a page that had all the major carriers on it like DirecTV, Dish, cable, etc. Then link to each of their channel listing pages like this one for DirecTV http://www.directv.com/see/pdf/chnllineup.pdf. I'm not exactly sure how it would work, It would be nice to have these kinds of resource right there.

There are some other interesting resources online, like this http://www.ilovesatellitetv.com/direct_tv_channel_guide_listing_lineup.html

[ngineer]

Hey, Chuck, when do you sleep?;)

Nick work.xthumbsupx

[dgreco]

btw, Bryant is in the NEC this year.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

btw, Bryant is in the NEC this year.

Thanks, that should be easy to fix.

And the answer is ng, I don't get as much sleep as I should! :p

[CSN-info]

A sticky here:
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52648

[Lehigh Football Nation]

The SoCon is in. The conferences that are in there currently are the Big Sky, CAA, Patriot, and SoCon.

Bryant was fixed: they're now in the NEC. Waiting to improve navigation, and need t double-check Week One TV/broadcast information.

Next up: the SWAC and the Big South.

App State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=app

Citadel:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=cit

Elon:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=elon

Furman:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=fur

Georgia Southern:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=geso

Samford:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=samf

UTC:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=utc

WCU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=wcu

Wofford:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=woff

[CrazyCat]

OK, the Big Sky is now in there:

EWU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=ewu

Idaho State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=idhs

Montana:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=mont

Montana State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=mtst

NAU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=nau

NoCo (sorry Bear fans I love this acronym :D ) :
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=noco

Portland State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=port

Sac State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=sac

Weber State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=wsu

Some feeds just don't have much as others. With the CSN Log's feeds in there, though, you're guaranteed some news, even if it's a bit on the stale side.

Not sure about the next one I'll get to. Probably the SoCon followed by the MVFC.


I didn't look at every Big Sky team but all Montana State games are televised. Here is a link to the televised Big Sky games.
http://www.bigskyconf.com/Sports/football/2009/2009TVGAMESFB.asp


Good work on the website.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

UPDATE:

* Added user-friendly links from the standings on the team page, e.g. if you're on Villanova's team page, all you need to do is click on "Delaware" on the standings page and you'll be taken to the Blue Hen's team page. (Thanks turbodean)

* Added more TV information and internet broadcast links. Added all the Montana State games and ODU/Chowan (playing on Cox 11). I think the Week 1 schedule is complete for both FCS and FBS - notably, I already included ALL the internet linkgs for Week 1 from CBS College Sports XXL, ESPN360, and College Sports Direct games.

If you want to verify the list, click here:

http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Scores.html

Note you can use this page as a portal for your gameday broadcast needs - it links right to it!

(Notes: All the CollegeSportsDirect games I have linked to their specific conference or team links, so if something's covered by, say, OVCSports.TV it will be linked to there instead of CSD.)

* Question to folks looking at this: Would it be helpful if I put a link somewhere on the site to TV Guide's listing page (where you can customize what your TV carrier is)? If so, where ought it to go?

* Next up: adding team feeds for the SWAC, followed by the Big South.

[Husky Alum]

Looks good.

I think the NU-Beagles game on 9/5 is on ESPN360.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

SWAC is done:

AAMU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=aamu

Alabama State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=als

Alcorn State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=alcs

UAPB:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=uapb

Grambling:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=gram

Jackson State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=jsu

MVSU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=mvsu

PVA&M:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=pvam

Southern:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=sout

Texas Southern:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=tsou

Next up: Big South, then the MVFC.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Big South is done:

Chuck South:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=csou

CCU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=ccu

G-W:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=gwb

Liberty:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=libr

Presby:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=pres

Stony Brook:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=sbu

VMI:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=vmi

Next up: MVFC, and then the NEC.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Update:

* Fixed a problem that annoyed me: added labels for "TV:" and "Online:" to the team pages.

* Added the MVFC:

Ill State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=ills

Ind State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=isu

Mizzou State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=mizs

NDSU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=ndsu

UNI:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=uni

SDSU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=sdst

SIU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=siu

WIU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=wiu

YSU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=ysu

Next up: the NEC, followed by the OVC.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Finally made some more enhancements to this.

* Added recaps and box scores from both teams. (See http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=isu for an example - I may need to change this to display on two lines instead of one)

* Cleaned up Indiana State's feed to display more entries.

* Added the NEC. Man it was harder than I would have liked:

Albany:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=alb

Bryant:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=bry

CCSU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=ccsu

Duquesne:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=duq

Monmouth:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=monm

Robert Morris:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=rmu

Sacred Heart:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=shu

SFPA:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=sfpa

Wagner:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=wag

Next up: the OVC, followed by the Southland (to make TT happy :) )

[Lehigh Football Nation]

OVC is done:

APSU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=peay

EIU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=eiu

EKU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=eku

Jax State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=jaxs

Murray State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=murr

SEMO:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=semo

TSU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=tsu

Tennessee Tech:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=tntu

UT-Martin:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=utm

Next up: the Southland, followed by the MEAC.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Southland is done. Also, fixed an annoying logo oversight for SHSU.

UCA:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=uca

McNeese State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=mcne

Nicholls State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=nich

N'Western State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=nwst

SHSU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=shsu

SeLa:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=sela

SFA:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=sfa

Texas State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=txst

Next up: the MEAC. On the home stretch now.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

MEAC is done.

B-CU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=bcu

Delaware State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=dels

FAMU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=famu

Hampton:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=hamp

Howard:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=how

Morgan State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=morg

Norfolk State:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=norf

NCAT:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=ncat

SCSU:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=scsu

Next up: the Ivy League.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Ivy: done.

Brown:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=brwn

Columbia:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=col

Cornell:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=corn

Dartmouth:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=dart

Harvard:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=harv

Penn:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=penn

Princeton:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=prin

Yale:
http://college-sports-source.appspot.com/Team.html?team=yale

Pioneer, Great West, and Independents to go. Pioneer next.