only slightly OT

[uconnfan68]

Cablevision did a reorg or something, and now the BigTen Network is no longer available to me. I'm glad someone was listening to me rant. I'll never give any college network a nickel unless UConn is part of it.

 

[upstater]

They should be moved off every single cable system in New England and New York, for that matter.

 

[Dooley]

Completely agree. If it's not UConn, it's crap. My self-imposed no-UConn ESPN ban went quite well last year. I'm thinking of extending it to all conference networks until UConn gets out of purgatory. Of course, this serves no purpose other than making me feel good but at least I could honestly respond to folks who say things like "people in Connecticut want the SEC Network". Not without UConn playing in a Power 5, I don't.

 

[woomba]

This might be related to the lawsuit Cablevision is bringing against Viacom.

 

[Durks07]

Completely agree. If it's not UConn, it's crap. My self-imposed no-UConn ESPN ban went quite well last year. I'm thinking of extending it to all conference networks until UConn gets out of purgatory. Of course, this serves no purpose other than making me feel good but at least I could honestly respond to folks who say things like "people in Connecticut want the SEC Network". Not without UConn playing in a Power 5, I don't.

Who wants the SEC network here? Do I want to watch Alabama vs. LSU? Yes, but that game is going to be on CBS, so no, I am not even a little bit interested to see, let alone spend a penny to see Miss St. play anyone.

 

[CL82]

They should be moved off every single cable system in New England and New York, for that matter.

...but they won't be.

 

[UConn Dan]

Who wants the SEC network here? Do I want to watch Alabama vs. LSU? Yes, but that game is going to be on CBS, so no, I am not even a little bit interested to see, let alone spend a penny to see Miss St. play anyone.

The head of ESPN, Burke Magnus, thinks we do... "people in CT want the SEC network", "people in blah blah blah want it"... when they announced the launch, he was basically saying that people everywhere would want it...

 

[Durks07]

The head of ESPN, Burke Magnus, thinks we do... "people in CT want the SEC network", "people in blah blah blah want it"... when they announced the launch, he was basically saying that people everywhere would want it...

Sure, people here want it now. That's probably because they believe that the marquee games will no longer be available to them. However, when they find out that the games they actually want to watch will always be on national TV, and they are paying for a lot of Missouri vs. Presbyterian, and Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky football games I bet that changes real fast.

 

[UConn Dan]

Sure, people here want it now. That's probably because they believe that the marquee games will no longer be available to them. However, when they find out that the games they actually want to watch will always be on national TV, and they are paying for a lot of Missouri vs. Presbyterian, and Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky football games I bet that changes real fast.

Unless UConn is served, I send it back

 

[uconnfan68]

The head of ESPN, Burke Magnus, thinks we do... "people in CT want the SEC network", "people in blah blah blah want it"... when they announced the launch, he was basically saying that people everywhere would want it...

He's not the head of ESPN. Not even close.

 

[UConn Dan]

He's not the head of ESPN. Not even close.

Sorry, Senior VP of College Sports. .