BTN Game Broadcast

Submitted by ElBictors on September 19th, 2015 at 1:25 PM

The quality of this broadcast is simply amateur. Three plays in the first half where the camera and Director calling the shots completely blew it. I'm not a fan of ESPN 95% of the time but the game telecasts are great. You'd think after all these years the BTN wouldn't be such a hack job and so poorly executed. Lame

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BIGELLY71

September 19th, 2015 at 2:02 PM ^

Yes BTN Michigan had 15 people on the field on the last snap. This guy is such a Dbag.
BTN has has been so bad since the beginning awful

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74 ZRide

September 19th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^

I don't which is worse: The camera work or the commentators. BTN broadcasts are generally garbage!

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LandryHD

September 19th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^

Lips said knee

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August West

September 19th, 2015 at 2:05 PM ^

I also liked how the intro music was still blasting during the announcers' opening commentary, so you couldn't even hear them

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MGoKalamazoo

September 19th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^

LOL at this broadcast, I've seen local HS games with better coverage.

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Owosso wolverine

September 19th, 2015 at 2:10 PM ^

Jake butt invisible ?

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legalblue

September 19th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^

Fir real

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Bando Calrissian

September 19th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^

...it's been like this since the BTN started. It's total amateur hour. Always has been, always will be. At the end of the day, it's a marginal sports network based out of an office off the freeway in Chicagoland. If there wasn't so much money guaranteed to all involved, maybe they'd give a shit.

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Huma

September 19th, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^

Agree all around, except their office is in the city in a pretty nice area. Actually same building as Groupon HQ I think.

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Bando Calrissian

September 19th, 2015 at 2:24 PM ^

Aren't their offices out near Rosemont? There's a building with the B1G logo on the side right of the freeway.

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justingoblue

September 19th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^

I had been thinking they were in Oakbrook, but they have their own building in Rosemont nestled in with everything else around O'Hare.

Maybe it's growing up in the area, but I really can't look down on them for their office address. There are a lot of really solid businesses with offices/headquarters in Rosemont, Schaumburg, Rolling Meadows, ect.

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20131013/news/710139913/

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allintime23

September 19th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^

Now my audio is clipping with giant static bursts of failure. BTN is the worst, always.

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Huma

September 19th, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^

Ugh. Same here. Every 10 seconds or so

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MH20

September 19th, 2015 at 2:26 PM ^

This is so fucking amateur. The constant static is beyond annoying. What a damn joke.

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wahooverine

September 19th, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^

ESPN better be pros at broadcasting college football, they are all in on the sport. I love it actually. WatchESPN has your choice of 5 games right now. 4 of which feature top 25 teams.

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MH20

September 19th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^

Eric Collins is one of the worst announcers you will ever hear in your life.

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Bando Calrissian

September 19th, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^

This is only marginally better than when they try to save money broadcasting hockey games by having the broadcasters do the game via monitors in the studio instead of actually being in the arena.

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Huma

September 19th, 2015 at 2:27 PM ^

Holy shit - they actually do that? Wow. Sounds like they have the team from UHF running things

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jdib

September 19th, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^

UHF, to be fair, did have Stanley Spadowski. That would probably make for ,at least, an entertaining commentary..

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McSomething

September 19th, 2015 at 2:44 PM ^

At least UHF had an excuse of being a low buget joke of a network. BTN is a joke of a netowrk that makes fuck tons of money. No excuse for this shit, especially after all this time they've been on the air.

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Bando Calrissian

September 19th, 2015 at 2:31 PM ^

In my mind, we're going to find out this audio is BTN employing a DJ to record-scratch the broadcast because someone told them it was the new, trendy thing to do.

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Huma

September 19th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^

Technically not "employing" because most definitely it is an unpaid intern

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Ronnie Kaye

September 19th, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^

They should be ashamed of themselves. This is pure greed. Guess that's what to expect when you do business with the Fox Network.

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Deltroit3030

September 19th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^

jesus christ, this static is killing me at the moment.

there's four of us watching in the living room. we have the volume at about 10%.. gameday its usually around 60%. It was killing our ears with it at normal level.. so jarring.

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MH20

September 19th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^

FIX.

YOUR.

FUCKING.

AUDIO.

ASSHOLES.

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Ronnie Kaye

September 19th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^

Jesus, it's like listening to a game through a walkie-talkie!

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Huma

September 19th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^

[email protected]

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mgeoffriau

September 19th, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^

Every time the referee heads toward the Patriots sideline, I get static on my BTN broadcast...

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Hail To The Blue

September 19th, 2015 at 2:41 PM ^

I recommend everyone go to btn.com and send feedback either through the support form on the site or through their contact email. At least make them read emails from a few hundred pissed off Michigan fans.

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Ronnie Kaye

September 19th, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^

Bitching here for therapy is the best we can do. I guarantee you BTN doesn't care.

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benjamint1024

September 19th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^

The fucking static made me mute my tv

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TIMMMAAY

September 19th, 2015 at 2:44 PM ^

This has been absolutely atrocious. The producer should be fired, and the color guy sucks balls. Cameraman is incompetent. Oh, and I think I'm sending them a bill for their distorted audio destroying my speakers

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WolverineMac

September 19th, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^

Should just say "Rodger" after every sentence.

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RFM

September 19th, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^

Agreed. Not only that but the commentators have incorrectly been mistaking several occurrences on the field. To make matters worse I'm getting static every 10 seconds (not during commercials though).

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Deltroit3030

September 19th, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^

Officially listening to the radio now. I wish we would have done this sooner.

BTN, go fuck yourselves.

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jdib

September 19th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^

Is Michigan's best play of the day, the power sweep? I wasn't sure... they've only mentioned it about 5 times so far today.. I'm still unsure though. Thoughts?

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skurnie

September 19th, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^

At least the audio has stopped popping

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Woodstock Wolverine

September 19th, 2015 at 2:56 PM ^

Worst broadcast ever.

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August West

September 19th, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^

How does the nonconf schedule this year have anything to do with Harbaugh's west coast connections? These were all scheduled well in advance

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ElBictors

September 19th, 2015 at 4:26 PM ^

LOL! My wife burst out with a 'are you freaking kidding me, schedules are made years in advance!!!' My wife knows more about football than the BTN.

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Artichokes Anonymous

September 19th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^

Of all the ridiculous commentary, I think the worst is that they suggested Harbaugh's 'West Coast roots' are perhaps why we played all western teams in the non-conference. Smh.

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skurnie

September 19th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^

So incredibly dumb. Like these were all scheduled in July

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doctorofstyle

September 19th, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^

the audio is on par with football Friday night smh... clicks and pops, ESPN 3 is better that this with even the shit games like cfl or fcs school... piss poor quality

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Jwheatie7

September 19th, 2015 at 3:06 PM ^

Has anyone had that issue with BTN broadcasts before?

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TIMMMAAY

September 19th, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^

And now they say "this is Michigan Football under Jim Harbaugh... 3 touchdowns..."

Um, guys, we scored four touchdowns. My god, how awful can you be at your job?

Also, BTN; spend some of those mountains of cash that you have accumulated, and use it to produce a quality broadcast when covering Big Boy Football mmmkay?

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