Apparently the powers-that-be who make decisions for the Bowl Championship series (the Illuminati?) are considering having all the BCS bowls, including the championship game, shown on ESPN instead of broadcast TV.
What a rotten, rotten idea.
First - can you imagine the non-stop, cross-promotional stream of absolute crap that will pass for ESPN and SportsCenter in the days leading up to these games? Ugh. Dr. Lou giving a thpeech to every team in the B THEE ETH? Mark May talking, even more than he already does? Herbstreit getting more highlights? Desmond Howard butchering English in several exotic locales? Craig James giggling like a 12-year old while Jesse Palmer offers insights such as "How big a play was that?"
Second - What major sport has its championships shown on cable only? Is MLS a major sport? Not in this country. Criminy, even HOCKEY has the Stanley Cup finals on broadcast. Sorry, but national broadcast still has cache in this country that cable doesn't have. It would be a very, very shortsighted move to choose ESPN although I'm sure the World Wide Winer is already filling up the wheelbarrows with cash.
To me this seems that the BCS folks have been unimpressed with FOX's efforts at the past few BCS title games and want more attention/money. That's fair. FOX hasn't exactly rolled out their A teams for this game. Barry Alvarez and Charles Davis? I guess.
Heck, let's go back to the old days. Dig up Charlie Jones and Lindsay Scott and put the Orange Bowl back on NBC. Dick Enberg's still around - get him in there.
Sigh. We should give up. Soon, ESPN will own the world. We should accept our fate. I, for one, welcome our new lazy-eyed, Boo-yah yelling overlords.
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Not sure I agree. FOX's coverage is horrible. While you are right about the endless promotions, ESPN is the sports TV leader and most everyone gets ESPN now. I think it would be better than what we get from FOX.
And we know the NCAA is a whore and will go with the bucks.
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