It's unlikely anyone outside of Michigan fans really care, but Michigan-Ball State has been relegated to ESPNU, a network that may or may not exist. As far as I know, no Michigan cable station has deigned to carry the Worldwide Leader in women's crew, so the vast majority of people interested in the game will miss it, even those paying for Gameplan. This is deeply irritating, as the exposure Michigan gets in Southeast Michigan is taking a step back. Before the days of the U -- seems things named that are having a rough time -- a local affiliate would be guaranteed to pick up the syndicated broadcast of the game.
Yadda yadda yadda ESPN is evil, etc, etc. At the very least, this isn't going to happen on the future: the new Big Ten Network will pick up all these games. Enjoy it while you can, evil game-stealing demons.
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10-24-2006 @ 9:30AM
BaggyPantsDevil said...
Although certainly not good for the folks actually living in Michigan, this season has turned out to be an extremely televised one for me. I live in southern Arizona--almost Mexico--and every game so far except Central Michigan and Penn State has been viewable with just basic cable. I've already seen more Michigan games than I normally would in a season (a #2 BCS ranking sure comes in handy sometimes).
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10-24-2006 @ 10:48AM
Adam said...
Argh. So what are the chances XXX Sports Bar in SE Michigan will have the game on?
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10-24-2006 @ 2:30PM
WolvORine said...
Since I subscribe to DirecTV with the Sports Package (which includes ESPNU, this arrangement for Ball State @ Michigan actually winds up saving me the $21.95 I would have spent for a one day ESPN GamePlan charge.
I do feel the pain of the vast majority of Maize and Blue fans who are not in my situation. Go Blue!
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10-25-2006 @ 2:47PM
nunya said...
I know, DirecTV is the best.
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