Unpopular Opinions Thread

[MikeDeTiger]

Who has the B1G's premier games?  FOX?  

[utee94]

11 AM Central also became ABC's national time slot and 2:30 became the regional.  That happened about 2 decades ago now.  ABC also sometimes runs a primetime game which is also considered national.  And Fox likes to put its biggest game at "Big Noon" as well.

So outside of the SEC on CBS when that was a thing, 2:30 Central is actually the weakest timeslot for over-the-air broadcasts.

[Cincydawg]

Yeah, it's all weird.  I used to watch UGA playing Charleston Northern on Jefferson Pilot with picture quality from the 1950s at noon and then watch a big game at 3:30.

[utee94]

Yeah, it's all weird.  I used to watch UGA playing Charleston Northern on Jefferson Pilot with picture quality from the 1950s at noon and then watch a big game at 3:30.

Yeah here in Texico we had "RayCom" which was very much like Jefferson Pilot.

ABC used to have its national timeslot at 2:30 and regional was 11 AM, and they also just about never ran a primetime game.  They reversed all that in the early 2000s, around 2003 I think I once pinpointed.  That's when TX-OU which was usually a national game in most years, switched from being at 2:30 most years, to 11 AM. 

[jgvol]

Yeah here in Texico we had "RayCom" which was very much like Jefferson Pilot.

ABC used to have its national timeslot at 2:30 and regional was 11 AM, and they also just about never ran a primetime game.  They reversed all that in the early 2000s, around 2003 I think I once pinpointed.  That's when TX-OU which was usually a national game in most years, switched from being at 2:30 most years, to 11 AM.

We had both, JP and Raycom, at one time or another here in the mid-south.

They did crappy SEC games better than ESPN.

I guess because they were happy to have it, and happy to be there.  They at least injected some life into an 11:00 South Carolina vs Miss St. tilt. 

[FearlessF]

So outside of the SEC on CBS when that was a thing, 2:30 Central is actually the weakest timeslot for over-the-air broadcasts.

the SEC owns the 2:30 timeslot and they get better ratings, so............ FOX & ABC went to 11am/noon because they can't compete

[utee94]

the SEC owns the 2:30 timeslot and they get better ratings, so............ FOX & ABC went to 11am/noon because they can't compete

Probably true for Fox but ABC did it 20 years ago, they figured out that more people are sitting around at 11 AM but are out and about by 2:30.

Except in the Dirty South where all the Jaspers and Cletuses just sit around drinking moonshine in front of the TV all day long.

[847badgerfan]

Probably true for Fox but ABC did it 20 years ago, they figured out that more people are sitting around at 11 AM but are out and about by 2:30.

Except in the Dirty South where all the Jaspers and Cletuses just sit around drinking moonshine in front of the TV all day long.

And us.

[Cincydawg]

The occasional low key Saturday noon game playing some pastry could be enjoyed a bit.  

The high intensity night games are ... different.

[MikeDeTiger]

I didn't think Tom Brady was as bad as everyone piled on him for being last year as a first-year broadcaster.  

Lots of room to improve--and he needs to--but for a first crack at it I thought he was better than he was getting credit for.  

My wife thought he was awful and frequently voiced her displeasure with trading Greg Olsen for him.    

[utee94]

I don't recall ever seeing a Tom Brady broadcast last year.  They must have been putting him on games with good teams, not the Cowboys.

[jgvol]

I didn't think Tom Brady was as bad as everyone piled on him for being last year as a first-year broadcaster. 

Lots of room to improve--and he needs to--but for a first crack at it I thought he was better than he was getting credit for. 

My wife thought he was awful and frequently voiced her displeasure with trading Greg Olsen for him.   

Your wife is correct.

[847badgerfan]

I thought he was OK, but nowhere near the quality that is Olson.