STYLE GUIDE
The LetsGoPeay.com style guide defines standards and provides templates for use on the official Austin Peay Athletics Department site. The goal is to convey a consistent image for Austin Peay Athletics. Within the style guide, you will find information to help build and maintain pages at LetsGoPeay.com.

OFFICIAL COLORS
The following hexidecimal codes (preceded by a pound sign) and RGB values (in parentheses) identify the three official Austin Peay Athletics colors:

DATELINES
Please use the AP style shown below to begin all releases. Always bold. Clarksville is in all-caps with the AP abbreviation for Tennessee and dash (ALT-0150):
 
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Text

For other locations, use the AP style, which is to put the dateline city in all-caps and the state or nation in lower case, followed by a dash. Large cities do not require state. | AP-Style State Abbreviations

AUSTIN PEAY
Mascot: Governors (men's teams) or Lady Govs (women's teams) on first reference, Govs (men's teams) or Lady Govs (women's teams) on succeeding references. Never use Lady Governors.

University Name: Austin Peay State University is the formal name of the university, Austin Peay may be used. Never use Austin Peay State.

Abbreviation: The preferred abbreviation is APSU to avoid confusion with the Associated Press which uses AP consistently.

COMMON TERMS
AP style for commonly used sports terms:

Abbreviations
It isn't necessary to spell out the most common abbreviations on first reference, like NCAA, NBA, NFL, MLB
 
Academic All-America®, Academic All-American®
The only organization that can recognize or designate "Academic All-American" is CoSIDA, both terms are registered trademarks and that mark must be included when using the terms (Alt-0174). | More Info
 
All-America, All-American
Use All-American when referring specifically to an individual. Use All-America when referring to the team. Always list the awarding organization first: Associated Press All-America Team, AFCA All-America Team.
 
Baseball numbers
Some sample uses of numbers: first inning, seventh-inning stretch, 10th inning; first base, second base, third base; first home run, 10th home run; first place, last place; one RBI, 10 RBIs. The pitcher's record is not 6-5. The final score was 1-0.
 
Coach
Lowercase in all uses, as a job description, not a formal title.

Collective nouns: Nouns that denote a unit take singular verbs and pronouns: class, committee, crowd, family, group, herd jury, orchestra, team. However, team names such as the Jazz, the Magic, the Avalanche, take plural verbs.
 
Football numbers
Use figures for yardage: The 5-yard line, the 10-yard line, a 5-yard pass play, he plunged in from the 2, he ran 6 yards, a 7-yard gain. But: a fourth-and-two play. The final score was 21-14. The team won its fourth game in 10 starts.
 
Golf numbers
Use figures for par listings: He had a par 5 to finish 2-up for the round, a par-4 hole; a 7-under-par 64, the par-3 seventh hole. The first hole, the ninth hole, a nine-hole course, the 10th hole, the back nine, the final 18.

nonconference: no hyphen.

postseason, preseason: no hyphen.
 
Scores
Use figures exclusively, placing a hyphen between the totals of the winning and losing teams: The Reds defeated the Red Sox 4-3, the Governors scored a 12-6 football victory over the Racers, the golfer had a 5 on the first hole but finished with a 2-under-par score.

ATHLETICS
Please include the "s" in Athletics when referring to the Austin Peay Athletics Department.
 
Correct: Austin Peay Athletics Department, Athletics Director
Wrong: Austin Peay Athletic Department, Athletic Director

WEBSITE & LINKS
Please use LetsGoPeay.com when referencing our official site. Please capitalize each letter that denotes a word (the "L", "G" and "P"). Do not include the "www". This aids in branding our URL.
 
Right: LetsGoPeay.com
Wrong: www.letsgopeay.com, letsgopeay.com
 
If telling fans to visit a site or to email for more information, please link. External links off LetsGoPeay.com should open in new window or tab (see below).
 
HTML for link: LetsGoPeay.com | HTML for email link: Email Us
 
Internal links to pages on LetsGoPeay.com do not open in new windows. All external links off LetsGoPeay.com open in new windows. Using the tab Target, select "New Window (_blank)" opens a link in a new window:

Internal Link: Internal Link | External Link: External Link

BIRTHDATES & AGES

For security and privacy reasons, please do not post full birthdates (month, day and year) for student-athletes, coaches or staff.
 
Please do not include ages in bios (for individual, children, etc.). This aids in security and lengthens the "shelf life" of the content. It's not immediately outdated after a birthday.

TABLES, ICONS AND GRAPHICS

You will see tables, icons and graphics for use throughout the site. To use, create a new release and cut and paste these elements into your release. You will see an "x" before and after the content below. Highlight both the "x" before and after the tables to grab the content.
 
To create only one space between text, tables, etc., click "Shift + Enter" instead of "Enter".

This table can be used to highlight links to related content or multimedia:
 
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SCHEDULE TABLES

TOURNAMENT COLORS
The following four colors are used within the schedules on LetsGoPeay.com to help identify the tournament's location:

GAME START TIMES
Use AP style for all times on schedule pages. 4 p.m., 4:15 p.m., Noon, 12 a.m.

RESULTS FORMATTING
When entering results for the following sports, please use the provided format:

• GOLF
  • Place followed by all round scores in parentheses, include the total when more than one round is included. Separate each round with a dash and the total by a en dash (Alt-0150). Example: 9th (299-303-298–900)
• CROSS COUNTRY, TRACK & FIELD
  • Use NTS to indicate No Team Score. If team scores are utilized, indcate place followed by team score or points. Example: 9th (110 pts)
• TENNIS
  • Use NTS to indicate No Team Score, usually used in the fall during individual tournaments.