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12 hours ago, Toe said:

Aw yeah, Charlotte at Maryland in prime time, baby!

I get it, but there's not a whole of juicy non conference games to choose from.

On 1/27/2023 at 2:47 PM, BigRedBuster said:

The weird thing is, I've seen some differences between Accuweather and Weather Bug.  However, it's mostly in the projections.  They must get projections from different sources.

It's probably how they are interpreting the models.

There's really no difference between all of them.  They all use whatever the "offical temperature" is from your nearest airport and all push out warnings and watches from the National Weather Service based on the location of your phone.

 I was living here in Des Moines, went to a bar to watch the game as local cable at the time didn't carry FSN.  Woke up the next morning to all hell breaking loose, never did lose power.

The battles we go through in life

Woke up to about an inch and a half of snow this morning in the Des Moines metro area, a rude surprise 

On 9/11/2020 at 8:47 PM, IlliniHusker said:

There are so many topics that the BTN could report on, but choses to ignore.   Such as: 

> Which Universities have cut sports programs.

> How many people have been laid off from their Athletic Depts. 

> $ impact to each University budget. 

> $ impact to each University home town. 

> Which schools are having football practices & how often.

> What COVID-19 testing programs are on-going at each University. 

> What are the COVID-19 testing results at each schools football program.

Yet the BTN reports NOTHING.  Why are they HIDING during the biggest sports story in decades?  Is the BTN covering up the mistakes made by the BIG 10 leaders? 

 

If I want doom and gloom, I'll turn on the local news.

On 8/21/2020 at 1:06 PM, suh_fan93 said:

Would you rather work on campus vs working from home?  My company decided about 2 months ago that we are now permanently remote.  I won't lie there are some faces at work I definitely will not miss seeing at all and I don't miss my commute at all either.  

 

 

 

I went back to work February 24 after being off work since last September 9 recovering from a stroke.  I was sent home to work the Thursday of Holy Week.  Hated the idea as I was getting back into the swing of going to work.

You know what?  I love WFH, 30 second commute, showering and shaving are optional, and shorts are mandatory.  Once this crap is over, WFH will be a permanent option.  Sign me up!

That was awesome last night.  What I forgot was 1) How AWFUL Krause was and 2) how bad Pippen wanted out.

Did it when I was a kid using a Walkman,  loved scanning the dial and seeing what I could find.  It got me interested in radio/media and fueled my decision to major in broadcasting.

Fast forward to 2020, I don't have a radio in the house, dxing via TuneIn or the iHeart app just isn't the same.  Not to mention the 50,000 watt blow torches are all the same.

11 hours ago, ColoradoHusk said:

I took a look at my latest DirecTV bill, and had some discounts fall off.  I am going to seriously consider pulling the plug and going to YTTV.  I recently upgraded my internet connection and speed, so I should be able to handle a streaming service without any issues.

Make sure you aren't subject to data caps.  You will be streaming HD quality video and will eat up data in a hurry.

I've been using YTTV now since December after 2 plus years with HuluLive and couldn't be happier.  Better user interface, better cloud DVR and not to mention MLB Network.  For sports junkies, especially MLB Network, there's not much difference.  Both have BTN, the ESPN networks including SEC and ACC channels, FS1 and regional sports  networks.  In my area that is FS Midwest/Midwest+, FS North and NBC Sports Chicago.

How does the B1G do it's conference scheduling? Interesting that Iowa and Minnesota isn't on the schedule but a cross country trip to Maryland is.

From reading the press announcement, all 3 games will be on ESPN+.

I've been a streamer nearly 3 years with DirecTV Now, now called  AT&T TV Now, HuluLive and now YouTube TV  and YTTV is by far the best streaming service on the market.  I love the interface, on screen guide and other on screen graphics.

For those not interested in sports, I highly recommend Philo, no sports, 50 plus channels for $20.

Awesome job of trolling!

2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

LOL...haven't used those since college.  I have no desire to have them sitting around anymore.

I have rabbit ears hooked up behind my TV, they are completely out of sight for the 30 plus Des Moines channels.

6 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

Thanks for the input.  Is the interface for YouTube TV better?

 

One thing I don't like about either of them is that they don't have NET.  Sometimes VB is on that and there are some shows I like.

Just hook up rabbit ears.

I've had Hulu's Live now for the last two plus years now and have been perfectly happy with the service. 

I was going to ride out the Hulu price increase until I saw a comment from a Disney executive about needing a price increase in order to make $$, which I call bs on.  Even at $54  a month it's still way cheaper than cable TV, and at least in the streaming world, there are options available.

That said, Sling doesn't carry BTN and AT&T is a mess right now with their streaming services so that narrows it down a bit if you need BTN.

I'll be switching over to YouTube TV and if I was Google, I'd sit still at their current rate as Hulu customers shop around as well as Vue customers look to fill the void with their January shutdown looming.  The additional customers would fill the void for any price hike.

Been a Hulu Live subscriber for over 2 years, was going to ride out the price hike that was announced last week then I saw this tonight.  Give me a break on the having to make a profit bs.  Will be looking at YouTube TV at the end of the month when Hulu comes due.

https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/disney-says-they-have-to-raise-the-hulu-live-tv-price-to-make-a-profit/

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Recently Hulu announced that they would be raising the price of Hulu with Live TV to $54.99 a month, a $10 price hike. Now, Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer Chairman Kevin Mayer said today at the Recode’s Code Media conference that they had to in order to make a profit.

Hulu Live announced a whopping $10 price hike effective the middle of December, will definitely be looking at YouTube prior to the end of December when the price hike kicks in for me.

10 million subscribers in the first 24 hours....WOW.

https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/disney-added-10-million-in-just-over-24-hours/

The op should be used to this.  Husker fans one way or the other have been kicked in the stones at least once a year since Black Friday 2001 (in some years multiple times) and was promised by Pederson in 2003 of refusing to let Nebraska gravitate to mediocrity.

Since my stroke last month, there's far more important things for me to get worked up over.  Disappointed in the outcome?   Hell yeah, especially after a bye week, but life moves on.

I have no desire to download/purchase it, same goes for ESPN+

Not worried at all.  Then again, I'm 46 and 5 week stroke survivor and it's funny how perspective changes after something major like a stroke happens.

A fist pump or a Tom Osborne dadgummit is about all the reaction you'll get from me.

Frost can, will and has to adjust his coaching and style of play to the Big 10 and not the other way just like Osborne had to adjust.