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Big 12 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 8:17 am
by pdub
WVU preseason 5 but may end up being top 3.

3 Kansas
6 Baylor
16 WVU
22 Tech

No other team receiving votes.

Texas @ Baylor is on ESPN2 this week but they have WVU at KU ( two top 20 teams ) on ESPN+. Seems like a miss.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 8:27 am
by ousdahl
6 Baylor

lulz

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 8:51 am
by NewtonHawk11
pdub wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2020 8:17 am Texas @ Baylor is on ESPN2 this week but they have WVU at KU ( two top 20 teams ) on ESPN+. Seems like a miss.
It's all a part of the conference ploy to get people signed up for ESPN+.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 3:22 pm
by NDballer13
Pretty sure that was also an ESPN+ game from the day the schedule was out. At that point, there's not one person who predicted this game would be #3 vs #16, lol.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 3:34 pm
by pdub
No, probably not.
But not having preseason no. 2 KU's opening conference game on ESPN/ESPN2 still seems like a miss.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:19 am
by NDballer13
Wonder how big a factor the NFL playoffs played in that decision too? Seems like their games on playoff weekend are always TBD time and channel. ESPN knew they had this game from the start and also an NFL game so they just assigned it to ESPN+ no matter the time to get around whatever time the NFL decided that game was going to be.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:35 am
by twocoach
pdub wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2020 3:34 pm No, probably not.
But not having preseason no. 2 KU's opening conference game on ESPN/ESPN2 still seems like a miss.
The KU AD has openly stated that as the flagship Big 12 basketball team that KU will be used to try to drive subscriptions to ESPN+. I am surprised we dont have more games there this season.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:37 am
by twocoach
NewtonHawk11 wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2020 8:51 am
pdub wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2020 8:17 am Texas @ Baylor is on ESPN2 this week but they have WVU at KU ( two top 20 teams ) on ESPN+. Seems like a miss.
It's all a part of the conference ploy to get people signed up for ESPN+.
Yep. We're all already ESPN subscribers. They arent trying to put their best games on their biggest platform; they are trying to generate additional revenue by putting bigger games on the platform with the fewest current subscribers. Who the hell is going to sign up for ESPN+ to watch Texas and Baylor?

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:55 am
by reubenc
twocoach wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:35 am The KU AD has openly stated that as the flagship Big 12 basketball team that KU will be used to try to drive subscriptions to ESPN+. I am surprised we dont have more games there this season.
Which is bullshit considering they only ever told us that nonconference basketball games would be going up. I'm just glad I was able to get 3 games out of my one month on ESPN+.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:42 pm
by pdub
I'd rather pay five, ten, twenty dollars a month if it means that money is trickling out of college basketball. I'm not sure this is the case or not -- it may just be ESPN looking for more avenues for growth.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:49 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
reubenc wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:55 am Which is bullshit considering they only ever told us that nonconference basketball games would be going up.
Yeah, that's my only issue with it and a it's a legitimate gripe.

Long needs to address that directly.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:00 pm
by twocoach
$10 says the answer is "that's what we were told" because there's really no rebuttal to that. The network likely has in the contract that they can choose whatever games they want.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:11 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
That sounds pretty likely. Long doesn't seem like a guy that ever wants to deliver bad news.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:13 pm
by twocoach
Meh, the tech is kinda wonky right now but whatever. If the most annoying part of my day is that my basketball game cuts to a red screen a few times then life is pretty good.

There's more things out there to be bothered by. Oh, and now that I think about it, I am going to the game tomorrow anyways so I dont have to worry about the feed quality.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:18 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
I don't really understand the "meh" part, and the rest doesn't seem to be directed to my post at all, so I'll just say enjoy the game!

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:32 pm
by twocoach
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:18 pm I don't really understand the "meh" part, and the rest doesn't seem to be directed to my post at all, so I'll just say enjoy the game!
Just directed at the general complaints about the quality of the ESPN+ fees, which isnt very good yet. They'll get it figured out well enough over the next 2 years or so. Tech fixes cost money, which is why they have to drive as many eyeballs to new subscriptions as possible. The early subscribers are funding the technological upgrades.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:33 pm
by Geezer
The cord-cutters have reduced ESPN subscriptions by many millions. They still have to payout the rights agreements. Thus the creation of (+)

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:40 pm
by pdub
Give me all access ESPN for 12 bucks a month.
I get everything ESPN ( ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, News, Plus, Ocho ).
I'd be in.

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:31 pm
by ousdahl
Anyone else watching Baylor at Tech?

Re: Big 12 2020

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:00 pm
by twocoach
Yes. Boring game. Neither has an offense that makes me think they can top KU over an 18 game Big 12 slate.