(12-07-2013 12:36 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(12-07-2013 12:32 PM)IceJus10 Wrote:  

(12-07-2013 12:24 PM)Blazer88 Wrote:  Yea because one gets to go to a BCS bowl, not so much in the future.

The American football media contract is still under the old Big East contract for this football season, however, it won't be a downgrade ahead.

Their new contract has even better exposure. The new tv deal for next year will have 2-3x as many national broadcasts for the conference on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN 2, and every conference game will be broadcast somewhere. What they didn't get in money, they are sure going to get with a chance to be seen.

...on ESPN3.

No...on ESPN-U and ESPN-News

(12-09-2013 12:18 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 12:07 PM)JustAnotherAustinOwl Wrote:  

(12-08-2013 12:14 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote:  the one thing I think Rice needs to do when they renovate their stajium is put in big wide chairs in a really large section of the stajium with cup holders and nice arm rest and maybe have a slight space between each one like a couple of inches so everyone has plenty of elbow room and a nice comfortable seat to kick back in

otherwise the stajium is really sweet and a great place to watch a game

This has been discussed on the Rice board. I think it's a good solution - reduce capacity a bit, but do it by improving the game time experience.

So when I get my season tickets, I should ask for the Fat Ass section?

I think the new term is "modern comfort fit"...

(12-09-2013 01:22 PM)JustAnotherAustinOwl Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 12:18 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 12:07 PM)JustAnotherAustinOwl Wrote:  

(12-08-2013 12:14 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote:  the one thing I think Rice needs to do when they renovate their stajium is put in big wide chairs in a really large section of the stajium with cup holders and nice arm rest and maybe have a slight space between each one like a couple of inches so everyone has plenty of elbow room and a nice comfortable seat to kick back in

otherwise the stajium is really sweet and a great place to watch a game

This has been discussed on the Rice board. I think it's a good solution - reduce capacity a bit, but do it by improving the game time experience.

So when I get my season tickets, I should ask for the Fat Ass section?

I think the new term is "modern comfort fit"...

Much better for my self-image. Damn, I hate mirrors.

(12-07-2013 01:05 PM)MasMack Wrote:  Ok since you obviously read the contract, and since it specifies the number that will be on ABC and the number that will be on ESPN and ESPN2, please enlighten us and tell us those numbers!?

I'll wait for your answer.

Sorry, the name of the thread got changed and lost track of it... didn't realize I was asked a question.

Well generically speaking from ESPN, the number of national ota and cable broadcasts will be greater than the TOTAL number of broadcasts in the current deal, including those presently on ESPN 3 -- thus doubling the amount of ota (over the air - ABC) or cable broadcasts from the current deal. ESPN says so in their own words. ESPN Media Rights Deal

The American was a bit more specific with its presser, because they had previously announced the initial NBC offer, which had to be matched by ESPN, and the Hartford Courant spells it out nicely... Paul Doyle's write-up.

The original press release that I had saved the link for, is gone, because since that announcement the conference was renamed, the websites all changed, and I just can't pin down the initial contract statement and presser from the conference with the listing of minimum # of games ota on ABC, and on cable ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN U -- which hit national number of cable homes in February of this year, but wasn't originally last September when NBC pitched its deal and ESPN said it would match it. Also since that announcement ESPN/the American have sold subcontracting rights to 13 more football broadcasts to CBS and CBS Sports Network to ensure all conference owned games are televised.

ICE, the commish states 3 OTA ABC games + champ game either on ABC or ESPN at the beginning and end of this interview.

http://wreg.com/2013/06/05/mike-aresco-i...ew-part-1/

(12-08-2013 01:36 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  I also think that what people are forgetting is that the view that they were getting was the visitor side of the stadium, so most of those seats were supposed to be taken by the visiting team's fans.

Here is a partial shot of the UTSA crowd at Rice last year.

and that picture cuts off a lot of the UTSA fans. We had a great tailgate that day.

(12-07-2013 02:16 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  C'mon Marshall fans, y'all are starting to sound like ecu fans. Get a grip and quit your crying. I can see Rice having a bad turnout but not too many people would brave those temperatures no matter what was at stake. To begin with Marshall fans you can't really be bragging about attendance when UTEP with a 2-10 record still had more fans than you. So grow up.

At the time you wrote this this was only one or two Marshall posts in the thread and Marshall posters didn't start the thread. Look back through it. It's all UAB NT UTEP, and ECU. Pretty sure the Marshall fans were watching the game.

(12-07-2013 12:26 PM)laxtonto Wrote:  

"Don't be surprised now when I say it's more fun for us to play on the road than it is at home. At least the opposing team's fans show up, and the game experience resembles what I dreamed about rather than the pee-wee football experience we have here where it seems only the players' parents are in the stands." - SMU receiver Stephen Nelson 2011