We received the press release trumpeting the birth of a new network earlier today and shuddered as we flashed to Chick-fil-A commercials dominating our rust belt airwaves this fall (not that there's anything wrong with that -- chickens are delicious). The SEC Network, shiny new logo and all, will be invading the holy shores of the Olentangy (with WTTE playing the role of Judas).
The net is expanding on its regional footprint and will be seen in 47 of the US right from launch. Behold the power of the Worldwide Leader.
Thankfully, the good Doctor is there to talk us down:
There are many displaced Southerners around the country, especially in New York -- they're the only people who watch college football in New York, as far as I know -- but I am interested to see just how many yankee folk in Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit and Indianapolis tune into syndicated SEC also-rans in the 11 a.m./noon slot when they also have easy access to Big Ten options on ESPN, ESPN2 and the Big Ten Network at the same time.
And it's not really a network (though you can bet it will be one in the near future) in the sense that it doesn't have a fixed channel, so WOO BIG11TEN!!!1!
So what is it going to be -- South Carolina at Arkansas or Wisconsin at Indiana to kick off that beautiful football Saturday in November? Would it matter if we told you that Andre Ware is the network's color analyst?
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Andre Ware was TERRIBLE on the ESPN2 Big Ten games last year. Thank god he will be on the new good ol' boy network(sort of). ESPN signing the SEC to this 10 year contract will flop right in their faces.
ESPNU will be putting on these SEC games that no one but the SEC fans of the two teams will watch. ESPN will still cater to put on the elite SEC teams for their Saturday night primetime game.
Since I live in Kansas City I won't be infected with this pestilent network. Good Luck to those who must surf past this garbage. Oh well, it will be good practice for avoiding contracting swine flu for those who live in Ohip.
Ohio of course, but perhaps a new travel slogan for the tourism department Ohio is O- hip? OK, really lame but just a typo!
Since I moved to Missouri (or Misery), I've had to endure the SEC also-rans for my early game on Saturdays. However, it's entertaining once in a while. There are huge upsets every so often. The first year here, I watched an Arkansas team come out of nowhere to beat up on Auburn. Last season, I enjoyed getting a chance to watch Tebow get stuffed on 4th down versus Ole Miss.
Usually, the early SEC game is unwatchable, but sometimes it's better than Indiana walloped by Wisconsin. My bet is that a lot of folk will watch the SEC game in Columbus when the Buckeyes are not playing. We have to size up our real competition.
I was going to say, I thought the SEC had it's own network called ESPN.
not having cable, i probably will end up watching those games, just to get a ncaaf fix
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