BCS National Championship Game Thread

[Red Dawn]

It's free if your internet provider is associated with ESPN.
Finding a link isn't a problem, the concept is.

The NCAA is tiptoeing toward pay per view.

 

[azsportsfan01]

It's free if your internet provider is associated with ESPN.
Finding a link isn't a problem, the concept is.

Concept wise, this is the way of the future. Broadcast is not able to compete with cable companies. ESPN was able to put in more than 100 hours of live tv about this game including 20 straight today.

 

[desertdawg]

Look at that, rusher comes in , Cam doesn't get scared, STEPS UP IN THE POCKET, and hits the open guy.

 

[MrYeahBut]

Skelton could have made that throw

 

[TruColor]

"Phoenix" Cardinals.

Nice one Brent.

 

[Stout]

Watching this game, it looks like Newton would be 2-3 years away from being able to start. His mechanics flat-out stink.

 

[arthurracoon]

"The phoenix cardinals of the national football league"

 

[SuperSpck]

If you don't get espn3 then check out atdhe.net. They normally have most sporting events.

veetle too, although it's not as awesome as it once was.

 

[desertdawg]

Skelton could have made that throw

He didn't bolt when the pass rush came in, he stepped up and tossed it to the open guy that wasn't his first read. People have said he couldn't or doesn't do these things.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Watching this game, it looks like Newton would be 2-3 years away from being able to start. His mechanics flat-out stink.

I am unimpressed as well. The defenses had a month to prepare. Let's see what the adjustments bring at halftime.

That 4th down throw was craptastic. Too scatterbrained and he short-armed it.

 

[O]

Concept wise, this is the way of the future. Broadcast is not able to compete with cable companies. ESPN was able to put in more than 100 hours of live tv about this game including 20 straight today.

And the future sucks.
I just spent four days working ESPN events, they put money in my pocket.
Pre-game and game are two different things.
Get ready for no free NFL Playoff games.
Get ready for no free Superbowl.
Get ready for no free World Series.
Get ready for no free NBA Finals.
You good with that?
I'm not!

 

[desertdawg]

And the future sucks.
I just spent four days working ESPN events, they put money in my pocket.
Pre-game and game are two different things.
Get ready for no free NFL Playoff games.
Get ready for no free Superbowl.
Get ready for no free World Series.
Get ready for no free NBA Finals.
You good with that?
I'm not!

Word! 100%

 

[O]

Oregon is perhaps the best second half team in the country.

 

[azsportsfan01]

And the future sucks.
I just spent four days working ESPN events, they put money in my pocket.
Pre-game and game are two different things.
Get ready for no free NFL Playoff games.
Get ready for no free Superbowl.
Get ready for no free World Series.
Get ready for no free NBA Finals.
You good with that?
I'm not!

I work for ESPN so it keeps them happy and me paid.

 

[desertdawg]

Oregon is perhaps the best second half team in the country.

I am still accepting wagers.

 

[O]

I work for ESPN so it keeps them happy and me paid.

I just got paid from them too, well net thirty.

It still doesn't make corporate greed right.

 

[ajcardfan]

He didn't bolt when the pass rush came in, he stepped up and tossed it to the open guy that wasn't his first read. People have said he couldn't or doesn't do these things.

It really wasn't that special of a play. An average QB should make a handful of plays like that every game.

He barreled over a LB for a first down, that was his most impressive play. But, too much of that in the NFL means a short career.

 

[Duckjake]

Did I just see a commercial for "CRACK Cream"!

Tell me somebody hacked the broadcast and that's not for real.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Musberger called us the Phoenix Cardinals..... I laughed hard.

 

[azsportsfan01]

I just got paid from them too, well net thirty.

It still doesn't make corporate greed right.

What ESPN is doing is not corporate greed, they outbid FOX (who by the way was terrible at their presentation of college football and there is no denying that) in a fair negotiation. There is a reason cable networks as a whole have had viewership rise while the networks are failing. Channels that are able to specialize are normally able to give you a much better product.

 

[Southpaw]

Look at that, rusher comes in , Cam doesn't get scared, STEPS UP IN THE POCKET, and hits the open guy.

He looks like a clumsy stork in the pocket.

 

[desertdawg]

He looks like a clumsy stork in the pocket.

That is a championship-heisman winning stork to you.

 

[ajcardfan]

What ESPN is doing is not corporate greed, they outbid FOX (who by the way was terrible at their presentation of college football and there is no denying that) in a fair negotiation. There is a reason cable networks as a whole have had viewership rise while the networks are failing. Channels that are able to specialize are normally able to give you a much better product.

No one is going to tune in, or tune out, of a football game because of the "presentation".

 

[Southpaw]

That is a championship-heisman winning stork to you.

All I remember is Andy Luck.

 

[MrYeahBut]

No one is going to tune in, or tune out, of a football game because of the "presentation".

Probably not, but they'll complain about it every chance they get