They should change the name of BTN to OSUN!
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I can’t remember the last time I turned on BTN. Probably to watch a PSU wrestling match.
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Goodness, I know Fields is having a very good start, but each and every show seems to start with him, and include the suckeyes again throughout the show.
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Goodness, I know Fields is having a very good start, but each and every show seems to start with him, and include the suckeyes again throughout the show.
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Agreed. Just watch their promo's. It almost always starts and ends with a OSU or UM picture reference. Count the number of time those schools are shown. It's always the most. Count the number of hosts that have ties to those schools. Always the most. It's obvious they are the favored children.
It's unwatchable. If Comcast paid me a .50 cents for every channel I didn't access, they'd be sending me a check every month.
They will be pushing Fields for the Heisman from here on out real hard on Espn and Btn and say UM can win out and make the playoff and the two pied pipers will be Urby and Herby.
I get it with OSU due to their success. What I don't get is the love fest with UM. Their success ties into the leather helmet days. Hell they might have been Pitt's arch rival in leather
Probably due to big fan base and many alums. Figure it’s good for ratings.
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Yes.
And whether we like it or not, OSU v Michigan is a big deal and they’re the big names of the B1G. Sure, history plays a huge role. But of course the B1Gn will focus on them whenever opportunity presents, which is frequent. It’s not neutral sports news. It’s focussed entertainment and hype.
Outside of a few blips, OSU has been the gold standard for B1G football for the lifetimes of most young sports fans—their target audience. And they just keep reloading excellent QBs.
Fields is a big deal. And he in particular strikes a cord with us for obvious reasons. We want him generating hype for PSU and are taking the backseat again. Sucks but let’s not be surprised by any of this. If we start owning those two teams as we never have, all that hype will benefit PSU.
It's insane to me that the coach that basically was fired for looking the other way is now BTN's biggest star.
We're actually one of the lucky "also rans" Just imagine being Purdue or Rutgers or Indy. They're never on.
We have a few fans and alums here and there. I guess we are something to sneeze at.
The biggest problem is, until we start beating their asses every year it will continue to be their channel
IIRC when BTN started out many of the executives were OSU and UM alum. Currently it seems odd that a network would have a host who is also a current employee of OSU (Urban Meyer). Granted it's a sports network but you'd think concerns over bias would still be a consideration.
If I had to guess, I would imagine the ratings tend to be highest for OSU and UM content. Eyeballs and advertisers tend to go together.
That’s our job to hate us!
btn can hate us all they want, so long we hate us more.
For that reason, I would venture to say that PSU probably gets the third most exposure on that network. Any by the way, I watch BTN quite a lot and think that it does a good job. I especially like how they show hockey games on most Friday and a lot of Saturday nights in the winter, which often feature PSU.
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Simple when we can beat them, we will be the lead story.
Even if we did, it would still be their channel.The biggest problem is, until we start beating their asses every year it will continue to be their channel
PSU'S ratings have traditionally rivalled anyone's in the country .
And that’s why they promote Michigan every year....oh wait, never mind.
Sooooo, the NFL Network should only show Patriots highlights/only have former Pats players as ANALysts!
I’m sure they spend more time talking about the Patriots than the Bengals.
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Maybe. But just think of the exposure we'd get as victors while they're showcasing their big games.
As an aside, if you can hire Urban Meyer do to anything (except maybe serve as a model of virtue), do it. The man is smart, meticulous, charismatic and wouldn't run it on 4th and 5 on a shaky running night with the game hanging in the balance. I'm glad he's not coaching our team and I hope he doesn't coach again. If he does, he'll win again.
You got that right! Start consistently winning the games and what do you know, PSU gets noticed...reluctantly, but noticed.
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Heck, keep airing the darlings. All will tune in and watch PSU kick butt. Sorta like they did tonight!!!
While showing passing stats tonight (apparently ranked by total yards) Sean Clifford was nowhere to be found even though he has the second most passing yards in the conference. I guess it is true that you're only paranoid if they aren't really after you. They have Lewerke first with 1543 yards and Fields second with 1298. Clifford has 1443.
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