Comments on: College Football is Serious Business*

By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:20:31 +0000

You are right Poguemahone, Hooley, Spiels and Herbie is the best radio show 1460 has ever had. Those three do a great job when they are all on.

By: poguemahone

poguemahone — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:31:09 +0000

Corey: Yeah, I’ve noticed that the two guys - Mike Ricordati and Scott Torgerson - are a lot more excited about baseball and hockey season than they are about Buckeye football. That’s fine and I guess it can fly in the Mistake and Nasty ‘Nati, but in Columbus? In the fall? If you aren’t all about the Bucks, Browns and to a lesser extent the Bengals from the start of the NFL training camp to the Pro Bowl, something is wrong. Both of these guys are imports too- Ricordati’s from Chicago and Torgerson’s from Minnesota (hence the annoying accent).

Hooley, Spiels, and Herbie (sort of) do a much better job than either of those two hacks.

By: Poe McKnoe

Poe McKnoe — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:59:41 +0000

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3480382

So Kevin Grady pleads ‘not guilty’ to his 3.5 times over the limit drunken driving charge. Clifford plead not guilty as well, but how do you plead not guilty to a breathalyser!?

By: BrotherBuck

BrotherBuck — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:49:54 +0000

No argument from me Tyler. I love listening to Mussberger. However, the FOX BCS games are a one time a year thing for them in CFB. It would be refined over time. My desire to be the stand-alone conference on a network is based on what CBS has done for the SEC and NBC for Notre Dame. More money, better exposure, and very biased coverage.

If anyone doesn’t think CFB is big business, ask RichRod and UM after agreeing to pay $4 million to WVU.

RichRod just slow-palyed this long enough to make the University and the boosters foot part of his bill.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:37:29 +0000

I’m not surprised that college football beats up the World Series and the NBA finals. There might be bias towards certain teams in college football in terms of coverage, such as USC, Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, and (insert trendy southern team here), but at least you have between 10 and 15 teams that you can call juggernauts or contenders. That contention breeds excitement. There’s also no playoff, so every game is a potential elimination matchup (and I think that’s the biggest reason right there).

In baseball, you have 2 teams that get 80% of the national attention - NYY and Boston…it’s those two teams and everyone else, especially in salary. You should see how many Yankees and Boston “fans” come out when they travel, there’s no way there are that many transplants from Boston in every city in the nation. But they’re certainly the only teams on national TV these days. If baseball went to a salary cap system like the NFL, baseball would EXPLODE, and the attendance records this year are indicative of that - because it would guarantee a more wide open race. The NBA is also victim to “the best team money can buy,” with Boston buying talent and winning a championship this year - it almost seems faked, like “Oh well all I have to do is free up a bunch of soft cash and buy two all-stars and I’ll win it all,” and it happened.

There are also more people getting degrees these days, so that means more people who take a liking to their program. It’s massive, it’s wide open, its post-season is inherently controversial, the fans think they can influence the outcome (like SEC fans who have united to convince everyone they’re better), and each school has traditions that transcend and surround the game.

Go Buckeyes!

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:32:51 +0000

I hope for all our sakes that Fox does not start broadcasting Big Ten games often. Aside from the results of the last two Buckeyes games that I have seen on that network, the whole production stinks. The announcers are terrible, the in game graphics take up half of the screen, and they always have the gay computer generated mascots that spew out irrelevant stats. Watch any BCS game, NFL game, or the MLB playoffs and you’ll see what I mean. I’ll take Muss, Herbie and ABC everytime.

By: Arkansas Buckeye

Arkansas Buckeye — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:28:30 +0000

Uh, “2nd Most Popular”?
Are you trying to start the argument about defining “popular”?
Here in the south, CFB may be 2nd but its a nose to nose race with NASCAR not NFL.

After moving here from the Buckeye state, I still can’t get into NASCAR. But talk radio and weekend barbecues are either about the local SEC team or the next NASCAR race.

By: Corey

Corey — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:20:47 +0000

I love the fact college games are on throughout the week, especially since we don’t have to worry about Ohio State playing other than Saturdays (although 8pm starts seem like Monday).

I understand the difficulty in being able to study towards a real degree when you play on any given night, but I also think if the student wants his degree, he will get it. The athletes have tutors, study tables and some leeway during the season, they can get a degree if they choose to.

I feel sorry for Craig, those two guys in the mid-day show for 1460 are complete idiots, who have absolute man-crushes on each other.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:21:54 +0000

I think the key being “the money is easier”.

By: BrotherBuck

BrotherBuck — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:02:44 +0000

The money is easier and the spotlight is much brighter. I’m sure it is hard to pass up.