tv

[citygriz]

as we talk about the griz moving to a new conference, i'm reminded once again how important tv expsoure is.

case one: carrie brownstein, lead guitarist for sleater-kinney. great band, loved their music. then they disbanded. then carrie appeard on portlandia. good as sleater-kinney was, carrie brownstein got what she describes as "exponentially" greater exposure from the tv show than she did from all those years with the band. and now, partly as a result of that, the band is back together, and my wife and i will be paying hefty ticket prices to see them perform here in may.

case two: tonight's big sky championship game will be on espnu. as several have mentioned in another thread, espnu is not part of their cable package, nor of mine. meantime, wyoming and san diego state play later this afternoon for the mountain west championship, and the game will be televised on cbs. that is cbs as in "sixty minutes" cbs, a broadcast channel. and since i live in the fourth largest media market in the country, this game will get "exponentially" more viewers in this one market than montana-eastern washington will get nationally on espnu.

i believe "the griz" are becoming a national brand. i believe montanans, in their infinite sense of inferiority, have no idea how this state is loved nationally (just read "travels with charley" by john steinbeck), or how much exposure the griz football and basketball teams have garnered nationally--with almost no tv. i can only dream.

 

[GrizLA]

Totally agree. I have been neutral on moving to another conferenced but this basketball tournament has changed that. I am in Palm Springs, today, and my neighbors, from Chicago, and a few others have let me know that "my" school is on tv tonight. With most people here into the PAC 12 or WCAC or Big 10 and the Eastern teams, one school they always recognize in football and basketball is Montana. And, they let me know! When the Griz lose, I get calls and emails. When they win, I get calls and emails. UM is a very well respected place. I think it gets more credit than it truly deserves but not complaining. NAU is another Big Sky school that gets attention because of its size and academic offerings. Montana is a very, very popular state nationwide...But, all that seems go by the wayside with the Big Sky Conf. officials Best they can do is a bad stream on line, and a secondary broadcast.../

 

[Spanky]

Well said Citay and LA!( :clap:

 

[Grizbeer]

I agree Citay. Making matters worse of course is the BSC championship used to be on ESPN, then ESPN2 but moved to a weeknight. You could make an argument that a weekend game on U is better than a weeknight game in the Deuce, except the Southland plays at the same time on The Deuce. BSC has always been a better conference than Southland, more so now with how hard Southland has been hit by teams going FBS conferences and replacing them with small DIII religious schools. Yet they have the better TV deal. In the national media view the BSC has dropped to the lowest of the low.

Nice Sleater-Kinney reference. I am not a big fan of the street, unplanned growth is a mess and Lacey is kind of a shithole.