** 2023 Opponent Preview : Maryland (Game 10) **
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ColoradoHusk
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I just don’t get all the whining and b!^@hing about this game being shown on Peacock. Is it the inconvenience of getting the app? Is it the extra cost? What exactly is this “principle of it” that people are complaining about?
Three months ago, people were doing backflips about all the cash the new media rights was going to provide NU and the rest of the Big Ten. Now they complain because a game is going to be televised by one of the agreed upon broadcast partners?
Would they like to see how much the Disney Corp. forced cable and satellite providers to pony up so they had could include ESPN and other channels on their cable/satellite TV package? It certainly was a lot more than $6 a month than what Peacock costs.
El Straino
Member
Understand that any "whining and b!tching" I'm doing is with a healthy dose of humor and amusement. I'm pointing out the annoyance of having to sign up, even albeit temporarily, for yet another streaming service. I am all too aware of the media deal the B1G struck and what that means in terms of network availability. I am definitely old enough to remember the days of 2 to 4 games being televised at all. It's OK. We're gonna get through this!
But I still don't have to like it
And I may take the aforementioned suggestion and do my best Mike Leach impression instead of signing up for PPcock
But I still don't have to like it
And I may take the aforementioned suggestion and do my best Mike Leach impression instead of signing up for PPcock
NsideScoop
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ZRod
Well-known member
It's all of it. Number one NBC is terrible at broadcasting college football. There's a reason why they only really had Notre Dame games until recently. I tried watching the OSU-Wiscy game last week and about feel asleep because the announcer sounded like he should have been calling a golf tournament.
Number two the best part of joining the B1G for fans was BTN. It meant that every game was going to be broadcast on an (at the time) average cable subscription between Fox, ESPN/ABC, and BTN. PPV was going to be dead! Now the average consumer has to manage tons of apps and subscriptions, and the costs are quickly becoming more than the old cable bill.
AZRaiderH8r
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Watch party at my house in the burbs south of Denver! We're old and still have Xfinity, so we've also got the Peacock.
GSG
Active member
admo
New member
Pffft, you are not old! You are classic, vintage and iconic chuckleshuffle
Just like bell-bottom jeans, Led Zeppelin, Fondue, The Whopper and Gene Rayburn (from the Match Game) !!!
Unfortunately, you might've been too old when The McRib came out , but you still enjoy it
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Street Novelist
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Do you mind if I drive up from the Bay Area to watch it with you so I don't have to pay the streaming fee?
AZRaiderH8r
Member
Absolutely not, come on down!Do you mind if I drive up from the Bay Area to watch it with you so I don't have to pay the streaming fee?
Street Novelist
Active member
In all seriousness, if there's anyone that doesn't want to pony up the fee for Peacock just for this one game, PM me. I have a way for you to see it for free.