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I have the Pac-12 network as part of the same package that I need to get NBA TV, which was pretty bad value before it came along. Actually between the Pac-12 network and the Mountain West network of all things usually means two decent games every weekend which justifies keeping the package between the NBA draft and preseason.
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I get the Pac-12 network in Chicago when I order up the Redzone channel. I also for some reason get the SEC network as part of my regular cable package. Looking through the subscriber fees for all these sports networks and I realize how garbage the cable TV system is.
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No one gives two shits about Skippy & The Marblemouth. It will only work if they drive around in a Gran Torino and solve crimes.
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FuzzySkinner posted:In some ways I think it would be better for a lot of the "TOP 100 RECRUITS" to be in some sort of minor league farm system that would be akin to the NHL rather than forcing them to go to school. The problem is that this wouldn't really solve the issue. The problem isn't that that top rated defensive end from Alabama isn't going to class because he knows he is getting drafted. The problem is that they way incentives work, even the back up at a no name FCS school is getting the same treatment. A junior college in the middle of nowhere, or a division I-AA school with no shot at anything better than a .500 record may not be investing a lot in athletics, but the coaches, assistant coaches, athletic directors and so on are all trying to move up in the system. And the way to move up most of the time is through wins and recruiting, not things like graduation rates, GPA, post-graduation employment, etc. So the kid at no-name state is getting a similar treatment in terms of being able to get away with everything he wants and being told to screw academics and focus on playing, because he could be the next Jerry Rice or London Fletcher.
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I think Brent Musburger is fully into his "Don Criqui" slide. This means that he's a guy that has done great work, has called some amazing games, but is clearly past his prime. Dick Stockton is also in this group, along with the aforementioned Criqui, and a few others. This isn't something that happens to every sports announcer as oddly enough, Al Michaels, Marv Albert and the GOAT Vin Scully can still call a helluva game. I've noticed this ever since that time he was creeping on Jenn Sterger that he's just gotten a bit worse and away from what has made him great.
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FuzzySkinner posted:I think Brent Musburger is fully into his "Don Criqui" slide. This means that he's a guy that has done great work, has called some amazing games, but is clearly past his prime. Dick Stockton is also in this group, along with the aforementioned Criqui, and a few others. Musberger should have retired after "This one's for all the Tostitos." There was nowhere to go but down.
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Musburger has given even less fucks ever since he got demoted to calling C-list games on SEC Network. It's sort of amazing how little fucks he gives these days.
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Jay has been in rare form recently. Getting very desperate for attention.
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It's wild purely from the standpoint that sports journalism is filled with shitheads and morons and yet everyone hates Jay Mariotti. He truly is the worst.
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Crazy Ted posted:Musberger should have retired after "This one's for all the Tostitos." There was nowhere to go but down. I'm trying to remember the last great game I can recall him calling. 2004-2005ish? Back when it was him on ABC Sports with Vermeil, Fouts or Danielson? The broadcasts came across as a bit more professional and less of him trying to make dumb jokes/leer at women. I think it was a combo of no longer having Gary Danielson and ABC Sports being killed off in favor of ESPN's brand of bullshit that caused him to go on the Criqui silde. The 06 pairings with him and Herbie were not as good. ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:https://twitter.com/MariottiSports/status/773014963010965504 I'm really hoping that KO and Patrick both light his rear end up.
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FuzzySkinner posted:I think Brent Musburger is fully into his "Don Criqui" slide. This means that he's a guy that has done great work, has called some amazing games, but is clearly past his prime. Dick Stockton is also in this group, along with the aforementioned Criqui, and a few others. Actually, Marv Albert has fallen off hard. He constantly mixes up players and misunderstands what's happening.
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There's been a deal reached to get Vin Scully's last 6 regular season broadcasts on KTLA. 
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This shouldn't be surprising, imo https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/773183983677038592 https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/773185775685013504
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Josh Lyman posted:Does anyone even watch the Fox broadcasts for Aikman? No, but for better or worse his words are going to carry some weight when he's on their #1 broadcast team.
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Vertical Lime posted:This shouldn't be surprising, imo
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Thank gently caressAwful Announcing posted:All totaled, FanDuel ad spending was down a whopping 96.5% from 2015 to 2016. And although 400k is nothing to sneeze at, DraftKings’ ad spending was down 70.8% from last year to this year. Combined, the two companies spent almost $1.5 million less in advertising.
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I just remember going to the Browns home opener last season and seeing banners flying over the stadium advertising that poo poo. I couldn't believe the amount of ads that we're getting shown on tv for it. sam bradford lmao posted:Figured it would be something personal... He wrote a column and called Troy Aikman gay back in the day.
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He attempted to sell an entire book by pushing an unfounded rumor that Aikman was gay and playing on the notion that it was the most shameful thing you could ever accuse someone of being. Skip Bayless has always been pretty gross.
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I wonder if Mr. and Mrs. Bayless look at Skip and Rick and wonder where they went wrong.
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Minto Took posted:I wonder if Mr. and Mrs. Bayless look at Skip and Rick and wonder where they went wrong. Wasn't skip's father abusive or alcoholic or something? I recall hearing some stories that said he had a pretty brutal childhood.
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Minto Took posted:http://www.sportsgrid.com/as-seen-on-tv/media/six-things-from-washington-posts-profile-of-skip-bayless/
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The "Pony Excess" documentary is worth a watch to see how the real Skip Bayless actually is. Which is shockingly a very knowledgeable sports writer who covered the SMU scandal very well. But I guess honest journalism doesn't pay the bills, so he became who he became. e: "Pony Excess" is worth a watch period btw. It's loving fascinating and well done.
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Yeah Pony Excess is really underrated.
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DJExile posted:Yeah Pony Excess is really underrated.
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Crazy Ted posted:There are so many moments in that movie that make you react with, "Wait...he/they actually did that???" Yeah I'm continually amazed at how brazen the whole thing was.
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DJExile posted:Yeah I'm continually amazed at how brazen the whole thing was.
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The problem with the SMU scandal though is that after Penn State, Baylor, Tennessee, FSU, etc., I just don't give a poo poo about guys getting paid money under the table
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DJExile posted:Yeah I'm continually amazed at how brazen the whole thing was. The whole thing is basically Texas.mov
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Here's what Bayless actually wrote about Aikman: https://theringer.com/what-skip-bayless-really-wrote-about-troy-aikman-8aade8f5a612#.ostj24rfc
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Part of me wonders if FS1/Fox's goal isn't so much to become a rival to ESPN, but to get them into a bidding war over various properties and bankrupt them. I know that sounds hilariously dumb, but that's about the only way I can explain some of their moves recently. ... I have a legit question to pose here about the NFL schedule. Would there ever be a way of making the 4:15 games less terrible? I ask because it seems to be some bizarre deadzone of crap generally. The 1 PM games are kinda fascinating from a perspective of crazy poo poo happening during them (as per my experience with RedZone), but the 4:15 games generally always seem to be: -The 49ers -The Broncos -The Cowboys v. -insert NFC East team here- -The Patriots. It seems more likely than not that blowouts generally occur then. There's got to be some spread 14-16 games per week out over the 5 time slots available, right?
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If they were willing to give teams in the Eastern time zone 4:15 local starts, absolutely. As it stands, that's a big fat nope.
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Spoeank posted:If they were willing to give teams in the Eastern time zone 4:15 local starts, absolutely. As it stands, that's a big fat nope. They do this sometimes. But they do it to highlight a game and the networks don't want a bunch of other games going on at the same time. Also I think there's some tradition thing going on here, like owners aren't in favor of too many games that aren't at noon for whatever dumb reason. It'll matter less now with the Rams moving to LA, but there should absolutely be a rule that all divisional games in the A/NFC West start at 4:15. e: Noon central, duh. 1 Eastern. Grittybeard fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Sep 7, 2016 |
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Minto Took posted:Skip and Rick
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