Big Sky vs PAC12 TV Deals

[Griz til I die]

Oh, absolutely. It's still the bsc after all. But if you have the ugliest house on the block, it still helps some if you mow your lawn.

Everett the problem though is you're acting like they took the worst teams and the worst games. That's just simply not the case. All 4 games they selected are great matchups and they're all teams that have made the playoffs in the last 2 seasons. I have zero issue with this years TV slate for the Big Sky.

 

[EverettGriz]

This isn’t true. The biggest draws in the SEC, Alabama and Georgia, had five of their games shown only on the SEC network. I didn’t bother looking at the rest but I’m sure they have a lot more.

Yes, I was counting the SEC network.

 

[EverettGriz]

Everett the problem though is you're acting like they took the worst teams and the worst games. That's just simply not the case. All 4 games they selected are great matchups and they're all teams that have made the playoffs in the last 2 seasons. I have zero issue with this years TV slate for the Big Sky.

Great! Why mandate it?

 

[kemajic]

Oh, absolutely. It's still the bsc after all. But if you have the ugliest house on the block, it still helps some if you mow your lawn.

If you're driving a wreck, it still looks better coming out of the car wash.

 

[Griz til I die]

Great! Why mandate it?

They're not. You don't think Idaho is one of the biggest brands in the league? They're a close second behind the Griz and cats.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

They're not. You don't think Idaho is one of the biggest brands in the league? They're a close second behind the Griz and cats.

Wouldn't that make them a close third?

 

[Griz til I die]

Wouldn't that make them a close third?

I was think more 1A and 1B with Idaho being 2 but I suppose you could call them third.

 

[Hoops watcher]

To the detriment of the conference, yes.

You are assuming there is something that this can be detrimental to. No one not local gives one whit about the BSC. Or the MW and the PAC 2 for that matter.

 

[Hoops watcher]

I don't mind it either NAU is one of the more interesting venues. I have ESPN+ so I get all the Griz games regardless but ESPN is more likely to be on at a local bar. It is kind of interesting how one of the games is at Sac State when they are leaving the conference. I would have preferred Griz at Weber for example so we are not giving coverage to Sac but oh well.

You are assuming ESPN cares about anything but pimping the meager ratings for the contest.

 

[EverettGriz]

They're not. You don't think Idaho is one of the biggest brands in the league? They're a close second behind the Griz and cats.

But they are. There is a league rule that one of the games cannot contain a Montana school. It's just silly.

 

[Griz til I die]

But they are. There is a league rule that one of the games cannot contain a Montana school. It's just silly.

I really don't think it's that big of a deal. I think you're just looking for anything to be upset with the Big Sky about.

 

[alabamagrizzly]

Yes, I was counting the SEC network.

You shouldn’t have been for the argument you were making.

 

[EverettGriz]

You shouldn’t have been for the argument you were making.

Why? The SEC has their own network because it makes them money faster than a printing press. Showing their games on it makes complete sense, and those games are still available to a national audience. If the bsc had it's own network (and now it's really, really difficult to type because I'm laughing so hard I'm crying), no one would care what games were on espn. Hell, they could broadcast games from noco and highlight the model train museum.

 

[alabamagrizzly]

Why? The SEC has their own network because it makes them money faster than a printing press. Showing their games on it makes complete sense, and those games are still available to a national audience. If the bsc had it's own network (and now it's really, really difficult to type because I'm laughing so hard I'm crying), no one would care what games were on espn. Hell, they could broadcast games from noco and highlight the model train museum.

Because it’s the SEC’s own network. They pick up the scraps that the real networks don’t take. The leftovers. For that matter EVERY BSC game is on a network, so what is your point then? Are you just mad cus the conference wants to advertise some of its better lesser known programs? Or are you mad cus you like staying up til midnight on a Friday to watch a game that no one else in the country is watching anyway?