We all know ESPN/ABC is the King of College Football Coverage.

So what do CBS and NBC offer coverage wise?

Can these two networks really challenge ESPN?

Will Mike Aresco be bias towards CBS?

Can ESPN/ABC be de-thronen?

The Providence College dominance seems to have been chase away. How is this going to be received long run by the Cotholic 8?

I am excite because this is the first time that the New Big East has made an effort to really make it a reall football and all sports conference.

One last question, how committed is CBS to college football coverage?

(08-14-2012 10:39 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  We all know ESPN/ABC is the King of College Football Coverage.

So what do CBS and NBC offer coverage wise?

Can these two networks really challenge ESPN?

Will Mike Aresco be bias towards CBS?

Can ESPN/ABC be de-thronen?

The Providence College dominance seems to have been chase away. How is this going to be received long run by the Cotholic 8?

I am excite because this is the first time that the New Big East has made an effort to really make it a reall football and all sports conference.

One last question, how committed is CBS to college football coverage?

Well since the "Catholic 8" are a big part of the voting in the league and they signed off on this guy im sure they feel strongly about him. If you may recall they have had a lot of familiarity with him from his days at ESPN in the late 80's and early 90's and after that his time at CBS. The Catholic schools don't just want Providence to run the league, they just don't want someone who is going to cast them aside for FB schools who can't be trusted with the betterment of the league.

I am really glad to hear that. It seems you realize, the whole conference has to adapt and change to survie. While the brand name will stay the Big East, the conference is no longer just a Norteastern conference, but rather a national foot-print.

(08-14-2012 10:39 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  We all know ESPN/ABC is the King of College Football Coverage.

So what do CBS and NBC offer coverage wise?

Can these two networks really challenge ESPN?

Will Mike Aresco be bias towards CBS?

Can ESPN/ABC be de-thronen?

The Providence College dominance seems to have been chase away. How is this going to be received long run by the Cotholic 8?

I am excite because this is the first time that the New Big East has made an effort to really make it a reall football and all sports conference.

One last question, how committed is CBS to college football coverage?

I haven't seen anything to suggest CBS is a serious contender, at least not for football. It really seems to be down to NBC and ESPN with Fox lurking. NBCSN seems to be in a lot of basic cable packages, and if it's not part of the basic package with Comcast then it will be soon. That said, the cable penetration isn't near ESPN, that's rarefied air with TBS, MTV and CNN, but with a national broadcast network and the largest cable provider running the show, they are without a doubt in a position to move ahead of Fox and sit comfortably in the second position.

This is what CBS offers, seriously.



RT @bmarcello: CBS Sports Network announces Houston Nutt will serve as studio analyst this year. He'll be joined by Ron Zook.

(08-14-2012 10:52 AM)TigersOhMy Wrote:  This is what CBS offers, seriously.



RT @bmarcello: CBS Sports Network announces Houston Nutt will serve as studio analyst this year. He'll be joined by Ron Zook.

I mean, are Matt Millen and Eric Mangini really that much better?

What is ESPN's dropped dead to renew the Big East before we can start we become "free agents"? This will sonn get interesting. Again we really need BYU.

(08-14-2012 11:31 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  What is ESPN's dropped dead to renew the Big East before we can start we become "free agents"? This will sonn get interesting. Again we really need BYU.

Clocks starts ticking Sep. 1 and goes for 2 months. So Nov. 1 Big East are free agents. Correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks

(08-14-2012 10:51 AM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 10:39 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  We all know ESPN/ABC is the King of College Football Coverage.

So what do CBS and NBC offer coverage wise?

Can these two networks really challenge ESPN?

Will Mike Aresco be bias towards CBS?

Can ESPN/ABC be de-thronen?

The Providence College dominance seems to have been chase away. How is this going to be received long run by the Cotholic 8?

I am excite because this is the first time that the New Big East has made an effort to really make it a reall football and all sports conference.

One last question, how committed is CBS to college football coverage?

I haven't seen anything to suggest CBS is a serious contender, at least not for football. It really seems to be down to NBC and ESPN with Fox lurking. NBCSN seems to be in a lot of basic cable packages, and if it's not part of the basic package with Comcast then it will be soon. That said, the cable penetration isn't near ESPN, that's rarefied air with TBS, MTV and CNN, but with a national broadcast network and the largest cable provider running the show, they are without a doubt in a position to move ahead of Fox and sit comfortably in the second position.

It isn't that bad. NBC Sports currently has about 78M households, and ESPN has about 104M, I think. CBS Sports has about 44M, IIRC. And most of NBC Sports' distribution is on the same cable access tier as ESPN.

(08-14-2012 12:03 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 10:51 AM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 10:39 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  We all know ESPN/ABC is the King of College Football Coverage.

So what do CBS and NBC offer coverage wise?

Can these two networks really challenge ESPN?

Will Mike Aresco be bias towards CBS?

Can ESPN/ABC be de-thronen?

The Providence College dominance seems to have been chase away. How is this going to be received long run by the Cotholic 8?

I am excite because this is the first time that the New Big East has made an effort to really make it a reall football and all sports conference.

One last question, how committed is CBS to college football coverage?

I haven't seen anything to suggest CBS is a serious contender, at least not for football. It really seems to be down to NBC and ESPN with Fox lurking. NBCSN seems to be in a lot of basic cable packages, and if it's not part of the basic package with Comcast then it will be soon. That said, the cable penetration isn't near ESPN, that's rarefied air with TBS, MTV and CNN, but with a national broadcast network and the largest cable provider running the show, they are without a doubt in a position to move ahead of Fox and sit comfortably in the second position.

It isn't that bad. NBC Sports currently has about 78M households, and ESPN has about 104M, I think. CBS Sports has about 44M, IIRC. And most of NBC Sports' distribution is on the same cable access tier as ESPN.

ESPN has multiple outlets (ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3). NBC only has the two.

(08-14-2012 12:50 PM)Derby Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 12:03 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 10:51 AM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 10:39 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  We all know ESPN/ABC is the King of College Football Coverage.

So what do CBS and NBC offer coverage wise?

Can these two networks really challenge ESPN?

Will Mike Aresco be bias towards CBS?

Can ESPN/ABC be de-thronen?

The Providence College dominance seems to have been chase away. How is this going to be received long run by the Cotholic 8?

I am excite because this is the first time that the New Big East has made an effort to really make it a reall football and all sports conference.

One last question, how committed is CBS to college football coverage?

I haven't seen anything to suggest CBS is a serious contender, at least not for football. It really seems to be down to NBC and ESPN with Fox lurking. NBCSN seems to be in a lot of basic cable packages, and if it's not part of the basic package with Comcast then it will be soon. That said, the cable penetration isn't near ESPN, that's rarefied air with TBS, MTV and CNN, but with a national broadcast network and the largest cable provider running the show, they are without a doubt in a position to move ahead of Fox and sit comfortably in the second position.

It isn't that bad. NBC Sports currently has about 78M households, and ESPN has about 104M, I think. CBS Sports has about 44M, IIRC. And most of NBC Sports' distribution is on the same cable access tier as ESPN.

ESPN has multiple outlets (ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3). NBC only has the two.

If you watched the Olympics coverage, you might recall that NBC actually used more of their outlets to show events, including NBC, NBC Sports, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC, and NBCSportsOnline.

Of course, a lot of that ran from 7 am until 5 pm ET, so if you worked, you would miss most of it. But they were showing live sports wall to wall on most of those channels (except CNBC during weekday work hours), for a good chunk of time.

(08-14-2012 12:53 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 12:50 PM)Derby Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 12:03 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 10:51 AM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 10:39 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  We all know ESPN/ABC is the King of College Football Coverage.

So what do CBS and NBC offer coverage wise?

Can these two networks really challenge ESPN?

Will Mike Aresco be bias towards CBS?

Can ESPN/ABC be de-thronen?

The Providence College dominance seems to have been chase away. How is this going to be received long run by the Cotholic 8?

I am excite because this is the first time that the New Big East has made an effort to really make it a reall football and all sports conference.

One last question, how committed is CBS to college football coverage?

I haven't seen anything to suggest CBS is a serious contender, at least not for football. It really seems to be down to NBC and ESPN with Fox lurking. NBCSN seems to be in a lot of basic cable packages, and if it's not part of the basic package with Comcast then it will be soon. That said, the cable penetration isn't near ESPN, that's rarefied air with TBS, MTV and CNN, but with a national broadcast network and the largest cable provider running the show, they are without a doubt in a position to move ahead of Fox and sit comfortably in the second position.

It isn't that bad. NBC Sports currently has about 78M households, and ESPN has about 104M, I think. CBS Sports has about 44M, IIRC. And most of NBC Sports' distribution is on the same cable access tier as ESPN.

ESPN has multiple outlets (ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3). NBC only has the two.

If you watched the Olympics coverage, you might recall that NBC actually used more of their outlets to show events, including NBC, NBC Sports, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC, and NBCSportsOnline.

Of course, a lot of that ran from 7 am until 5 pm ET, so if you worked, you would miss most of it. But they were showing live sports wall to wall on most of those channels (except CNBC during weekday work hours), for a good chunk of time.

Well that's sure true. Didn't think FOX would use FX for sports at one time either.

Then there is USA network, the most watched network on tv, in more households than espn