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You know where Maryland is on the list of ESPN teams to pimp? Ask Fox and the BiG. We're lucky it wasn't a midnight game.
 
Waquoit said:
It's not awesome, it blows for people that actually go to games. I can accept a night game if it's on national TV. Night game for no exposure is a bad joke.
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What? My friends and I LOVE night games. The atmosphere is so much better and you get to tailgate during the actualy day not at 7am. How is the world does it blow?
 
Yes, SNY will pick this up. All our football games on ESPN 3 are on SNY so you don't really need to freak out. Also, quit bitching and buy a ticket.
 
Waquoit said:
Sounds like by better you mean drunker.
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Kind of. Drunker means louder right? Louder fans on defense leads to mistakes by the offense and Edsall losing his mind.
 
What if there's a party that night that the students would rather go to though.
 
Rumrunner said:
UConn-Maryland on espn freaking 3? You got to be kidding me.


Some day we'll find out if the 2014 aac/espn agreement counts espn3 as a national platform. And if it does, the idiocy of not buying back our media rights from the aac for $2m and in turn, contracting with sny, will be one of the biggest ups ever demonstrated from uconn leadership on an athletic issue.
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@Of all games in the tri-state area to jam on ESPN3...the return of Edsall and all the animosity that goes with it would get massive regional interest from Md thru NJ and Connecticut right into Boston!!Makes no sense?Watch them try and put BC/WF on over the air TV in its place!Remember the ACC is their baby!Fool's!!
 
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Carl Spackler said:
What's your point? Home teams control television rights. I don't think we were dumb enough to give that up.
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They've been doing that to RU for 3 years that Im sure of!!When their really feeling nasty they can hold on to exclusivity rights and even keep you off SNY!
 
BoatShow said:
Yes, SNY will pick this up. All our football games on ESPN 3 are on SNY so you don't really need to freak out. Also, quit bitching and buy a ticket.
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Do you know this for an absolute fact or are you guessing from past years?
 
Tim Fontenault ‏@Tim_Fontenault3h
Been told UConn asked for the Maryland game to be at 7:30 because of Yum Kippur.


Matt Sarzyniak ‏@mattsarz1h
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the student spelled Yom Kippur incorrectly. Either way, that kinda explains why it went ESPN3.
 
CTGoonie said:
Love the start time on a Saturday night. Has Uconn ever lost a September home night game at the Rent? The warm weather and brews flowing should lead to a loud stadium (as long as people actually make it in from their tailgate).
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Love the night games. We usually fair pretty well in them too.

If memory serves i know we lost to Iowa state at night in September in 2011, but other than that, I'm drawing a blank.
 
Requesting a Saturday night time slot because of Yom Kippur explains why Maryland @ UCONN is on ESPN3 exclusively? Oh. Never mind everything else then. That makes perfect sense.

Not.


Not everyone is going to be happy with night games, not everyone is going to be happy with day games. You can't please everybody. Saturday evening is college football primetime though.

For every UCONN fan around the country, we're on TV, you just have to figure out how to link up to ESPN3.com, and you'll be able to watch, and probably decent production.

For the rest of us, see you at the stadium.
 
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OkaForPrez said:
What time does the lot open for a 7:30 start?
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Lot opens 4 hours before kickoff, in this case 3:30 P.M.

I'm just glad for the evening start. My whole family was invited to a wedding that day (Bride & Groom are both Providence Grads-nuff said). I'm leaving the reception & heading to the Rent for the REAL party.
 
coachcap said:
Lot opens 4 hours before kickoff, in this case 3:30 P.M.

I'm just glad for the evening start. My whole family was invited to a wedding that day (Bride & Groom are both Providence Grads-nuff said). I'm leaving the reception & heading to the Rent for the REAL party.
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When my brother and his fiance set their date for Sept. 7th I nearly had a heart attack til I got my hands on a schedule. Three fun (drunk) Saturdays in a row for me!
 
Carl Spackler said:
Requesting a Saturday night time slot because of Yom Kippur explains why Maryland @ UCONN is on ESPN3 exclusively? Oh. Never mind everything else then. That makes perfect sense.

Not.


Not everyone is going to be happy with night games, not everyone is going to be happy with day games. You can't please everybody. Saturday evening is college football primetime though.

For every UCONN fan around the country, we're on TV, you just have to figure out how to link up to ESPN3.com, and you'll be able to watch, and probably decent production.

For the rest of us, see you at the stadium.
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Yes, it exactly does explain it. UConn didn't just let the conference and network put the cgame where it would have the best coverage -- they asked for it to be at night so, like, a chunk of paying season tickets holders and donors would be able to go to the game, and were willing to live with the tv consequences of the decision. Instead of worrying about whether it would fit or not fit into your grand tv strategy.

Please don't jump headfirst into the HFD zone of ludicrous self-importance. Sometimes a woman actually does just have a headache.
 
BoatShow said:
Yes, SNY will pick this up. All our football games on ESPN 3 are on SNY so you don't really need to freak out. Also, quit bitching and buy a ticket.
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If this is true I want all our games on ESPN3. More money for SNY, less for ESPN.
 
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pj said:
If this is true I want all our games on ESPN3. More money for SNY, less for ESPN.
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I'll feel like a penishead if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure thats how it works for UConn hoops and football. Like if you look at a TV schedule all the games that end up on SNY are listed as ESPN3.
 
Doggie Style said:
Seriously, why r we complaining about the television coverage of a HOME game? Buy a Damm ticket and just go to the frigging game for gods sakes! Problem solved!!!
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Because there is a slight reason to complain.
 
From a ticket sales perspective, this game on ESPN3 is probably good news.
 
businesslawyer said:
Sometimes a woman actually does just have a headache.
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pj said:
You have experience in this, BL?
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I saw a joke about this scenario this week (At least I think it's a joke).

Guy walks in to the living room buck naked with an aspirin taped to his manhood. Wife looks at him laughing and asks "What is that for?".
He responds "It's for your headache. Do you want to take it orally or as a suppository?".

Funny.
 
Please remember that we are still in the final year of the old TV contract for football. New basketball contract goes in this year but football not till next year.

Also the Maryland game will most likely get picked up by SNY for those that can't go to game or stream ESPN3 to TV.
 
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UConn Dan said:
Please remember that we are still in the final year of the old TV contract for football. New basketball contract goes in this year but football not till next year.

Also the Maryland game will most likely get picked up by SNY for those that can't go to game or stream ESPN3 to TV.
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Does anybody just use a VGA cable anymore or is that too old school?
 
The Mets play a doubleheader at 4:10 that day. I believe SNY can split a signal to CT cable outlets. DTV to the country I don't think can happen.

ESPN would have to be willing to sell them the game, at times they keep exclusives. If ESPN is willing to sell the game SNY would need to want to buy it.

I imagine that they would want to since the Edsall return is a decent storyline. But since it looks only possible for CT anyway take the advice from a few posts ago and I don't know... Actually show up?

If you aren't local MASN could buy the game but I don't feel like looking to see if the O's and Nats play night games. They have MASN and MASN 2. That could get it on DTV potentially.
 
businesslawyer said:
LMAO. No, none personally. But people tell me ....
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Where have you been, BL? We don't always see eye to eye but I almost started a post last night to see if anyone knew if you were OK.
 
Busy with work. Busy playing golf. Busy with life. Will be here all the time when we start getting ready for the season, but the conference realignment BS took a lot of the wind out of my sails and has me using the offseason for thing other than waiting for camp to open.

Plus, unfortunately, this board is a lot harder to hang around on than it was even a few years ago.
 
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