(05-17-2017 06:42 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(05-17-2017 06:35 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 10:39 PM)stever20 Wrote:  The thing is RG that it's definitely not a situation where Fox will have anywhere close to all of the good games. And a lot of folks on here are spinning it where that would be the case, and it's just not by any stretch of the imagination. We all know you hate ESPN, but the packages are far closer than folks on here want to make it seem....

Also, for the weeks that are close, you won't see the specific games announced at this point of the year at all. So if say ESPN drafts a late week, and there's 2 good looking games now, ESPN would get to make the selection much later in the season. So lets say ESPN gets week 12 as a pick. Got 2 really good looking matchups possible- Michigan/Wisconsin or Nebraska/Penn St. ESPN could wait until a week before the games to declare which one they want. Odds pretty good one of those games will wimp out.

The odds are pretty darn good that Fox and ESPN ratings wise for the season will be pretty darn close. My only question is this- is it worth 50 million extra for a CCG and a negligible difference in regular season ratings?

Why do you keep acting like everyone is saying that? The majority are not saying that at all. Thats your straw man. Thats the argument you set up to spin this into some great win for ESPN like they somehow one upped Fox here. Fox gets first choice every year. Thats big for them because every year of this contract they get OSU/Michigan. Thats great for their brand.

They don't get to wait a week before the games are played to pick. The picks are made well in advanced of the games being played. You are completely talking out of your ass.

No I am not. The weeks are picked well in advance, but not the specific games(sounds like the week draft has already taken place quite frankly). The specific games are selected either 6 or 12 days before the game takes place.

if Fox takes OSU/Michigan, that's fine. ESPN gets 1st crack at ANY OOC game the Big Ten hosts. That's often times a HUGE game, especially with consideration to the 2nd best game on that early season weekend, when a lot of teams are playing dog teams.

Well thats if they want that, then Fox can get that PSU-Michigan game you have such a hard on for.