https://www.videtteonline.com/sports/isu...5691d.html

(06-14-2022 09:44 AM)niu16 Wrote:  https://www.videtteonline.com/sports/isu...5691d.html

Damn. ISU > Us

(06-14-2022 09:45 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(06-14-2022 09:44 AM)niu16 Wrote:  https://www.videtteonline.com/sports/isu...5691d.html

Damn. ISU > Us

Not necessarily----there is a fair chance that ISU may be paying Marquee to jump on the air waves. Back in the day when our games were on the Score in Chicago it wasn't like we were gathering any money from that.

At the very least, we may be getting some paltry sum from our ESPN 3/+ games.

I have no inside knowledge, but I'm guessing Marquee didn't have to outbid other for broadcast rights to ISU.

And as the games are on Marquee---there is still a zero percent chance I will watch any Redbird programming.

(06-14-2022 10:05 AM)Milwaukee Pilot Wrote:  

(06-14-2022 09:45 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(06-14-2022 09:44 AM)niu16 Wrote:  https://www.videtteonline.com/sports/isu...5691d.html

Damn. ISU > Us

Not necessarily----there is a fair chance that ISU may be paying Marquee to jump on the air waves. Back in the day when our games were on the Score in Chicago it wasn't like we were gathering any money from that.

At the very least, we may be getting some paltry sum from our ESPN 3/+ games.

I have no inside knowledge, but I'm guessing Marquee didn't have to outbid other for broadcast rights to ISU.

And as the games are on Marquee---there is still a zero percent chance I will watch any Redbird programming.

Them boys got Saturday games and a new stadium. Plus their baseball team plays in an appropriate D1 level baseball stadium and their basketball team plays basketball.

I'm jealous.

ESPN+ > Marquee

I think directv is the only carrier who even has marquee

(06-14-2022 09:45 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(06-14-2022 09:44 AM)niu16 Wrote:  https://www.videtteonline.com/sports/isu...5691d.html

Damn. ISU > Us

They're better than us for being on a channel that a sizable chunk of the regional area can't access and isn't broadcast nationally?

Interesting take.

Comcast, arguably the biggest cable provider in the area, has Marquee.

(06-14-2022 10:39 AM)7 Wrote:  ESPN+ > Marquee

I think directv is the only carrier who even has marquee

Nope-most everybody does. I have Comcast and they're there.

(06-14-2022 10:42 AM)Big Red Wrote:  

(06-14-2022 09:45 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(06-14-2022 09:44 AM)niu16 Wrote:  https://www.videtteonline.com/sports/isu...5691d.html

Damn. ISU > Us

They're better than us for being on a channel that a sizable chunk of the regional area can't access and isn't broadcast nationally?

Interesting take.

As I mentioned earlier, the '85 Bears doc that I directed played on Marquis, that company does not pay sh*t for content. ISU is either paying them, or Marquis is giving them a very nominal fee for the airing rights. Not even close to the stature of our deal with ESPN, as much as a few of the deal points suck with that.

(06-14-2022 10:57 AM)sportsfan Wrote:  

(06-14-2022 10:39 AM)7 Wrote:  ESPN+ > Marquee

I think directv is the only carrier who even has marquee

Nope-most everybody does. I have Comcast and they're there.

None of the steaming services do.

I totally forgot about Comcast though that’s my bad.

(06-14-2022 10:53 AM)timxlydon Wrote:  Comcast, arguably the biggest cable provider in the area, has Marquee.

Not all comcast subscribers get Marquee as it's not on all tiers of their service.

It's also not on any of the streaming providers.

ISU's stadium is a not new nor any better than NIU's. They put some lipstick
on their Pig, but it is still a poor Stadium. Agree on Baseball however,

(06-14-2022 02:37 PM)HuskieJ Wrote:  ISU's stadium is a not new nor any better than NIU's. They put some lipstick
on their Pig, but it is still a poor Stadium. Agree on Baseball however,

+1 - NIU has better and larger football facilities, as we should. Need to upgrade the suites, but even a mediocre version of the current expansion drawings will eclipse what ISU has added in that department.

(06-14-2022 02:37 PM)HuskieJ Wrote:  ISU's stadium is a not new nor any better than NIU's. They put some lipstick
on their Pig, but it is still a poor Stadium. Agree on Baseball however,

+1 - NIU has better and larger football facilities, as we should. Need to upgrade the suites, but even a mediocre version of the current expansion drawings will eclipse what ISU has added in that department.

They’re building a bubble IPF, which is the cheap kind only EMU uses in the MAC.

I have Hulu + Live TV and only get NBC Sports Chicago, no Marquee. I’d rather collect $933K to get games on ESPN national streaming at worst than pay money to get on a regional network. Nobody knows that channel exists outside Cubs season.

Their basketball is generally better but they’ve been in the Valley basement for years and just fired their coach. The new coach Pedon could be a good hire but it’s a big rebuild.

(06-14-2022 02:37 PM)HuskieJ Wrote:  ISU's stadium is a not new nor any better than NIU's. They put some lipstick
on their Pig, but it is still a poor Stadium. Agree on Baseball however,

I'm just salty and jealous. And anxious for something huge to happen. Give those baseball players a facility damnit!!!

(06-14-2022 02:37 PM)HuskieJ Wrote:  ISU's stadium is a not new nor any better than NIU's. They put some lipstick
on their Pig, but it is still a poor Stadium. Agree on Baseball however,

Really? Looks a lot nicer than ours. I bet their concessions are better, and I know their bathrooms are. Even if they had port a johns, it would be no worse.

I'd rather have lipstick on pig than a pig with no lipstick.

https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2013/09/8...k-stadium/

(06-14-2022 08:56 PM)randyfensfanclub1 Wrote:  

(06-14-2022 02:37 PM)HuskieJ Wrote:  ISU's stadium is a not new nor any better than NIU's. They put some lipstick
on their Pig, but it is still a poor Stadium. Agree on Baseball however,

Really? Looks a lot nicer than ours. I bet their concessions are better, and I know their bathrooms are. Even if they had port a johns, it would be no worse.

I'd rather have lipstick on pig than a pig with no lipstick.

https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2013/09/8...k-stadium/

Damn, gimme that bar and those club seats damnit!!!

I’m going to need more information about their hot dog situation

(06-14-2022 08:56 PM)randyfensfanclub1 Wrote:  

(06-14-2022 02:37 PM)HuskieJ Wrote:  ISU's stadium is a not new nor any better than NIU's. They put some lipstick
on their Pig, but it is still a poor Stadium. Agree on Baseball however,

Really? Looks a lot nicer than ours. I bet their concessions are better, and I know their bathrooms are. Even if they had port a johns, it would be no worse.

I'd rather have lipstick on pig than a pig with no lipstick.

https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2013/09/8...k-stadium/

Oh come on, the link is from 2013

And frankly I’m not sure if that reflects worse on NIU or ISU…