Re: Sensible solution - was TW not the prob.

[Brent Wyrick]

The Big 12 and the Pac 10 both have a contract with FSN Southwest for
football and basketball. 

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Zahid Siddiqi
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 11:53 AM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Sensible solution - was TW not the prob.

Not to dispute your point, because it is valid.  However, I have seen Kansas
State on TV many times on Fox Sports Network.  The Big 12 must have a
contract with the Fox Sports Network.  I'll grant you that they were likely
on TV due to their opponent, but it is not like they never were on TV before
Huggins.  

Dan Marshall <address@hidden> wrote:  I didn't want to mention the
name, But if you look at their TV schedule,
they have better coverage than us, those of you that said it had nothing to
do with Huggins, I just wanted to make that point, frankly I really hadn't
seen that school on TV before huggins went there.

"including a pair of regular season contests on ABC Sports "
"In addition, the Wildcats have been selected to appear twice on the ESPN
"Big Monday"
"In addition to the national telecasts, K-State will have nine regular
season games broadcast on ESPN Plus"


What scares me is that now cronin has to recruit to someplace that he can't
say "you will be seen regularly on national TV" which was a recruiting tool
used in the past. That couple with Richards comments on the future of our
recruiting (3 years from now) the shelf will be bare again... That does
scare me.

Again, this is the first year we will really feel the affect of the firing,
I'm afraid it's not going to be pretty.

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of BZ Lob
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 3:49 PM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Sensible solution - was TW not the prob.

Hmmm.... could it be.....

K State?

--- Dan Marshall wrote:

> "Four nationally-televised games, including a pair of regular season 
> contests on ABC Sports for the first time in school history" Guess 
> what team
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of richard l. 
> kandell
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:53 PM
> To: UC Basketball Forum
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Sensible solution - was TW not the prob.
>
> Yes, it does, and it makes sense for more than just the "X" game - 
> They're building a sports bar right up the road from us in a brand new 
> shopping center - maybe they worked a deal with ESPN and they knew 
> they'd have a built in audience.
>
> Richard K.
>
> Geez, we finally have an off season where we aren't convulsed over gun 
> shots, dui's, or firings, etc., so I guess we have to have something 
> to bitch about. Look, if you were ESPN, or the BEast for that matter, 
> at this moment in time, why would you want to showcase UC?
> In fact, they have 2
> returning scholarship players, one of whom was a starter last year, 
> and the other doesn't really deserve a scholarship from a high level 
> Division 1 athletic standpoint. Otherwise you've got 11 assorted 1st 
> year mostly junior college players and some walk ons, and a first year 
> major college coach. This could be a dream season where the little 
> guy puts it all together and we wind up in the national championship 
> game - but from a neutral perspective it looks more like we finish 
> last or next to last in the toughest conference in the country. I can 
> live with a bad season, or even 2 (I've lived through a lot worse 
> supporting UC
> basketball) but what really
> scares the dickens out of me is looking at the roster and realizing 
> that 2 years from now we are right back in the same fix, with only 2 
> returning scholarship players who are on the current roster, 3 if Mike 
> Williams has an extra year. Worry more about that then whether this 
> year's game against UofL is on national tv. If Cronin doesn't have a 
> really successful recruiting year we are, indeed, up you know what 
> creek without a paddle.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brent Wyrick" 
> To: "'UC Basketball Forum'"
>
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Sensible solution - was TW not the prob.
>
>
> > Ok, since I'm out of town I see it like this. TW
> vs ESPNU vs. whoever
> > doesn't matter to me. I have basic cable service
> that's pre wired to my
> Apt.
> > complex so I don't get any of it. (It's actually
> DISH basic forced through
> > the cable wiring)
> >
> > My solution for watching the Cats from the middle
> of Texas and a
> reasonable
> > solution for everyone here is GO TO A BAR with
> satellite service. Suck up
> > the cost of some overpriced beer and fattening
> food and save yourself a
> lot
> > of money and time in switching, installation, and
> etc. fees.
> > Make sense?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden 
> > [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf
> Of Bryan Sherman
> > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:26 PM
> > To: UC Basketball Forum
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] time warner not the
> problem
> > *sigh*
> >
> > > From my perspective, national means that it is
> accessible to the vast
> > majority of the naional audience. the 5 I
> mentioned are available to the
> > vast majority. It could even be argued ESPN
> doesn't qualify since you need
> > cable or satelite to get that, but heck, I will
> give you that since there
> > aren't a ton of folks with just over the air
> (though I know a number of
> > folks that stick to the old aerial).
> >
> > ESPN2 is not on basic cable on TW, not sure about
> Dish/DirectTV. You have
> to
> > have the sports package. ESPNU is not even carried
> by some systems (I
> don't
> > *think* TW is the only system spurning ESPNU).
> Therefore folks *may* need
> to
> > do something proactively (change to a different
> source, buy a supplemental
> > package...).
> >
> > SO, let me propose a middle ground. From an
> *Access* perspective, it looks
> > like UC has 10 National games. By that I mean a
> fan from anywhere in the
> > country can choose to pay to get access to 10
> games. great.
> > > From an *Exposure* perspective, we have 1
> national game. Anyone with
> access
> > to CBS can watch one game this year.
> >
> > Bottom line, it sucks, it is worse than it has
> been in years, and I hope
> > that this too will soon pass... :-)
> >
> > On 9/28/06, address@hidden
> wrote:
> > > Seems to me if you are anywhere in the country
> with a dish and can pick
> up
> > > the feed it would be a national game.


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