kchusker_chris Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 ^ haha, I like your thinking - but doesn't Erin Andrews count for double? Quote Link to comment
redblooded Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 The BTN is absolutely not superior. I don't know about that. Employs Mark May: ESPN = Yes BTN = No Advantage = BTN Employs Lou Holtz: ESPN = Yes BTN = No Advantage = BTN Employs Erin Andrews: ESPN = Yes BTN = No Advantage = ESPN In two of the three most important categories in fan enjoyment of college football (not directly related to the game), BTN wins. No offense to her but they could mute Erin Andrews's mic and she'd still serve the same purpose she does on that channel. I don't consider her an actual plus in this day and age. It's not the early 90s anymore, there are thousands of hotter chicks you can see at any time in on the internet (without the bad sideline interviews and observations). Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 And while we're on it...they've got a lot of depth at the sideline reporter position over there at ESPN... Niki Noto Samantha Steele (even if it is @ the Longhorn Network) Jenn Brown EDIT: Forgot Cassidy Hubbarth (but the above 3 should see time on first team, Cassidy is still on scout team) Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 No offense to her but they could mute Erin Andrews's mic and she'd still serve the same purpose she does on that channel. I don't consider her an actual plus in this day and age. It's not the early 90s anymore, there are thousands of hotter chicks you can see at any time in on the internet (without the bad sideline interviews and observations). She does a better job than most w/ the injury reports and other sideline type of things. It's not as though we are expecting them to analyze the game for us... Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 No, this is par for the course for this article. Better teams than our 7-2 'Huskers have made his list in the past, typically for off-the-field antics, but some on (like our loss last Saturday). Regardless, ESPN is a joke anymore. They're losing their talent (anyone notice that Pad Forde is now at Yahoo Sports with Dan Wetzel?) and they've lost any shred of journalistic integrity they possessed by whoring out the SEC and their Bevo TV channel at any possible moment. May ESPN die a thousand corporate deaths and all of the good journalists find homes. it is a new world, and i love it. nfl, nbatv, btn all superior to espn. espn programming is becoming obsolete. they had such control of the market and just squandered it, mostly because of the greedy, money-grubbing little paws could not get enough cash. The BTN is absolutely not superior. The game production was very poor Saturday. Certainly better than the old pay-per-view days, but still bad. There were 3 or 4 times I was screaming for a replay never to see it. And the angles they used to determine Ben Cotton was down during replay? Pathetic...nothing even close to a goal line angle. Then the ball ends up spotted at the 1 yard line where his knee is down instead of where the ball was. Not enjoying the games on BTN thus far. i was talking about programming. as for game coverage, better than nothing. at least it is in hd. Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Well BTN is supposed to know the Big Ten better than anybody, and last week its announcers kept marvelling at Northwestern's ability to move the ball on one of the best defenses in the Big Ten, a wild inaccuracy supported only by a single game the previous week. Quote Link to comment
GMoose Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Not sure if it's worth getting our panties in a bunch over, he does this every week. Although I really do hate Mark Schlabach. That's why I don't read his crap. Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 And to present the other side of the argument - BTN isn't too bad either (these may or may not still work for BTN but have in the past) Larra Beth Overton Ashley Russel Melanie Collins Quote Link to comment
skersfan Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Way better than Andrews no doubt. Never have seen the reason for the following. Okay, but normaly better chicks in the stands all around her. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Way better than Andrews no doubt. Never have seen the reason for the following. Okay, but normaly better chicks in the stands all around her. She is crazy hot. Quote Link to comment
IlliniHusker Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Wow those BTN girls are something else. I haven't seen them during the football game coverage. Do they cover other sports... like maybe swimming? :) Quote Link to comment
redblooded Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 No offense to her but they could mute Erin Andrews's mic and she'd still serve the same purpose she does on that channel. I don't consider her an actual plus in this day and age. It's not the early 90s anymore, there are thousands of hotter chicks you can see at any time in on the internet (without the bad sideline interviews and observations). She does a better job than most w/ the injury reports and other sideline type of things. It's not as though we are expecting them to analyze the game for us... Or they could pan a camera at the sideline and have the booth relay injuries. My point is the sideline "reporter" serves no real purpose in most of the broadcasts other then chasing a coach down at halftime and talking to him about what everyone just saw for themselves. Quote Link to comment
Excel Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 What a slap in the face to Northwestern... Quote Link to comment
skersfan Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I tend to think of her as adequate to okay, not that great, but better than most sideline reporters. I think nearly everyone of the BTN looks better on paper. I do not pay much attention to them normally. They all ask such stupid questions, it is amazing some coach does not slap them up side the head. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 What a slap in the face to Northwestern... Well, somebody needed to slap them in the face, and we sure couldn't do it..... Quote Link to comment
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