That's What I Love About Gameday...
EDSBS first reported this, and if it holds true for the rest of the season, it could be the most disturbing thing to happen to college football since Tulane went undefeated. Apparently, ESPN/ABC Gameday now is going to forgo big matchups if they are being broadcast on rival networks, CBS in this case. This would mean that ESPN Gameday, an awesome institution which has made it worthwhile for people to get up before 11 on Saturdays will now pass if the biggest matchup of the week is not being carried on ABC that night.
This weekend, the "Game of the Week" is now Nebraska v. USC???!?! On the same weekend that UF and Tennessee square off and both sets of Tigers go at it? You have to be kidding me. Florida v. Tennessee is one of the classic rivalries in college football and you are going to tell me that Nebraska v. USC is more important in the scheme of things? This game is only going to expose Nebraska as a pretender or make the pundits look smart so they can say, "See USC hasn't missed a step." Is ABC going to tell me that Auburn v. LSU holds less implications for the National Title picture? This is a joke.
I am a capitalist and I would not ask ABC to not do its best to make money, but Gameday should broadcast from whatever game has the most importance that week in the grand scheme of things. This is a subjective measure and I am sure Nebraska thinks this game is huge, but it matters if you are calling something the "Game of the Week". More often than not, this will not be a problem, it is just a particularly awesome week in SEC football. Most weeks, this new move by ABC will serve to promote the biggest non-conference matchup in the country, a noble goal. Unless the biggest non-conference matchup in the country is being played at an SEC (read CBS) stadium. -yb
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This weekend, the "Game of the Week" is now Nebraska v. USC???!?! On the same weekend that UF and Tennessee square off and both sets of Tigers go at it? You have to be kidding me. Florida v. Tennessee is one of the classic rivalries in college football and you are going to tell me that Nebraska v. USC is more important in the scheme of things? This game is only going to expose Nebraska as a pretender or make the pundits look smart so they can say, "See USC hasn't missed a step." Is ABC going to tell me that Auburn v. LSU holds less implications for the National Title picture? This is a joke.
I am a capitalist and I would not ask ABC to not do its best to make money, but Gameday should broadcast from whatever game has the most importance that week in the grand scheme of things. This is a subjective measure and I am sure Nebraska thinks this game is huge, but it matters if you are calling something the "Game of the Week". More often than not, this will not be a problem, it is just a particularly awesome week in SEC football. Most weeks, this new move by ABC will serve to promote the biggest non-conference matchup in the country, a noble goal. Unless the biggest non-conference matchup in the country is being played at an SEC (read CBS) stadium. -yb
posted by Libba at 7:36 PM
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