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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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Reputation:82
Level:All-Star
Since:Sep 11, 2006
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Finally, we're all going to be able to see the games! It's being report that DirectTV will start broadcasting on August 1.
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Oct 24, 2006
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Woo hoo! Now that channel can be ignored by thousands more viewers.
Make up with ESPN and get some credibility back.
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Apr 30, 2007
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It's about time. Now they need to take more big steps to make everyone happy.
Go Cougars !!!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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Reputation:95
Level:Superstar
Since:Jun 1, 2007
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Cran,
I'm done with ESPN. It would appear that your conference is getting a little tired of having it shoved up their rear, as well. Someone has said that Benson is no longer going to allow football on Sundays. Good for him. Should've never allowed it in the first place.
Hopefully, with CBS now fully taking charge at CSTV, things will change. Hopefully, there'll be no more Goldie Hawn movie showings when they could've been broadcasting the BYU-Utah basketball game. Seriously, nobody watched Goldie Hawn movies even when they weren't 15 years old.
I'm all in favor of finding a way to make the current partership work, but CSTV (now CBS Sports) and Versus have to start doing their part. The problem is, I think they know we absolutely detest the ESPN alternative. The contract only lasts a few more years, and then we'll see what happens.
But Cran, before you mock the DirectTV Mtn deal, can Coach Pete tell his recruits parents that if they pay for the $60 DirectTV package they'll get to watch every single one of their son's football games this upcoming season? Didn't think so.
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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Reputation:96
Level:Superstar
Since:Sep 7, 2007
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I have a question/comment. I heard something about KJZZ, here in Utah, wanting to strike a deal with BYU football. I didn't really find out anything about the "deal" but was wanting to know if any of you have heard anything about it, and if you have, please pass on the knowledge.
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Oct 24, 2006
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USC,
While it is true that ESPN is trying to stretch it's CFB games to broadcast all weeknight long (which I disagree with btw), I would much rather watch my team play on ESPN and/or ESPN2 (available everywhere) even on Sunday night than a backwater channel that less than half of the nation will see. Sure you can BUY the channel, but other than the parents of said players and some hard core BYU fans out of town who would really waste the money?
I'm not a fan of ESPN pushing around non-BCS conference teams, but if that is the price for the exposure so be it. Sunday games? Of course I don't want to ever see that again. But to trade that for the MTN channel? No way!
Coach Pete need only mention the appearances on ESPN (a national audience not a special package that no one will watch) and of course the Fiesta Bowl. I don't think he's too worried about competing with any MWC team on that level.
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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Reputation:95
Level:Superstar
Since:Oct 2, 2006
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Cran, your complete bias is showing through once again. This TV package is great in that those already living in the MWC boundaries will not have to upgrade or pay extra for anything. You'll be able to get the MTN on cable, Directtv and I would guess Dish very soon on their basic packages. So unless you have basic TV, you'll have no problem getting every game.
Fans will also be able to get it nationwide buy purchasing the sports package. I can't think of anything more awesome for a fan of a MWC team living in Wisconsin like my father and brother do. They'll get to see every single game this year. Can you say that for your fans living outside of Idaho Cran. Sure, they can see the 4 or 5 games on ESPN Sunday or Tuesday night, but can they see all of them and at times when they would traditionally want to sit down and watch a football game? You BSU fans have become a slave to ESPN and its downright hilarious to watch your worship of them and how they slap you around like little girls and you don't even seem to know it.
Coach Pete can mention the appearances on ESPN all he wants in recruiting. Trust me, we've been there done that. All Bronco has to do is say, hey do you have Directtv? We'll be on every Saturday (you know a day when a recruit would actually watch football). Keep clinging to that Fiesta Bowl though. Considering I didn't see BSU anywhere near the top 50 recruiting classes this year, I'd say that and ESPN aren't helping you as much as you like to pretend they are.
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Oct 24, 2006
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Are you seriously putting stock in the "top 50" recruiting classes? Oh brother. You of all people should know those bias ratings have no bearing at all on how good a team will be. Come on backer.
As far as Boise State being a "slave" to ESPN...
I don't know if I would say any Bronco fan "worships" ESPN and their scheduling, but even you would have to admit that the exposure over the past few years thanks to ESPN has moved Boise State into the national spotlight. Five years ago anyone outside of the northwest hardly knew Boise State had a football team. Now almost every cfb fan in the nation knows of the program. ESPN is not solely responsible for that exposure, but they played a huge part in it. Did it cost Boise State a few games outside the normal cfb traditional saturday appearances? Sure, but the results are undeniable.
Myself I am happy the MWC chose to shun ESPN. It opened the door for the WAC, and in my own personal opinion has directly resulted in the consecutive appearances by Boise State and Hawaii in the BCS bowl games. The WAC has enjoyed national exposure in the past few years it would have most likely never seen had the MWC still dominated ESPN coverage. The Pac-10's deal with FoxSports also has helped along with the overall growth in cfb's popularity. Certainly it is no one thing, but again you have to admit ESPN has been great for Boise State and the WAC in general even with the shuffling of schedules.
So enjoy your low-def programming on your "traditional" cfb saturdays and I'll enjoy my HD Espn nation wide evening broadcasts for the big games and settle for local coverage for the less important ones. By the way, no more Sunday night games for the WAC according to the commish, which is what most fans disliked the most last season.
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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the MTN is coming to DirectTV!
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Reputation:95
Level:Superstar
Since:Oct 2, 2006
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Cran, you sound like you're trying to convince yourself of something. If its me you're trying to convince, you still have a long way to go.
1. I am not, nor have I ever put stock into top 50 recruiting classes. However you brought up that Coach Pete would be able to recruit better than BYU because of the Fiesta Bowl and ESPN exposure. I was merely showing you that according to the experts, The Fiesat Bowl and ESPN exposure has doen nothing to help them recruit better than BYU. You can dispute it all you want, but BYU is ranked higher in both recruiting classes since the 06 Fiesta Bowl. Sorry bud.
2. I think the thing that moved BSU into the national spotlight was the Fiesta Bowl/proposal and the whole underdog story of it. It had nothing to do with ESPN. ESPN has not helped BSU much at all. If it wasn't for the Fiesta Bowl, they would just be another good mid-major hogging the ESPN airwaves on crappy nights when few people actually watch or care.
3. I am also happy the MWC chose to shun ESPN. We made a ton of money on the deal. All BYU fans everywhere get to watch all of their games and we don't have to worry about leaving work early, canceling family gatherings, etc to go watch our teams play anymore. Yes the freedom from ESPN slavery is quite nice. I'm glad you're enjoying it. The rest of the country, including MWC fans are laughing at you.
4. I'll enjoy my games, low def or not. At least I'll enjoy all of them and so will every BYU fan around the country now. No more Sunday night games for the WAC. Now we'll get to watch them on Tuesday, and Wednesday's at 4:00 in the afternoon. Much, much better.
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