WAHOO BALL!

Wahoo Nation is now Wahoo Ball!!

Alright, let me try to make this as simple as possible. This blog -- which was formerly "Wahoo Nation" -- has now changed its name to "Wahoo Ball". 

This change means the website's URL has changed from "wahoonation.blogspot.com" to "http://wahooball.blogspot.com/".

Furthermore, Wahoo Nation's twitter page (@WahooNation) has now changed to Wahoo Ball (@Wahoo_Ball).

The switch can be explained for one reason -- publicity. In short, Wahoo Nation was simply too broad of a name. Every team refers to themselves as "Insert mascot name here" Nation. See "Redskins Nation", "Gator Nation", or even "Hokie Nation".

I loved Wahoo Nation as a name. It just had a good ring to it. Plus, it looked good on the screen.

However, because the phrase "Wahoo Nation" is used so frequently by sports journalists to refer to the UVa fan base, the search of "Wahoo Nation" on Google produces a whole lot of search results. It wasn't until several pages later until this "Wahoo Nation" blog was shown.

Basically, it was more difficult for people to find this blog -- they weren't having much serendipity. 

So, I chose a more unique name. After debating between the likes of "Wahoo Orange" and "Wahoo House", I ultimately chose "Wahoo Ball". 

I feel this name is more unique than "Wahoo Nation". Plus, it's only real competition on search pages is a softball league. And let me make this clear -- Wahoo Ball is in no way affiliated with any amateur softball league. We are all about UVA SPORTS!!

I realize that it will take time for the current readers to adjust to the new website URL and Twitter page. Hopefully y'all will get this new page ingrained in your head soon enough. 

The hope, though, is this new name will bring in even more readers to blog. It might take a while -- I'm kind of messing up my brand name here. 

But my goal when I started this blog was to provide the best UVa sports coverage of my ability to whoever is willing to read it. Now, I feel that all who might desire to read this UVa content should be able to find it. This fact gives me a peace of mind.

Now also let me add that this name change in no way will affect the content produced on this blog. I (and for now at least, I alone) will continue to post the same content -- both on the blog and the Twitter account -- that you are used to reading. All UVA!

So in conclusion, thank you for your patience with the changing site. I apologize for giving basically no warning about the switch. But hopefully the result is a better blog for all!

And last but not least, Go Hoos!