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Posted on 10/20/20 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 10/20/20 at 2:47 pm
@Aaron_Torres
According to CBS, 9.6 million people watched Georgia-Alabama on Saturday. That is more than any NBA or MLB playoff game in the last few months. As I've said a million times: College football is the most criminally under-covered sport in our country. And its not close
According to CBS, 9.6 million people watched Georgia-Alabama on Saturday. That is more than any NBA or MLB playoff game in the last few months. As I've said a million times: College football is the most criminally under-covered sport in our country. And its not close
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Posted on 10/20/20 at 2:53 pm to Crimson Wraith
Under covered? By who?
Doesn’t every P5 conference have their own network? Isn’t every SEC game nationally broadcast via CBS, ESPN affiliates, or the SEC network?
On Saturday, it has pregame shows for 3 hours across ESPN family of networks, Fox, and conference affiliated platforms. It also has dedicated radio channels and shows during the season locally throughout the country, and on 2 dedicated Sirius/XM channels
What exactly are you talking about?
Doesn’t every P5 conference have their own network? Isn’t every SEC game nationally broadcast via CBS, ESPN affiliates, or the SEC network?
On Saturday, it has pregame shows for 3 hours across ESPN family of networks, Fox, and conference affiliated platforms. It also has dedicated radio channels and shows during the season locally throughout the country, and on 2 dedicated Sirius/XM channels
What exactly are you talking about?
Posted on 10/20/20 at 3:05 pm to Crimson Wraith
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As I've said a million times: College football is the most criminally under-covered sport in our country. And its not close
Claiming he's stated this dumb over-the-top take a million times is "criminally" dumb. CFB gets plenty of media coverage.
This post was edited on 10/21/20 at 10:28 am
Posted on 10/20/20 at 3:36 pm to TidalSurge1
Tuff Crowd
The message is the sane people are dayum tired of the MSM and the pro players politics. F' Um All.
The message is the sane people are dayum tired of the MSM and the pro players politics. F' Um All.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 3:57 pm to ATLabama
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Under covered? By who?
Doesn’t every P5 conference have their own network? Isn’t every SEC game nationally broadcast via CBS, ESPN affiliates, or the SEC network?
On Saturday, it has pregame shows for 3 hours across ESPN family of networks, Fox, and conference affiliated platforms. It also has dedicated radio channels and shows during the season locally throughout the country, and on 2 dedicated Sirius/XM channels
What exactly are you talking about?
Maybe he’s talking national coverage
The weekday debate shows and biggest radio broadcasts (absent Finebaum) are pretty much wall to wall NFL and NBA. And in the Northeast and West Coast CFB takes a back seat. But yea “under covered” is a stretch
Posted on 10/20/20 at 4:19 pm to Glorious
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The weekday debate shows and biggest radio broadcasts (absent Finebaum) are pretty much wall to wall NFL and NBA. And in the Northeast and West Coast CFB takes a back seat.
This.
When you watch the big shows like Dan Le Batard, Colin Cowherd, Skip & Shannon, PTI, etc. you see mostly coverage on professional sports. There will be the occasional blurb about college football but, by and large, this time of year they aren't talking about anything except the NFL and MLB.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 5:04 pm to Glorious
College football is widely considered the #2 sport in America, a distant second only to the NFL.
I do think some shows like “The Herd” should include more CFB coverage, but, I get why it doesn’t go some degree.
The issue with college football on a macro-level, is that it’s almost like UFC in the fact there are maybe 3-4 challengers for the crown, and everyone else is just a pawn in the game.
Half of Alabama and Clemson’s games are unwatchable blood baths. In the NFL, unless you’re the Jets (yikes), there’s a pretty decent shot at an upset. The talent parody isn’t nearly as wide.
The ratings for UGA-Bama outta be huge! As I mentioned before, that was “title fight,” worthy. But I hardly expect national coverage on weekly shows like “The Herd” to address CFB on a Wednesday, unless there’s a big game like last week coming up.
I know people here love to talk about the Tennessee game, but on a national level, TSIO is about as relevant or interesting a topic as Space Jam 2 leaks, likely less.
I think for us big CFB fans, we’ve got plenty of veins to draw from for content. Won’t worry about a lack of coverage, or perceived slight.
We’ve got a nice cozy, content filled spot as the nation’s #2 sport. In a time with so much to distract us, that isn’t that bad.
I do think some shows like “The Herd” should include more CFB coverage, but, I get why it doesn’t go some degree.
The issue with college football on a macro-level, is that it’s almost like UFC in the fact there are maybe 3-4 challengers for the crown, and everyone else is just a pawn in the game.
Half of Alabama and Clemson’s games are unwatchable blood baths. In the NFL, unless you’re the Jets (yikes), there’s a pretty decent shot at an upset. The talent parody isn’t nearly as wide.
The ratings for UGA-Bama outta be huge! As I mentioned before, that was “title fight,” worthy. But I hardly expect national coverage on weekly shows like “The Herd” to address CFB on a Wednesday, unless there’s a big game like last week coming up.
I know people here love to talk about the Tennessee game, but on a national level, TSIO is about as relevant or interesting a topic as Space Jam 2 leaks, likely less.
I think for us big CFB fans, we’ve got plenty of veins to draw from for content. Won’t worry about a lack of coverage, or perceived slight.
We’ve got a nice cozy, content filled spot as the nation’s #2 sport. In a time with so much to distract us, that isn’t that bad.
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