The Sun really should be embarrassed by their sports coverage.
As the only established paper in a small college town, they should have relationships and access to provide some really insightful material.
Instead, people like Ed Ashcroft (RIP, what a tragedy) would actually do good work and go national. When he, or even the bowl cut kid, would go national and cover a dozen teams, they would still outperform the Sun, despite the Sun’s advantages.
Lazy, apathetic, and nonappreciative of its readers: the sun is the Coach Mac of newspapers