aurorasooner
11/7/2008, 09:06 PM
Although I could care less, that Versus Network is a strange one. I guess Versus either pays so little for their 4th or 5th choice rights to broadcast Big 12 games that either UNL & KU decided that they could make more money off PPV for the Nebraska/Kansas game or perhaps PPV (Gameplan or whichever PPV network is broadcasting it PPV) gave Versus a kickback not to broadcast it, because it makes no sense to choose ISU vs CU over KU vs Nebraska.
CU is 1-4 in the Big 12 (4-5 overall) and ISU is 0-5 in the Big 12 (2-7) overall. Kansas and Nebraska are both still in the Big 12 north championship race and ISU is out with 5 losses and CU chances are virtually nil with 4 conference losses. More than likely nobody in the Big 12 region will be watching this game anyway and they'll be watching UT/Baylor which will lead right in to OU/aTm, but still it's a strange choice for Versus not to broadcast the KU/NU game in favor of a meaningless ISU vs CU game. I dunno, perhaps it's a deal where each Big 12 school has to be on TV a minimum of so many times so the Big 12 conference threw ISU and CU a bone, but you'd think an ISU/CU TV game would dilute Folsom Prison attendance even more for this meaningless game. There's also a strange situation with the ABC Sat Afternoon games where Penn State/Iowa and Clemson/FSU are being reverse mirrored in the non-regional ABC (Coverage map is over at ESPN), but OU/aTm is not being reverse-mirrored on ESPN in either of 2 non-coverage areas. I'm guessing it's because OU/aTm/NU and perhaps KU fans are more likely to pony up for PPV than any of these other team's fans. I just hate to see a network's choosing of games being based on not-the-best possible game but on broadcasting a worse game for a PPV-Kickback type stipend (or the Big 12 collects little extra money because if Versus chose the KU/NU game absolutely nobody would buy and ISU/CU PPV ticket). Who knows though, ISU/CU may be a triple-OT thriller, and KU may blow out NU like we did, but the Versus choice is still strange as h*&&.
CU is 1-4 in the Big 12 (4-5 overall) and ISU is 0-5 in the Big 12 (2-7) overall. Kansas and Nebraska are both still in the Big 12 north championship race and ISU is out with 5 losses and CU chances are virtually nil with 4 conference losses. More than likely nobody in the Big 12 region will be watching this game anyway and they'll be watching UT/Baylor which will lead right in to OU/aTm, but still it's a strange choice for Versus not to broadcast the KU/NU game in favor of a meaningless ISU vs CU game. I dunno, perhaps it's a deal where each Big 12 school has to be on TV a minimum of so many times so the Big 12 conference threw ISU and CU a bone, but you'd think an ISU/CU TV game would dilute Folsom Prison attendance even more for this meaningless game. There's also a strange situation with the ABC Sat Afternoon games where Penn State/Iowa and Clemson/FSU are being reverse mirrored in the non-regional ABC (Coverage map is over at ESPN), but OU/aTm is not being reverse-mirrored on ESPN in either of 2 non-coverage areas. I'm guessing it's because OU/aTm/NU and perhaps KU fans are more likely to pony up for PPV than any of these other team's fans. I just hate to see a network's choosing of games being based on not-the-best possible game but on broadcasting a worse game for a PPV-Kickback type stipend (or the Big 12 collects little extra money because if Versus chose the KU/NU game absolutely nobody would buy and ISU/CU PPV ticket). Who knows though, ISU/CU may be a triple-OT thriller, and KU may blow out NU like we did, but the Versus choice is still strange as h*&&.