Cut to basketball

mmr · Post by **mmr** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:44 am

Being that ESPN likes to do this to us BG fans, as they did it last year, the Miami-OH game they cut to a basketball game 1/2 way through the game - Was anyone a bit nervous when they kept referring to the texas basketball game that last night (when the game was very close) they would cut to the basketball game?? I was getting angry just thinking about it and i really thought they weree, but then only id it in texas.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:49 am

Nervous is not the word. They cut away from the BG-UT game last year and the BG-Miami game this year. When they started yammering about another totally meaningless college basketball game pre-empting last night's game, I about lept through the screen.

HoustonFalcon · Post by **HoustonFalcon** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:19 am

I don't know if it was a blessing or not, but I finally pulled myself to start watching the game from Tuesday. Guess what happens when we score to go up 31-24! You guessed it boys and girls, they cut to the Texas/Iowa basketball game down here. So I get didn't get to see the end of the game. Should I be mad, or should I be thankful?

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:09 am

HoustonFalcon wrote:I don't know if it was a blessing or not, but I finally pulled myself to start watching the game from Tuesday. Guess what happens when we score to go up 31-24! You guessed it boys and girls, they cut to the Texas/Iowa basketball game down here. So I get didn't get to see the end of the game. Should I be mad, or should I be thankful?

While it's still incredibly frustrating, at least that situation makes a *touch* more sense, since one of the hoops teams involved was more local than the football teams involved. Dropping BG-Miami(OH) in Ohio and other parts in the midwest for UCLA-NMST is just stupid. Overlaps will happen, and I guess even though the MAC bends over backwards (or is it bending over forward?) for ESPN, they're still the low conference on the totem pole when push comes to shove.

hamjunior · Post by **hamjunior** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:39 am

mmr, you mentioned how during the Miami game they cut to the basketball game 1/2 way through, where I was watching, Grand Rapids, Mi., they cut through with about 4 minutes to go in the 1st. qrt. That sucked

!!!! And by the way I was nervous during the UT game also.

ChicagoFalcon · Post by **ChicagoFalcon** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:38 pm

The MAC continues to get no respect. This cutting of MAC games could be attributed to the fact that America just doesn't want to see the MAC play. I'm a HUGE MAC fan and it's really embarrasing to watch a Nationally televised game when just over 12K fans show up. I've gotta friend that goes to University of South Carolina and I hyped the heck out of BG ( for good reasons depspite our season) and he dogs on our attendance average. Man I wish we had a stronger fan support! Maybe the addition to the stadium could help our cause.