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re: ESPN to reduce emphasis on College Football Playoff, to focus coverage on more schools
Posted on 6/18/21 at 12:29 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 6/18/21 at 12:29 pm to RollTide1987
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ESPN to reduce emphasis on College Football Playoff, to focus coverage on more schools
Too late. Can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.
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Posted on 6/18/21 at 12:29 pm to Powerman
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I used to love watching the bowl games when there were legit top 10 matchups
Please define how the Top 10 matchups that have occurred since the inception of the CFP have differed from the Top 10 matchups that occurred during the BCS Era.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 12:46 pm to RollTide1987
COLLEGE GAMEDAY IN BOZEMAN/MISSOULA FOR BRAWL OF THE WILD
MAKE IT HAPPEN
MAKE IT HAPPEN
Posted on 6/18/21 at 12:50 pm to Them
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COLLEGE GAMEDAY IN BOZEMAN/MISSOULA FOR BRAWL OF THE WILD
MAKE IT HAPPEN
I mean, let's be honest here. It would be pretty cool if they would go to more than one FCS game a year. There are some big time FCS matchups that would be good environments for College Gameday.
It would be a breath of fresh air from the same stadiums every year.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 1:16 pm to TigerIron
See, you don’t get it. In the social media age, the commentary IS the content!
What you think of as content, i.e. games, and the analysis, highlights, and prognostications that surround those games, aren’t really what moves the needle anymore for advertisers. Advertisement in the social media age is all about reactions, shares, follows/subscriptions, and interactions. The games and analysis are only to get people online to comment, react, or share. It’s not about having an opinion that makes sense, educate people on strategies, or trying to explain the nuances of the game. It’s just about trying to get a specific reaction out of people.
Hot takes mean clicks, clicks mean reactions, reactions mean shares and comments. That interaction is how they make money.
Thus, all of the “analysis” in sports has boiled down to:
1. Shilling for sponsors
2. Cross promoting events on the same network
3. Virtue signaling progressive values
4. Making fans angry so they’ll comment about how angry they are
If it doesn’t serve one of those 4 purposes, it likely doesn’t make the broadcast.
What you think of as content, i.e. games, and the analysis, highlights, and prognostications that surround those games, aren’t really what moves the needle anymore for advertisers. Advertisement in the social media age is all about reactions, shares, follows/subscriptions, and interactions. The games and analysis are only to get people online to comment, react, or share. It’s not about having an opinion that makes sense, educate people on strategies, or trying to explain the nuances of the game. It’s just about trying to get a specific reaction out of people.
Hot takes mean clicks, clicks mean reactions, reactions mean shares and comments. That interaction is how they make money.
Thus, all of the “analysis” in sports has boiled down to:
1. Shilling for sponsors
2. Cross promoting events on the same network
3. Virtue signaling progressive values
4. Making fans angry so they’ll comment about how angry they are
If it doesn’t serve one of those 4 purposes, it likely doesn’t make the broadcast.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 1:19 pm to Cowboyfan89
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Please define how the Top 10 matchups that have occurred since the inception of the CFP have differed from the Top 10 matchups that occurred during the BCS Era.
The games meant everything in the BCS Era.
LSU jumped to the #2 spot in 2007 because they beat Virginia Tech. Everyone else losing that weekend was helpful.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 1:34 pm to kingbob
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See, you don’t get it. In the social media age, the commentary IS the content!
What you think of as content, i.e. games, and the analysis, highlights, and prognostications that surround those games, aren’t really what moves the needle anymore for advertisers. Advertisement in the social media age is all about reactions, shares, follows/subscriptions, and interactions. The games and analysis are only to get people online to comment, react, or share. It’s not about having an opinion that makes sense, educate people on strategies, or trying to explain the nuances of the game. It’s just about trying to get a specific reaction out of people.
Hot takes mean clicks, clicks mean reactions, reactions mean shares and comments. That interaction is how they make money.
Thus, all of the “analysis” in sports has boiled down to:
1. Shilling for sponsors
2. Cross promoting events on the same network
3. Virtue signaling progressive values
4. Making fans angry so they’ll comment about how angry they are
If it doesn’t serve one of those 4 purposes, it likely doesn’t make the broadcast.
A brilliant post. If you replace the word "sports" with the word "media" it remains correct. All media, of all genres, seeks only to provoke now, not to inform or entertain.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 1:55 pm to RollTide1987
As long as my TV doesn't unmute itself, I don't care.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 1:58 pm to RollTide1987
I would like to be able to watch a VOLS game every once in a while without half the broadcast being centered around Alabama, Clemson, and the road to the playoffs.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 2:04 pm to Them
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COLLEGE GAMEDAY IN BOZEMAN/MISSOULA FOR BRAWL OF THE WILD
Definitely need to do it in Missoula - the scenery out there is absolutely phenomenal. It's where I plan on retiring.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 2:20 pm to RollTide1987
I would be perfectly okay with no announcers, just graphics, with natural sound. They should experiment with that.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 2:55 pm to GoldenGuy
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The games meant everything in the BCS Era.
LSU jumped to the #2 spot in 2007 because they beat Virginia Tech. Everyone else losing that weekend was helpful.
1) He was talking about Top 10 Matchups in Bowl Games. Nothing has changed about that. His whole argument has been that the CFP ruined all the other bowl games, which it hasn't. Not directly anyway.
2) Nothing about the Playoff has changed those Top 10 matchups during the season. There weren't a ton of Top 10 nonconference matchups even during the BCS Era.
3) LSU was already #2 going into that game, and didn't go to #1 until beating #12 South Carolina in week 4.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 3:37 pm to Cowboyfan89
Besides, this thread is about their coverage, not game broadcast selection, being more tailored towards all the schools and not just the CFB playoff. This is a good thing. Last year, it was nauseating to watch College Gameday and halftime shows and postgame shows because all they seemed to talk about were the playoffs and what order Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State were in. I’d try to watch halftime shows and postgame shows to get the highlights of the other games and you’d get nothing but playoff talk. I’d listen to gameday to try and get some breakdowns of the big conference rivalries during rivalry week, and there was almost nothing about those games other than Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, etc.
I have complained mightily about ESPN’s CFB coverage the past few years being far too playoff centric. Hopefully, this changes now.
I have complained mightily about ESPN’s CFB coverage the past few years being far too playoff centric. Hopefully, this changes now.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 3:39 pm to JJ27
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No. There really isn’t. If LSU is playing on Hulu, and you put Texas State vs North Texas on ESPN…I’m watching LSU. I’m not going to watch two shitty teams over a good team just because you want to be “fair” to the little guys.
You're an idiot and completely missed the entire point of the article.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:34 pm to RollTide1987
Screw that. Now that my team is likely to be one of the teams in it, I want nothing to change. Talk about my team and 12 more during every bowl game, during every College Football Live show, and during the whole offseason. That's what we want. That's what we need!
OU and OSU are only there because of the conferences they play in.
OU is 0-4 in CF Playoff games, and they are the only team from the Big XII that's been invited..
The Big 10 is 3-4.
If it stayed at four, something would need to change on how teams get invited.
OU and OSU are only there because of the conferences they play in.
OU is 0-4 in CF Playoff games, and they are the only team from the Big XII that's been invited..
The Big 10 is 3-4.
If it stayed at four, something would need to change on how teams get invited.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:44 pm to RollTide1987
bullshite
talking about those teams gets the eyeballs of bigger fan bases.
they literally have a circle jerk to those 4 at espn during the commercial breaks.
talking about those teams gets the eyeballs of bigger fan bases.
they literally have a circle jerk to those 4 at espn during the commercial breaks.
Posted on 6/19/21 at 5:32 am to Dr RC
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That's a hell of a lot better than last year's "Welcome to halftime of a 10-10 game between Auburn and Tennessee. So fellas? What do you think of Alabama and Clemson's chances at making the playoff?"
Exactly.
You could be watching the Miss State vs Ole Miss game and the announcers are rambling on about how great of a coach nic sabben is and how long do they think he will continue in the game.
Posted on 6/19/21 at 6:36 am to RollTide1987
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what makes college football great
Top-10 Non-Conference games in September.
The regular season has a job that it has not been doing worth a shite: eliminating undefeated teams before season's end.
If multiple P5 champs are finishing undefeated or with only 1 loss, then we have a problem with the regular season. Fix that ( grow it, add dynamic scheduling, mid-season perfect record ruining invitational tournaments ) first, then once the ratings of the regular season improve then consider revising the post-season.
Posted on 6/19/21 at 7:25 am to CBandits82
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Im shocked they have realized this.
Same. I’m sure they’ll frick it up and end up making it racial in some way.
Posted on 6/19/21 at 9:13 am to EZE Tiger Fan
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As long as my TV doesn't unmute itself, I don't care.
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