It was one of those days when it’s hard to believe we actually get paid to do something we enjoy so much.
This past week, as part of our commitment to produce more local content for Times Free Press readers, longtime coworker — and general football guru — David Paschall and I sat down with new colleague Malcolm Harris inside the stylish FreightWaves Studios to record the first of what will be a series of videos breaking down each weekend’s key games during football season.
Totally unscripted, the first installment of what we’re calling the “TFP Weekend Six-Pack” debuted Thursday, with new episodes set to be broadcast each Thursday moving forward. We had planned for the first show to run somewhere between 10 to 15 minutes, since we would only be discussing prep games until the college season kicks off. We wound up breaking down matchups and players for nearly 25 minutes.
The format will include three football junkies debating three Chattanooga-area prep games as well as three college contests, and that’s in addition to having the ability to digress into weekly storylines involving Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and others.
Something I have long wanted to be a part of, this six-pack video format allows us to dive deeper into the matchups, the area teams and players in a way that will coincide with the print product and highlight the information our staff has gained through the relationships we have developed with local coaches and communities.