re: I'm sick of CBS...how can we save our night games?

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Let me see if I can simplify it for you. Contracts are agreements. They can be RENEGOTIATED (look it up). This is done daily when a party gains an advantage or has an important issue that makes the terms of the contract unfair or not mutually beneficial. LSU has The Most Interesting Coach in the World and a huge fan base, which is why CBS wants to put it at 2:30 for any game with a pulse so CBS can make money from the broadcast. That's fine--we need to do it--but our number one priority is to field a winning team with a shot at a championship. We also have a TRADITION here that is really important to our football program's identity and our fans--NIGHT FOOTBALL. All of those facts mean we should EXPLORE how we can regain some measure of control over when our games are played.

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Most, if not all of this, is pure homerism. LSU does not negotiate terms of the contract separately with CBS; it is done with the SEC as a whole. The SEC has TV contracts with CBS/ESPN that the members of the SEC has agreed to. What makes you think that LSU is against the terms of the contract? While you think that the contract that CBS has can be unilaterally renegotiated, the rest of us are enjoying our lives in the real world.

As an alternative, it would perhaps be beneficial for CBS to do more day-night doubleheaders. Why only 1 per year? OR, what happened to the days of ESPN getting first choice 1-2 times per year? Those are things I'd love to see. This delusional belief that LSU can renegotiate its own terms with CBS (we aren't that powerful, no matter how awesome LSU homers think we are), along with this delusional belief that LSU should/could just "opt out" and say "frick off" to CBS, are what make LSU fans just look silly.

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the whole 230 national tv argument is garbage. the 6pm ESPN game is on national tv.

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HUGE difference between the CBS audience and the ESPN audience. Especially this year. LSU is in the best place possible for national exposure.

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ESPN is averaging a 2.0 U.S. rating and 3.104 million viewers for its 29 college football telecasts through September 25, down 9.1% and 10.7%, respectively, from a 2.2 rating and 3.474 million viewers for 25 games at the same period last year. The net's primetime games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights have seen both ratings and viewership declines from last year, though Saturday afternoon telecasts are seeing a slight increase. ESPN2 is averaging a 0.9 U.S. rating and 1.492 million viewers for its 15 games, down slightly from a 1.0 rating and 1.630 million viewers for 13 telecasts at the same point in '09. ABC's seven telecasts are down 25% in ratings from last year, while NBC's three Notre Dame telecasts are up 38.1% and CBS' two SEC games are up 30.3%. Versus has had four Mountain West games to date, averaging a 0.3 U.S. rating and 435,000 viewers, which is flat in ratings, but down 8.2% in viewership.

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I can only imagine that the CBS executives in NYC feel that they can generate more prime time revenue broadcasting their non football progamming rather than SEC football games.

Obviously the ABC executives prefer football to sitcoms or other programming.

We would all love to see CBS broadcast a prime time game every Saturday night.

Under the present contract it ain't gonna happen unless the contract is renegotiated.

Just put your sunglases on and act like it is a night game.

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how can we save our night games?

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DVR the game and wait until dark to watch it.....

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Need a ton of purple game day shirts with gold lettering that reads "2:30 Sucks" and then let CBS get some crowd shots of them during the game

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That would be awesome

It is getting pretty ridiculous, we never play a legit game at night at anymore. It somewhat takes out of some of the intrigue.

CBS publicity > night games

I hope LSU continues to be on CBS a lot. It means it's a relevant program.

Why did CBS pick up the LSU-Ole Miss game instead of the Miss St-Arkansas game, where both teams will prob still be ranked in the top 25?