Jay, here.

Buzz Bissinger hates Duck Sports News.

Well, I don’t know if he hates us, specifically. But the other night on HBO’s “Costas Now”, it was pretty clear the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Friday Night Lights” author hates online types, in general. Bloggers. New media. Web 2.0 types. Online columnists. Whatever you want to call what I’m doing right now. On that particular night a few days ago, it just happened to be Deadspin’s Editor Will Leitch.

And all of this makes me sad.

Because we love Buzzes. Buzz Aldrin. Ruth Buzzi. “LoveBUZZ” by The Hummingbirds.

But we really love the work of Buzz Bissinger.

Friday Night Lights. Great book. The movie. Great. The television series. rDub and the OSU Grad watch it religiously.

But it seems our affection will not be returned.

Every once in a while, someone will ask me how we came up with the idea for Duck Sports News. The short answer is that I wanted take Deadspin’s sports-as-entertainment approach and combine it with the simplicity of Matt Drudge’s Drudge Report service to create a college specific experience. That’s it.

Just as there are coaching family trees, I guess some version of that exists for the online world. And if it does, Duck Sports News teeters on the branches sprung forth by Deadspin and The Drudge Report. Although, I think in Mr. Bissinger’s eyes, we’re more of a stump, weed, or worse.

So, should we “sock it to him”? No. I don’t think so. While we love Buzz as a brother, we don’t have to like him.

And on “Costas Now” he was thoroughly unlikable.

As you will see, Buzz’s problem with blogs is that he considers them glib, quick, and profane.

But be warned: Buzz is glib, quick, and extremely profane here. But so is Bob Costas. Quelle surprise!

You can click here or on the image below to view the clip.

So, does Buzz (and Bob) have a point?

Sure. To a certain extent, I guess. And it seems they are not alone, Leitch commented in a follow-up piece to the broadcast. But do they have a solution to this perceived problem? I don’t think so. And that’s the problem.

Just as The Oregonian’s Ryan White (an actual journalist, writer, and blogger) notes, the marketplace of blogging will sort itself out. And that means you, the reader, will shoulder more of the responsibility for discerning and discriminating between the good and the bad online.

At the same time, here at Duck Sports News we’re committed to providing a quality service and commentary about the things you and other Duck fans are probably talking about.

We still love you, Buzz.

So, on this National Day of Prayer, we’re going to say a little prayer for Buzz. Seriously. Just like all of us, I think a little prayer for Buzz might do him some good right about now.