tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post5031956182486299768..comments2023-11-02T12:10:41.494-04:00Comments on Awful Announcing: CBS Gets To Keep The SEC For Another Fifteen YearsDeROKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989933780728785428noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-37669911913743093572008-08-14T18:10:00.000-04:002008-08-14T18:10:00.000-04:00I'm with you 100%, gmoney. This BTN garbage wi...I'm with you 100%, gmoney. This BTN garbage with Time Warner & Mediacom has to stop. Although it will probably only be on basic cable for 1 year, having Comcast will actually be a good thing when the BTN gets added tomorrow. <BR/>If CBS thinks they can transform CBS College Sports into the SEC Network, they just have to look at the problems the BTN & NFL Network have gone through The Ghost of Rick Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15782900718404244564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-82602672969261712352008-08-14T17:40:00.000-04:002008-08-14T17:40:00.000-04:00Well, rjbo, when you live in the one of the bigges...Well, rjbo, when you live in the one of the biggest markets in the region and still don't get the channel after over a year of bickering, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.GMoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629846751680840539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-52960300897248048072008-08-14T16:45:00.000-04:002008-08-14T16:45:00.000-04:00@gmoney:Any network that employs T-hom Brennaman, ...@gmoney:<BR/><BR/>Any network that employs T-hom Brennaman, Tom Hamilton, Charles Davis & Butler By'not'e <I>has</I> to be worth the year-plus of saber rattling & vitriol, right?<BR/><BR/>/will find out tomorrowThe Ghost of Rick Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15782900718404244564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-24233772920179439592008-08-14T16:06:00.000-04:002008-08-14T16:06:00.000-04:00Nothing is worse than the Big Ten Network...the SE...Nothing is worse than the Big Ten Network...the SEC would be making a mistake by following their footsteps.GMoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629846751680840539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-86848329667961085372008-08-14T15:25:00.000-04:002008-08-14T15:25:00.000-04:00I thought Tony Barnhart took a buyout from the AJC...I thought Tony Barnhart took a buyout from the AJC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-44284577736719043012008-08-14T15:04:00.000-04:002008-08-14T15:04:00.000-04:00Hahaha. Great catch. It definitely wasn't like t...Hahaha. Great catch. It definitely wasn't like that before.Awful Announcing-https://www.blogger.com/profile/02512793293145554219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-39739305162811648462008-08-14T14:52:00.000-04:002008-08-14T14:52:00.000-04:00Before they fix it, click on the ajc link AA gave ...Before they fix it, click on the ajc link AA gave and look at the headline. It says "Sample hedline goes here."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-24160313654001193862008-08-14T14:23:00.000-04:002008-08-14T14:23:00.000-04:00I hope the SEC Network idea is dead. It would inev...I hope the SEC Network idea is dead. It would inevitably have distribution problems, meaning the majority of fans would be unable to watch it and miss their team's games. <BR/><BR/>The way the tv situation is currently, all games are available for viewing in some form or fashion. Whether it's CBS, Raycom, ESPN, or FSN.<BR/><BR/>Some schools have seperate tv deals, such as Tennessee with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-40829420432166353922008-08-14T14:17:00.000-04:002008-08-14T14:17:00.000-04:00I tend to go along with the thinking of alienaub. ...I tend to go along with the thinking of alienaub. The Big Ten, for instance, didn't move any games at all off of ABC or ESPN when it started the Big Ten Network (and in fact announced a larger and expansive long-term deal with ABC/ESPN at the same time of its annoucement creating the BTN). The BTN basically took the games from the syndicated ESPN Plus package (with some caveats in their TV Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-74439766680067286882008-08-14T13:47:00.000-04:002008-08-14T13:47:00.000-04:00To me, this makes it MORE likely that the SEC wil...To me, this makes it MORE likely that the SEC will be getting it's own television network.<BR/><BR/>CBS has CSTV (now known as the College Sports Network) just sitting in the sattelite world, with little dedicated programming and no definitive niche. Such a long partnership could potentially cause CBS to roll the network into a SEC Television Network. This will give SEC many of the benefits of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-62499362549606208882008-08-14T13:38:00.000-04:002008-08-14T13:38:00.000-04:00Hopefully Verne Lundquist hangs in there for most,...Hopefully Verne Lundquist hangs in there for most, if not all, of the fifteen years. Let's just hope he doesn't become an old codger like Beano Cook. Looking forward to more CBS college football...TomahawkFlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482318755689174730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-33710871905519902332008-08-14T13:29:00.000-04:002008-08-14T13:29:00.000-04:00As a graduate of South Carolina, it's good to see ...As a graduate of South Carolina, it's good to see the SEC staying on CBS for the next decade and a half. I think they cover the games really well, and nothing beats their college football theme music. It would have been a little upsetting if they lost the SEC to FOX, who shouldn't be covering the BCS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com