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Who Schedules These Start Times?
2PM Ohio-Akron
3PM UT-BSU
3PM NIU-CMU
3PM FIU-UMass
3:30 PM Miami-Kent
3:30 PM BGSU-Buffal0

Not great for MAC viewership. Should have 12:00PM, 3:30PM, 7:00PM
starts. Times are too clustered.
10-03-2015 08:22 AM
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(10-03-2015 08:22 AM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  2PM Ohio-Akron
3PM UT-BSU
3PM NIU-CMU
3PM FIU-UMass
3:30 PM Miami-Kent
3:30 PM BGSU-Buffal0

Not great for MAC viewership. Should have 12:00PM, 3:30PM, 7:00PM
starts. Times are too clustered.

Gotta love ESPN3.com. Nothing like that great tv coverage...
10-03-2015 08:51 AM
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(10-03-2015 08:22 AM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  2PM Ohio-Akron
3PM UT-BSU
3PM NIU-CMU
3PM FIU-UMass
3:30 PM Miami-Kent
3:30 PM BGSU-Buffal0

Not great for MAC viewership. Should have 12:00PM, 3:30PM, 7:00PM
starts. Times are too clustered.

I don't understand. Why does it matter? Everyone gets an "ideal" start time. No one cares about watching all of these game except the handful of people on this board.
10-03-2015 08:58 AM
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(10-03-2015 08:22 AM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  2PM Ohio-Akron
3PM UT-BSU
3PM NIU-CMU
3PM FIU-UMass
3:30 PM Miami-Kent
3:30 PM BGSU-Buffal0

Not great for MAC viewership. Should have 12:00PM, 3:30PM, 7:00PM
starts. Times are too clustered.

Since this means CMU / NIU is not on at the same time as MSU / U of M today, could be good for attendance.
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Another factor today: weather.

Example, KSU's Homecoming. It would be expected to see a crowd of 17K-20K today with good weather, if not more. But a lot of that crowd would be buying tickets today, plus the students who have been supporting football at an increasing rate the last couple of years, like 5-8K. Forecast is for temps in the 40's, windy and rainy all day. People aren't even going to try to go to the game if it's a steady light rain with wind hours before and forecast to continue through the day and into the evening.

If that is similar to other MAC sites (Akron has the same forecast, of course) it's a prime Saturday wasted in terms of crowds.
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RE: Who Schedules These Start Times?
BGSU-UB is on ESPN College Extra today.

We need more MAC games on College Extra.
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What is College Extra?
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(10-03-2015 10:58 AM)axeme Wrote:  What is College Extra?

New ESPN channels offered by most cable/satellite providers showing selected ESPN3 games. My provider (Brighthouse) has 8 channels, although the most I've seen them use so far at any one time is 6.

Kinda aggravating to see MAC games bypassed for D-2 and D-3 games. Hopefully, it gets better.
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RE: Who Schedules These Start Times?
Go here for the College Extra schedule. They usually update it Monday or Tuesday of each week.

On Brighthouse, the College Extra channels are part of the Sports Pass package, which is $10/month.
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Ah, I see. It's Direct TV, AT&T, Verizon, and various cable outfits.

I have DISH, but also ROKU and so get WatchESPN/ESPN3 on my TV that way. Same difference, I guess.
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(10-03-2015 11:59 AM)axeme Wrote:  Ah, I see. It's Direct TV, AT&T, Verizon, and various cable outfits.

I have DISH, but also ROKU and so get WatchESPN/ESPN3 on my TV that way. Same difference, I guess.

For the most part, with one major difference. I always prefer to have NIU games on cable so I can use the DVR. Having to use a Screen Capture program to make a recording from WatchESPN is a pain in the a**.
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RE: Who Schedules These Start Times?
You see, if you were a fan of KSU football, it wouldn't be a problem because you wouldn't want to watch any of it more than once.

(Actually, you can watch replays of the ESPN3 games anytime. Not sure how long they keep those available, however.)
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MAC schedules games on weeknights in prime time so more people can watch on TV = why is the MAC making it hard for people to watch the games in person.

MAC schedules games on Saturday afternoon so more people can watch the games in person = why is the MAC making it hard for people to watch the games on TV.

some folks are never satisfied.
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RE: Who Schedules These Start Times?
For games not on ESPN/2/U, don't the home teams determine the start times?
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(10-03-2015 12:53 PM)axeme Wrote:  You see, if you were a fan of KSU football, it wouldn't be a problem because you wouldn't want to watch any of it more than once.

(Actually, you can watch replays of the ESPN3 games anytime. Not sure how long they keep those available, however.)

That's too funny! Keep the faith, hasn't been that long since 2012. Good times will return (maybe)!

As far as the replays, most of NIU's games that were shown on ESPN3 were available for over a year afterwards.
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BTW, UT @ BSU (ASN produced) is on one of DirecTV's channels. Think 665-1.
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(10-03-2015 01:01 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  MAC schedules games on weeknights in prime time so more people can watch on TV = why is the MAC making it hard for people to watch the games in person.

MAC schedules games on Saturday afternoon so more people can watch the games in person = why is the MAC making it hard for people to watch the games on TV.

some folks are never satisfied.

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