re: Shea on 11AM kick

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If it were ACC, would you rather watch a competitive Wake Forest-NC State game, or Clemson? If Big 10, do you want Minnesota-Michigan State, or Ohio State? If it's me, I pick the Clemson and Ohio State games. I'm not that interested in "a good matchup" or what MAY be a tight game between teams I have no interest in, I'm scoping out the known powers that likely make a run at the playoffs. I want to see what they have, why they might be a threat to beat Alabama or Georgia. People in other parts of the country don't want to watch "a good game", they want to see #1 play.

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Well you and others don’t like football or sports in general. 99.9% of the time It’s not much fun watching a blowout. I have three screens in my garage, I always start with the three games I’m interested in the most and as the games progress I move to the best games.

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So... you start with the games you're most interested in?
You don't like football or sports in general, I guess.

Unless, of course, you DON'T watch #1 play unless it's a top 5 matchup... the only time they'd be expected to face a tight game.
At which point, you get to the playoffs, and may not have ever seen a couple of those teams play live at all. And then, it's just guesswork on who will win.

I assume I'm like most fans; I watch MY team first. After that, I watch good SEC teams, and other national powers, to get a feel for who's who. Might then slide to teams with unique schemes... triple-option like service academies, or air raid, etc... (Baylor and Oregon back in the day, because they ran up obscene totals).

Random close games... depends on who's in them. I don't really care about App State-Troy, although that was probably the "best" game that weekend. Might have watched if there wasn't a more interesting matchup on... I don't know who I watched when that game was being played.
There will likely be several Big 10, Big 12, Pac 12, ACC etc games this year that will be close to as exciting, and if I don't see them because I'm watching LSU, UGA, Ohio State, Clemson etc, then, oh well. I'll see highlights. If it happens during an LSU game, I won't change over. If it happens during a ranked game that is boring, I might, I might not.