Dish Network/ Big Ten Network dispute

[panther-state]

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I enjoyed watching it and didn't find the announcers to be too biased towards the Badgers. They were very complimentary of our program and overall were bearable to listen too. I had low expectations going into this though

[ronfitch]

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I enjoyed watching it and didn't find the announcers to be too biased towards the Badgers. They were very complimentary of our program and overall were bearable to listen too. I had low expectations going into this though

Agree w/ P-State.

For a BTN game against a non-BT team - and an FCS team at that - I thought the announcers were very complimentary toward the program and the players, and not in a staged sort of way. Plus, they did know a bit about UNI's program, which was nice.

[9YRPLAN]

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i thought it was surprising that neither the iowa game in 09 or the KU game were mentioned...although i did have to fast forward through parts so maybe i missed it.

[ubuntuCAT]

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i thought it was surprising that neither the iowa game in 09 or the KU game were mentioned...although i did have to fast forward through parts so maybe i missed it.

That is interesting that neither of those were mentioned.

[JayJ79]

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Did they have less of a BigTen bias than Rick Coleman's color commentary?

[TH1974]

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I'm almost positive they mentioned Iowa. I know they mentioned BYU.

[Barnstormer]

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They could cut out a lot of costs if they would get rid of Lifetime and those other women channels! Just sayin, I don't watch that crap, why does it have to be offered in the plan?

I know you were making a joke, but the reason we are "forced" to have crappy channels is because there are just a few big media companies that own all these channels.

For example, Lifetime is owned by A&E Networks. There are several other channels in that network, the biggest are A&E and the History channel.

A&E Networks is owned by both Disney and the Hearst Corporation. Hearst owns lke 20% of ESPN Inc. and Disney owns the other 80%.

So I think what happens is that if cables/sat companies want the good channels, the media companies force them to buy their "crappy" channels.

[Barnstormer]

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I'm almost positive they mentioned Iowa. I know they mentioned BYU.

Yep, they mentioned both Iowa and BYU and ISU as well. It was in reference to the fact that UNI is not scared to play anybody. (I think.)

[TH1974]

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Yep, they mentioned both Iowa and BYU and ISU as well. It was in reference to the fact that UNI is not scared to play anybody. (I think.)

That's correct.

[clenz]

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Did they have less of a BigTen bias than Rick Coleman's color commentary?

Yes.....Not kidding.

[Jonsoup]

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Who did the play by play for the game in Wisconsin?

[9YRPLAN]

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yes they mentioned playing those teams regularly, but i dont recall them pointing out how close we were to winning in kinnick over a team that won a BCS bowl.

[TH1974]

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yes they mentioned playing those teams regularly, but i dont recall them pointing out how close we were to winning in kinnick over a team that won a BCS bowl.

I'm pretty sure they said something about "two blocked field goals".

[9YRPLAN]

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i could be wrong. i didnt fast fwd too much but maybe i missed it.

[panther-state]

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I recall hearing about the blocked field goals and the one point loss to Iowa State last season, mainly because I remember my heart punching itself in the groin. They didn't mention it but I also think they showed a graphic and it showed that UNI had defeated ISU in 2007.