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BigOrangeSky

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I have a question, I would like to see your thoughts. Everyone now knows Cal will not get to host Game-Day.

Set the stage:
Other games that were being considered were K-State and Auburn, and Georgia Tech and Notre Dame, or at Oklahoma State visiting Georgia ESPN announced last month. Not one word of Virginia Tech on May 29th.

Is this another left wing liberal trend from the politics that abound under ABC and their affiliate ESPN trying
to stitch the shooting incident to football?

Will everyone suffer nationwide listening to this over and over all season long? Will Beamer get poll sympathy from it?

:zeitung_lesen:
 
#2
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BigOrangeSky said:
I have a question, I would like to see your thoughts. Everyone now knows Cal will not get to host Game-Day.

Set the stage:
Other games that were being considered were K-State and Auburn, and Georgia Tech and Notre Dame, or at Oklahoma State visiting Georgia ESPN announced last month. Not one word of Virginia Tech on May 29th.

Is this another left wing liberal trend from the politics that abound under ABC and their affiliate ESPN trying
to stitch the shooting incident to football?

Will everyone suffer nationwide listening to this over and over all season long? Will Beamer get poll sympathy from it?

:zeitung_lesen:
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As much as I dislike liberal politics, I can't see how this has anything to do with liberalism... However, I know the college football community can't be happy with the decision.
 
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Of course Game day being at VT has everything to do with the VT shootings. Somehow VT will end up having a great season and go to a BCS game. It will be all over the TV all season how the VT shootings put a charge in the team and they are rising up to beat anyone in there path. for example: last years NFL season and the New Orleans Saints. That home opener game vs Atlanta seamed like the fakest game Ive ever seen. I'm not normally a conspiracy theorist, but its hard to ignore the obvious.
 
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ruslt said:
Of course Game day being at VT has everything to do with the VT shootings. Somehow VT will end up having a great season and go to a BCS game. It will be all over the TV all season how the VT shootings put a charge in the team and they are rising up to beat anyone in there path. for example: last years NFL season and the New Orleans Saints. That home opener game vs Atlanta seamed like the fakest game Ive ever seen. I'm not normally a conspiracy theorist, but its hard to ignore the obvious.
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Was it fake when New Orleans beat those nine other teams and then beat the Eagles in the playoffs to get to the NFC championship game? I guess the Bear didn't get the memo about the conspiracy.
 
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Does it not make more sense to have gameday at the VT game THE NEXT WEEK when they play at LSU ... its a big game and there are similarities between what the students are going through at VT and what LSU went through in 2005. . I mean who wants to see VT beat up on another one of their weak OOC opponents?
 
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kptvol said:
Was it fake when New Orleans beat those nine other teams and then beat the Eagles in the playoffs to get to the NFC championship game? I guess the Bear didn't get the memo about the conspiracy.
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I never said all there games were fake! I said the one game seemed fake. If you think Game Day being at VT for the first game of the season in Blacksburg has nothing to do with the shootings then, you are very Naive!
 
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ruslt said:
I never said all there games were fake! I said the one game seemed fake. If you think Game Day being at VT for the first game of the season in Blacksburg has nothing to do with the shootings then, you are very Naive!
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Seeing as how I never mentioned VT, I don't see why you'd make that assumption. Considering Atlanta finished 7-9, I'm not surprised they got destroyed by a good team like the Saints.
 
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dblackwe said:
Does it not make more sense to have gameday at the VT game THE NEXT WEEK when they play at LSU ... its a big game and there are similarities between what the students are going through at VT and what LSU went through in 2005. . I mean who wants to see VT beat up on another one of their weak OOC opponents?
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ESPN is not that bright. 99% of the earth would agree with you, but ESPN wants to milk the "story" before the season opener for many weeks before they actually set foot on campus.

It's almost heartless. I understand the need to recognize VaTech with a "story" but the 2nd game of the year would have been just as appropriate as the 1st.

The difference is, ESPN will make more money off the 1st game. That is to say, ESPN is only going to VaTech for monetary reasons, not because of their sensitivity about the issue. That's absurd. If they were genuinely sorry about it, the story would still be on the college football tab on ESPN.com.

Does anyone think that gameday is going to VaTech because of the shootings!?!?!?!?!?!?
 
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I really doubt that there's much of a difference in ratings or revenue whether they do the show from Va Tech, Berkley or from the studio.
 
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lacrossepro70 said:
He said left wing, not communist (then again that's splitting hairs a bit). You coulda used a better one like Mr. Pat Roberts.
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True. I meant it in a general way though. You have to have some group to blame for everything disliked. Fascism doesn't work without that. :clapping: That should stir up a nice fight. lol. I dislike the "liberal" and "conservative" leadership at the moment. I blame morons. ESPN is full of morons. This choice was obvious though. They can hype it up and get people who don't even like football to tune in. It's about money, not liberals.
 
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I tend to agree with BigOrangeSky. This is what we can expect from the modern day touchy-feely media. ESPN is not immune from it. Therefore, I'm not at all surprised that ESPN has taken this route.
 
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GAVol said:
I really doubt that there's much of a difference in ratings or revenue whether they do the show from Va Tech, Berkley or from the studio.
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There would be a huge difference. Are you being sarcastic or something? I don't understand.
 
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Mullet said:
There would be a huge difference. Are you being sarcastic or something? I don't understand.
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I'm being completely serious. I don't think that Gameday's ratings vary that much from week to week depending on where they are, even if there is a backstory.

I guarantee you that the average fan doesn't even know what city they are in until they turn on the TV.
 
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Mullet said:
There would be a huge difference. Are you being sarcastic or something? I don't understand.
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Why would there be a difference? Do you think a bunch of people are so interested in the VT shooting that they are going to watch a college football program that just happens to be based in Blacksburg about 5 months after the incident?
 
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TV ratings are serious business. The gameday "spot" is strategic every week. Whether it's a UT, Cal, or VaTech -- that matters. Just being EST for the first game probably means millions of dollars in terms of ratings. When gameday comes on for the FIRST time in 2007 California will be sleeping!

They started doing gameday at 10AM last year. That's 7AM California time.

You don't think that a 7AM California gameday would be different than an east coast gameday?!?!
 
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Mullet said:
TV ratings are serious business. The gameday "spot" is strategic every week. Whether it's a UT, Cal, or VaTech -- that matters. Just being EST for the first game probably means millions of dollars in terms of ratings. When gameday comes on for the FIRST time in 2007 California will be sleeping!

They started doing gameday at 10AM last year. That's 7AM California time.

You don't think that a 7AM California gameday would be different than an east coast gameday?!?!
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It's been said about 15 times already. Gameday has a niche group. The same people watch it almost every week. Your average person isn't going to watch a football pregame show on Saturday. If they are, they're going to watch it regardless of the broadcast location.
 
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kptvol said:
It's been said about 15 times already. Gameday has a niche group. The same people watch it almost every week. Your average person isn't going to watch a football pregame show on Saturday. If they are, they're going to watch it regardless of the broadcast location.
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so why IS the first game at VaTech then?
 
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Gameday isn't just about football anymore. There are touchy-feely segments in every broadcast. Why? IMO their audience has changed and become much more across the board as opposed to just a bunch of guys waking up to drink beer and watch football. Even the guys have changed and are perhaps more in touch with their "feminine" side (mostly Alabama fans and LG). Bottom line, as they begin to relate to more types of fans and the sponsors notice this, we will continue to be subjected to the feel good segments scattered amongst the regular gameday broadcast.

GO VOLS!
 
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gameday just like everything else on t.v. has evolved into something more then when it started, I still like to watch it, it gets me pumped up for a Saturday of football, it's even better when it's in knoxville naturally. Go Vols kick some ass.
 
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