So, who thinks that the primetime game this year will be LSU vs. UGA on October 25th? Here's to hoping! As for the BCS point brought up by our AU friend. I don't think it's of any consequence. Fortunately, the SEC doesn't have to put up with the ridiculous regional coverage that the conferences televised by ABC deal with weekly.
Yes it will be a primetime game but they will have more than one this year since the contract will not start until next season.
No dice :/ The CBS double header is slated for October 11th. The Chattanooga Times Free Press interviewed CBS senior vice president of programming Mike Aresco in April
Poor CBS :bncry: If only they could have scooped up Notre Dame before NBC extended their contract with them. But really, is NBC's board made up of entirely Notre Dame alums or what??
That's a good question, actually. The country seems absolutely filthy with ND alums, and it's a small school. I don't get it. There are no fewer than FIVE ND alums on my street here in Plano, Texas. How does that happen?
But now the nation will get to see the SEC on a consistent basis. With ABC, all the games are regional, so there's no way anyone out of the southeast would be able to watch LSU or Auburn on ABC. The CBS games stand alone and especially last year, the country knows the best football isn't on ABC.
This is a great deal for the SEC I don't care about the ESPN/ABC thing. The SEC gets more exposure than all of the other conferences on national TV. I was actually hoping the SEC would work out this deal with Fox and it would include more night games though since CBS doesn't seem to want to pick up a bunch of doubleheaders. With CBS getting the first pick every week we'll be seeing even more daytime games in Tiger Stadium I think, oh well. I wonder if Fox will try to get any other conferences such as the Big 10 with their giant TV markets. I have been surprised they haven't jumped into CFB full bore like they have in many other sports over the years.
I can certainly see (and respect) your point, but remember that this is a 10 year deal ..... With the forecasted growth in cable package subscribers expected to rise next season (courtesy of the Feb.'09 Digital TV mandate), and the expected growth in ensuing years, the national availability of the afformentioned Regional games will become a manageable detraction ...... the lines between "regional" and "national" will begin to blur. The issue is voters ..... if you don't have 'em, nothing else matters. The inherent poll bias favors the conferences that are aligned with the media outlets that provide the most aggressive Content availability ..... it's where voters go to get their information and they are subject to biased influence. Let's face it .... some of these voters aren't the most logical or objective knives in the drawer and aren't necessarily conscious of the fact that ESPN has a premeditated plan to continually pimp the teams that will yield the best rating$ for their network, and their shareholders. It is 100% purely an entertainment enterprise for them, and they love that the University Presidents are willing to discreetly count their coins while they profit mightily from an amatuer sport. As we look a decade ahead, that is not a level playing field for the SEC. ..... sorry for the rant, but I firmly believe the SEC could've done a lot better in serving the needs of it's "shareholders."
So tell me Caddy, do you think the SEC would be better off being one of at least 3 conferences on ABC instead of being the only conference on CBS? I don't.
