JonDMiller
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No, it will not be on the BTN because there was a problem with the feed from Iowa City, so there is no video to replay. Not sure this is the BTN's fault.
Will Iowa's spring game be shown on the Big Ten Network?
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gohawkz
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That's crap. It's not brain surgery to take a video..Heck, I could take a video on my cell phone and post it on the net. I know the BTN is not concerned with quality, because I've seen basketball games that they've shown where I could LITERALLY take better videos on my cell phone. Instead of having a cameraman rolling they just **** you to all Iowa fans.
NCHawker
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Benddontbreak
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What do you mean who cares? Why wouldn’t any hawkeye fan wanna watch the spring game? If replays of the spring game are large distractions for the players we have bigger problems.
DP5555
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Exactly. A lot of people care. I mean why does damn near every other major program in the country show their spring game? Heck, with that logic why do the Hawkeyes even show their regular season games? Wouldn't want them to be distracted and all...
DP5555
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They are a television network whose customers are charged more to carry their station. Many people in Iowa, like myself, upgrade their cable package only so they can get BTN. It is their responsibility to make sure everything is in place in order to be able to air the game. I don't understand why you would say you aren't sure it is the BTN's fault. Of course it's their fault.
hawkeyebob62
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The very thing I wondered about when BTN first appeared is coming home to roost. "Classic" games/programs are revolving around O$U and Michigan. Summers are filled with the excitement of women's softball reruns, plus O$U and Michigan. An "Iowa Day" gives us games like 2007 vs. MSU (certainly a high-water mark for any Hawk fan...) and the oft-shown 2002 vs. Purdue. Those games appear ONE TIME on those days, with maybe one of them being shown a second time at 3am.
Then of course, there's always a replay or program featuring O$U or Michigan.
It's gotten even better now that we can call Tom Osborne a Big Ten icon...and of course, there has never been a better Big Ten defensive lineman than N'Damakhong Souououh...or however it's spelled.
Then again, we'll always have access to 1969 and 1973 O$U vs. Michigan. And who can forget the unforgettable "Tiebreaker"?
In short, most B1G fans better get used to learning a ton of stuff about O$U. It wouldn't hurt to brush up Michigan lore, either.
Then of course, there's always a replay or program featuring O$U or Michigan.
It's gotten even better now that we can call Tom Osborne a Big Ten icon...and of course, there has never been a better Big Ten defensive lineman than N'Damakhong Souououh...or however it's spelled.
Then again, we'll always have access to 1969 and 1973 O$U vs. Michigan. And who can forget the unforgettable "Tiebreaker"?
In short, most B1G fans better get used to learning a ton of stuff about O$U. It wouldn't hurt to brush up Michigan lore, either.
They are running a business and their goal is to make money. Does it really make sense to have equal programming for all 12, or soon to be 14, schools?
There are about 8 schools that should be thankful that all B1G schools get an equal cut of the revenue from BTN.
hawkeyebob62
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If the point is to feature O$U, mission accomplished.
But for folks who went crazy for the formation of BTN, they should have known it wasn't going to be any better, in most respects, than ESecPN. Fact.
Personally, I like BTN. But I am also under no illusion that it is anything more than a "sports network", and "sports networks" pretty much cater to Flavor-of-the-Month/Moment. In my entire history as a Hawkeye fan, rarely has Iowa been THE Flavor-of-the-Month/Moment. Certainly been mentioned week-to-week, but never "The Big Story" beyond a week or two.
I like BTN. I watch it a lot. I presume that this snafu was not done on purpose...but I still would love to get some kind of insight into how they determine their programming schedule. Clearly, it seems that they are limited to how many different games they can show for some reason. There is simply no way that they get better ratings,even showing classic OSU games, when they feature them dozens of times...over the years. Why not constantly freshen the schedule with more recent offerings, and more offerings for more schools? At some point even MSU fans have to get tired of watching their spring game dozens of times, right?
So they were planning to televise it and play the replays before the "technical difficulties" happened? Because I was looking through the future programing before I left that Friday to go to it to see if I could DVR it then and it wasn't on it anywhere then. I don't think they had any intentions of airing it. Were there any other schools they didn't air either?
hawkeyebob62
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I seriously doubt MSU fans get tired of their spring game. That is gold entertainment coming off last season. If I am a Sparty fan, I am jacked for the next couple years for that program.
hawkeyebob62
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I agree. I looked for two weeks in advance (I can do that on DirecTV, for some reason), and it was not listed at all.
They definitely had no intention of showing OR the U of I had no intention of it being shown. In either case, it's still just a spring game, but after the way b-ball season ended, ANYthing is better than interminable reruns of the first three B1G Championship Games. And of course, 2007 Iowa vs. MSU is due to pop up again.
gohawkz
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It will not be shown but that is not the reason. Does anybody really think that the BTN is so incompetent that they can't take a camera and digitally record the game? This is 2014. I could take 100 bucks to Wal Mart and get what it takes to record the game. They didn't want to show the game and lied to us instead of telling us the truth.
And if I'm wrong, and the BTN is actually so stupid that they couldn't point a camera and record it for playback...then there are a lot of people at the network who need to be fired immediately...but that's not the case.
hawkeyebob62
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I actually wonder if KF and staff don't WANT it to air. Why tip our hand? We need to hide those "trick stretch plays".
tm3308
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Since when is OSU or Michigan a "flavor of the month/moment"? Those programs are like chocolate and strawberry ice cream from a business perspective. Classics that never get old.
JonDMiller
Publisher/Founder
All I know is they said the feed didn't work..that's two years in a row. Maybe they are covering their butts.
They should have contingency plans, at the least. Record the freaking thing with the camera sets ups you have in place..there is a control room in Kinnick that can handle a simple three or four camera set up. A senior in R/T school could direct it.
They should have contingency plans, at the least. Record the freaking thing with the camera sets ups you have in place..there is a control room in Kinnick that can handle a simple three or four camera set up. A senior in R/T school could direct it.
hawkeyebob62
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Sure. And for NOW. MSU is getting the air-time. And next year, it will be (insert name here). And those years when IOWA wins the B1G, we can look forward to a summer's worth of replays. And knowing BTN, one of those prominently featured will be the 2007 game against MSU.
It is not "really" BTN. It should be called "The Ohio $tate Network, with special guest, Michigan...also featuring, Michigan State...Wisconsin...Best Big Ten Lineman of the Year for the decade of the 2000s, N'Damukong Sou...and a host of OTHER teams, as well!"
hawkeyebob62
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So, you're not sure it's BTNs fault...but it's two years in a row?
So my reverse-conspiracy thought that KF doesn't WANT it televised could be correct?
HobbieHawk
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So where did the clip of Sunshine's TD pass that they showed on the Preview show come from?
One of our local stations?
One of our local stations?
