KETV-7 weekend sports anchor Matt Schick has one of the most popular blogs going right now in Omaha. His “Schick’s Shtick” blog at KETV.com generated more than 15,000 views last week and hundreds of responses from readers. The only other local TV sportscasters’ blog – by Dave Webber, Ross Jernstrom and Merlyn Klaus at WOWT.com – had received three responses for its past two blog posts this week.“Last year the most (responses) we would receive was around 115 following a loss, and that was only if we plugged it during the Big Red Zone,” said Schick, who has written a blog (aka Web log) for the past 15 months.
“This year’s response has been much bigger. For instance, following the loss at Missouri we had 231 posts. Following the Oklahoma State game we had 300. Then roughly another 250 following the firing of Pederson and the hiring of Osborne.”
According to KETV.com Webmaster Shiloh Woolman, so far this October, Schick’s blog had 19,766 visits, compared to 2,082 visits in October of 2006.
“I can tell you that the hits go way up the worse it gets,” Schick said. “Unfortunately, if the Huskers stay in this valley for a while, fans will probably grow numb to the defeats and become less emotional about the losses.”
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