Big Ten Network Athletic Excitement!!!Alright, I just checked the BTN, and got to see a few vet. students at Purdue talking about their classes...earlier today, I got to see the opening ceremony of the Armstrong Building. And while I'm happy that Purdue, and every other BT school has a lot of smart people in each institution, this isn't what we signed up for.
Perhaps I missed the announcement, but maybe France Cordova and her counterparts have taken over the airwaves...or maybe the BTN is just playing a rotten joke on me since I just got a new TV. Whatever the case, the new BTN stinks.
I want my sports, yo.
Tiger, Tiger Woods, y'all
Tiger Woods is a good golfer. How good? Well, he wins over 20% of the tourneys he enters...and when he makes it to the final group on the fourth day of a tournament, he's even better. He has now won 56 of 67 final group pairings in which he's played.
He just seems to crush players, great players, mentally. And this week, Paddy Harrington was that guy.
Trouble in NY
If you visit here regularly, you know that I have luke-warm feelings for baseball. But, I like to see the Red Sox win. The good news for me, NFL pre-season footbal began earlier tonight...The bad news, the Sox look pretty awful right now and are flirting with not evening being in the driver's seat for the Wild Card. And, at the same time, the Yankees look like a team that's actually worth the massive payroll that they've been forking out for as long as I can remember...money well-spent, I guess...finally.
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I'm not defending the playing of scholarly activities on BTN, but it was mentioned that there would be university programming from time to time on the channel. It doesn't bother me too much, some of its ok. But that being said I would like to see them reach a little farther into their Big Ten's greatest games bad and pull out some more classics. I want to see Purdue/OSU - 2000 for one.
Part of the original plan of the BTN is to have "on-campus programming" like the shows you describe. I think they are interesting (it is good to see what is going on at the alma mater) and do a lot for the PR of the school. It really makes sense during the summer when there aren't any live sports to show.
One other thing: since the Big Ten is a great academic conference, it is great to show that aspect of the schools. Do you want to see what an SEC Network's (insert ESPN joke) academic programming would look like?
I'm not saying they shouldn't do it...they just shouldn't do it when I'm watching.
Up yours you bandwagon Sawx fan. I know there's an unfair disparity and that the Sox never pay for players, but still....
AL East is ovah, baby.
I'm not a bandwagon fan...I'm really not much of a fan at all.
Go Irish!
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