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The following shows why one channel is not enought for the NCAA tourney

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by JBIIRockets, Mar 17, 2002.

  1. JBIIRockets

    JBIIRockets Member

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    Man, CBS sucks!

    Instead of watching UT throw Miss State to the wolves, they keep on showing timeout after timeout of the UCLA-Cincinnati game. I mean the first 11 minutes of a insanely huge game, inexcueable.

    I'm sure this has been an issue in the past, but another channel needs to carry these games, be it cable or whatever. fans watch thier particuler team all year, and then get robbed of viewing 1/4 of a playoff game.

    Uncalled for.
     
    #1 JBIIRockets, Mar 17, 2002
  2. Smokey

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    It's already available on Direct TV called Mega March Madness. You get all the CBS feeds except the one I believe being shown on your CBS affiliate.

    Since UC-UCLA went into overtime, I'm not sure if the UT-MSU game would have been available since it was picked up by the local affiliate.

    I'm pretty sure KEYE could have switched to UT-MSU, but they stayed with UC-UCLA cause of 2 OT.
     
    #2 Smokey, Mar 17, 2002
  3. Johnny Rocket

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    I was upset on Thursday when CBS went away from the final minutes of regulation of the UNC-W/USC game to show the begining up the Duke game. Duke was up 10 in a couple of minutes and then they finally shifted back to the UNC game already in OT.

    Oh and by the way incase you wonder where I was. I was in WILMINGTON, NC!

    See if ABC had the rights they could give us a local game on ABC, another game on ESPN, one on ESPN 2, and hell even put one on ESPN Classic.
     
    #3 Johnny Rocket, Mar 17, 2002
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    Best play of the year, and I missed seeing it.

    CBS, I CURSE YOUR NAME!
     
    #4 Puedlfor, Mar 17, 2002
  5. Smokey

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    That's not good.
     
    #5 Smokey, Mar 17, 2002
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    Yeah, CBS sucks. If there's only one close game on, and no regional games, no big deal. But the other night, I was forced to watch that terrible Cinci-BU game, even though I couldn't care less about either team, and Cinci was leading by something to the tune of 47-22.
     
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    Isn't this the local affiliate's fault? I was expecting them to switch to the UT game, being that it was Austin and all. Do they not have control over it?
     
    #7 TheFreak, Mar 17, 2002
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    I believe they do have control over it locally. However, no way they change the end of a double-OT game with the #1 seed for the beginning of any game, even UT. People who had been watching for the past 2 hours would have gone nuts.
     
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    Those people need to move then. It's Austin, show the Austin team!
     
    #9 TheFreak, Mar 17, 2002
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    TheFreak:

    It's the set-up I'm annoyed with, more than individual decisions. While I could have cared less about the game I was watching, I'm sure many people in my area wanted to see that game.

    I just wish that the tv rights had been distributed differently during the first weekend, at least. Maybe let one of the big networks have first choice of the primary game, but then let ESPN and ESPN2 show secondary match-ups.
     
    #10 haven, Mar 17, 2002
  11. MadMax

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    guess it's all a matter of perspective...i was sitting there last night thinking to myself what a good job CBS does with this huge endeavor year in and year out.
     
    #11 MadMax, Mar 17, 2002
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    Well CBS could put a few games on MTV, then a few on Nickelodeon
     
    #12 moestavern19, Mar 17, 2002
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    Btw, cograts to the Horns. Deginald Erskin played great.
     
    #13 finalsbound, Mar 17, 2002
  14. Smokey

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    Don't forget TNN or UPN.
     
    #14 Smokey, Mar 18, 2002
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