More television saga
Another funny situation tonight. OU’s women are at Texas Tech, and the game is being televised by Sooner Sports Network. OU’s men are at Nebraska — a far more important and intriguing game than the women — and it’s not on TV.
I wondered why, so I asked. An OU official told me that the Sooners tried to get the Nebraska game on television here in Oklahoma, but Nebraska initially declined. That’s NU’s right, but it makes no sense. Showing the game here wouldn’t affect the crowd in Lincoln. OU was told it something about space for announcers, which seems rather flimsy. The Big 12 has a sort of gentleman’s agreement that allows schools to televise road games, the official said, but Nebraska didn’t follow through.
Later, Nebraska said it was going to televise the game and OU could pick up the feed, but that didn’t happen, either. Meanwhile, Tech officials said fine, televise the women’s game. So there you have it.
And while I’m griping, how about a thumbs down on these ESPNU telecasts. That’s the network that carried OSU-Missouri on Tuesday night, and I don’t have ESPNU. I see no reason to pay for a network I’m going to want to watch three times a year. Same as the NFL Network. Let’s see. OU-Texas women the other day, and OU-Colorado men, and now OSU-Missouri men have been on ESPU. That’s the sum total of my desire to watch ESPNU.
I’m not paying extra for that. I’ve got the money. It’s not about the money. It’s about the principle. Keep adding all these tiers of cable channels, and it will never stop.
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Well…….. for the past I-don’t-remember-how-many years, I have subscribed to ESPN Game Plan and FOX Sports Net on Directv and watched maybe one OU football game on ESPN GP and usually none on FOX. I did pay $32 to ESPN last year (or maybe it was the year before) to watch OU. None of that can be justified if you live in Norman or even Oklahoma but in Alabackwards…..
Plus, I have spent too many years in Alabama NOT being able to get OU games on TV to take a chance.
I am looking forward to the day when every fan can watch his or her team on TV every weekend. When you consider where we are as compared to 1970 or even the mid ’80s, you have to figure that someday even an MTSU fan living in Oregon will be able to watch their team every weekend.
Boomer Sooner
Thank you Berry, for those words on ESPNU. My wife hates sports and if I add another nickle to the cable bill for sports it may be my last nickle spent. If people keep subscribing to these silly networks, we will get stuck with more of them.
The only way to stop this is for people to not subscribe. Will they do it? Lets hope so!!