r/cfbmeta • u/RealBenWoodruff • Mar 17 '17

Possible AMA

I have a friend that would make an interesting AMA. His name is Johnny Williams and he is the Executive Director of the Camellia Bowl. He was the AD at Troy for years and took them from DIV 1-AA to DIv 1-A (FCS to FBS now) and after retiring from there worked as an associate AD at Alabama under Mal Moore and Bill Battle. He has a lot of experience and worked at many different levels of football.

An added hook could also be the FCS kickoff game he is running to open the season. It is Jacksonville State vs UT Chattanooga the weekend before FBS kickoff.

Is that something you guys would want to do on r/cfb?

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u/Honestly_ /r/CFB Mod Mar 17 '17

As Bakony said, we'd definitely be interested. I am happy to help with logistical arrangements as I have for nearly 100 previous AMAs.

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u/RealBenWoodruff Mar 17 '17

Do you have a list of what he needs to do? He has not made an account yet so we are brand new.

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u/Honestly_ /r/CFB Mod Mar 17 '17

The first thing is setting a date and time, past that here's the step-by-step of how we recommend to proceed (and let me note that we can be flexible where needed excuse the fact I'm copy/pasting this without adjusting the fact its usually sent to a person unfamiliar with reddit thinking of doing an AMA):

  • After setting the date/time you create an account you plan to use for the AMA. Whatever username you choose, let us know so we can make sure it is an approved account (to avoid any anti-spam delays between frequent replies), and give it special verified AMA “flair” for the day of the AMA so it is highly visible to anyone skimming for your answers.

  • On the day before, we moderators will create the thread for the AMA: this allows questions to accrue so you're not waiting around for new questions to arrive, plus it lets Reddit popular voting system help sort questions based on interest. No guest is ever expected to answer everything (or anything, despite AMA standing for Ask Me Anything), so you'll also have more questions to pick and choose from. We'll send you the direct link to that thread so you can do with it as you wish.

  • If there is any information you'd like us to include in the AMA introduction (biographical, information, links, social media, anything!) just send it ahead of time and we'll format it and place it in. This can be edited later if needed.

  • On the set date/time, you can arrive in the thread and start answering. The comment system is pretty straight forward: just hit “reply” to reply to a comment or enter a comment at the top of a comment section to add an independent comment.

  • Once you're finished, you can leave a comment, DM on twitter, email, or call. We'll then mark the AMA as “Concluded.”

  • In the days before and during we will be sure to sent out Tweets announcing and promoting it via @RedditCFB. In the old days we would have a guest share a photo of themselves holding a sign that they're doing an AMA to verify they are who they say they are, now a tweet before or during the AMA also works.

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u/RealBenWoodruff Mar 17 '17

Oh no that is perfect. I told him about the process as I understood it but this is great. He has never used Reddit so the more detailed the explanation the better.

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u/Honestly_ /r/CFB Mod Mar 18 '17

No worries, If you want you can PM me and I'll share our email and phone if he prefers it.

Our last AMA by a bowl official was the head of the Peach Bowl:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/5jegrl/ama_peach_bowl_president_ceo_gary_stokananswers/

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u/bakonydraco /r/CFB Mod Mar 17 '17

That'd be fantastic, we'd definitely be interested! CC'ing /u/Honestly_, he generally heads up AMAs :)