11W Mix Tape: Yikes Lightning Edition
You Don’t Want Your Autographs to Run, Do You?
As mentioned in the comments, the Tuesday evening open practice and autograph session was canceled because of the threat of heavy storms in the Columbus area and rescheduled for Thursday evening. Same rules and restrictions apply. If you can’t make it out, ONN and 10tv.com will be carrying the practice live at 8PM.
Is Little Animal Ready?
As Buckeye Commentary astutely pointed out a month ago, we’ve basically known who three of the captains will be when announced later this week: Barton, Freeman and the Gun Show. A lot of folks are thinking Laurinaitis for the fourth — if a fourth captain is even selected. Will it be Laurinaitis or a darkhorse?
And while we’re on the subject, Michigan selected tri-captains and not one of them is a senior QB named Chad. Must be one heck of a leader.
The Greedmongers Televise Your Team
Evidently a PR firm employed by Comcast has been posting not-so-nice things about the Big Ten Network on various B10 fan sites. Sample post @ GoSpartans.net:
I’m a big fan of State sports so I went to the Big 10 Network’s kick-off party in East Lansing last week. Big 10 Commissioner Jim Delaney was there telling everybody how great this new TV package is going to be for college football and b-ball fans. WHAT A CROCK! Delaney is like the emperor who wore no clothes…the BTC has already sold its best games to ABC and ESPN. How delusional is Delaney and these other Big 10 greedmongers who want to charge us for the games we’d be able to see on our local cable station? If you want to learn more about the Big 10’s big time rip off, I found a web site that explains a lot… www.puttingfansfirst.org
VICTORY FOR MSU!!!
The web cool kids call it "astroturfing" as in the opposite of grassroots and regardless of what side of this debate you’re on, it’s pretty weak. This PR firm needs an ecard.
Interesting take by Maizenbrew on Henne not being named captain. I can’t believe it doesn’t bother him at all. All QB’s want to be known as THE MAN.
As for the Big11 network, they need the cable companies a lot more than those companies need them. It will be just like the NFL network who tried to force them into carrying the network and lost a court battle over whether or not it should be on a sports tier. I can listen to Paul and Jim’s sometimes stupid banter for a couple of football games……..but I sure would like to have it for basketball and skeet shooting.
There are quite a few hoops games on the BTN. The greedmongers must come together with the cable-greedmongers and get something done.
Or.. as some have proposed - ala cart pricing may be the way to go, but I can understand both sides to that argument as well.
I still think something is going to happen in the 11th hour, hopefully. I hope they are going to show everything in HD, because if it’s not the Bucks and it’s not in HD, I don’t see myself watching it.
I wonder though, if I watch all of the 60 hours of non-athletic programming from each school, can I earn 11 degrees in the upcoming years? It sounds easier than my first couple attempts at college.