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re: A Letter From Joe Alleva about night games.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:15 am to TheDoc
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:15 am to TheDoc
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CBS does not hate LSU
im not claiming that they do. i've said nothing bitching about no LSU home SEC night games. All i've said is im confused about why CBS would only do 1 night game a year. instead of allowing themselves the option for more. what's wrong with that? if they only had 1 that they wanted to put in prime time, ok. but to say we will only do 1 per year, period. thats what confuses me.
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Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:15 am to CptBengal
I agree, and as long as there are sellouts or near sellouts for these blasphemous day games there is no reason for him to do that. Mabe if he saw a half empty stadiums then he would be more inclined to lobby very hard for our beloved night games. Oh well!!!
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:15 am to Fewer Kilometers
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I'm telling you that a Hawaii 5-0 repeat costs them almost nothing in comparison to the investment that is a live college football broadcast.
Solid point. They can get 3 Million people watching CSI Miami by essentially paying a $12/hr guy to pop in a video.
Or get 4 million watching a Bama/UF blowout that required flying in a staff of 30, trucking equipment, etc.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:15 am to LSUROCKS52
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ok but im saying why is that their current contract to show only one? i can understand not showing one every week, but only 1 doesn't make much sense.
I wouldn't be surprised to see them (CBS) try to lobby for at least one flex game a year - giving them the option of picking up another prime time match-up over ESPN.
Anyone who thinks they wouldn't rather show the LSU-Bama game in primetime is nuts.
That wouldn't help our Tiger Stadium cause this year, of course.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:18 am to Y.A. Tittle
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I wouldn't be surprised to see them (CBS) try to lobby for at least one flex game a year - giving them the option of picking up another prime time match-up over ESPN.
this is what i'm trying to understand why they do not.
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Or get 4 million watching a Bama/UF blowout that required flying in a staff of 30, trucking equipment, etc.
and if its not worth it for them to get this "4 million for bama/UF" then why continue to do the prime time games at all?
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:19 am to LSUROCKS52
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this is what i'm trying to understand why they do not.
I guess ESPN has enough leverage to prevent it, at this point.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:20 am to Y.A. Tittle
Exactly....Y.A. Tittle. I believe that CBS or ESPN for that matter would love that game....any network would. I'm sure CBS would like to air another night game each year. They probably were negotiated down to what they received, because ESPN is vying for the same product.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:21 am to steelreign
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I don't give a crap what else anyone says, but frick CBS and them screwing with important night games in Tiger Stadium. It's a sad day when the television stations control college football scheduled more than the college's themselves.
I guess CBS is forcing the sec to make them take those games to be shown?
Holy shite brah.
CBS pays big bucks to show sec games.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:22 am to Y.A. Tittle
maybe they do and that is the reasoning.
i wish we could ditch CBS anyways as i pretty much hate everything about their broadcast. I feel ABC/ESPN is far superior in this than CBS regardless of time of broadcast.
i wish we could ditch CBS anyways as i pretty much hate everything about their broadcast. I feel ABC/ESPN is far superior in this than CBS regardless of time of broadcast.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:23 am to marklsu
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Exactly....Y.A. Tittle. I believe that CBS or ESPN for that matter would love that game....any network would. I'm sure CBS would like to air another night game each year. They probably were negotiated down to what they received, because ESPN is vying for the same product.
Honestly, CBS makes more money showing their other shows versus sec games at 7pm
Just saying
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:24 am to lsuhunt555
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CBS doesnt want to show a 45-3 game.
There's not much difference in a 45-3 game as a 40-11 game or a 35-7 or 38-7 game.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:24 am to TheDoc
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Honestly, CBS makes more money showing their other shows versus sec games at 7pm
who cares about that? night games at LSU are important to LSU fans and that should be more important to CBS than the money they make showing LSU. greedy bastards
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:24 am to Tmumph1
I understand that the exposure is good for Lsu. But Joe Alleva= 
. He gets under my skin for some reason.
. He gets under my skin for some reason.Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:24 am to steelreign
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don't give a crap what else anyone says, but frick CBS and them screwing with important night games in Tiger Stadium. It's a sad day when the television stations control college football scheduled more than the college's themselves.
This is why I don't visit the Rant. You have to be beaten in the head with a baseball bat to understand Money is the issue. Money funds our program. And then you complain about $40 for parking.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:24 am to TheDoc
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Honestly, CBS makes more money showing their other shows versus sec games at 7pm
Just saying
Most games, I can probably see how that might be the case. The biggest regular season college game in 10-15 years (if not longer), you can't convince me of that.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:25 am to marklsu
Trust me, CBS wants to have another night game in its belt.
Example:
LINK: RATINGS FOR LSU/FLORIDA Night Game
Example:
LINK: RATINGS FOR LSU/FLORIDA Night Game
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:26 am to TheDoc
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Honestly, CBS makes more money showing their other shows versus sec games at 7pm
I don't care about money or viewer ratings. I care about LSU football and Saturday nights in Tiger Stadium. CBS has screwed up a great thing and, if they keep control until 2023, it won't get straightened out for quite a while.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:26 am to TheDoc
TheDoc, Thanks for fighting the good fight in this thread and posting the facts.
I'm not sure how many more times this stuff needs to be posted before people get it.
Can you put it in simpler terms maybe.
I'm not sure how many more times this stuff needs to be posted before people get it.
Can you put it in simpler terms maybe.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:27 am to marklsu
that 10 million sure looks a lot better than 4
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:28 am to Cajun Revolution
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Money is the issue. Money funds our program.
The realist in me understands that money is the issue and funds the program. But the avid football nut in me is pissed that traditions are being screwed with and changed.
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