Beilein rants about ESPN start time
I love this guy. We all do. Who doesn't? How can you not?
John Beilein just ranted about ESPN airing the game even later than 10 p.m. Spike Albrecht has a nine a.m. class tomorrow.
— Daniel Feldman (@danfeldman31) November 26, 2014
“@BFQuinn: Beilein blasting ESPN for tonight's tip time being moved 10 minutes.” Haha Classic Beilein. Gotta love him!!
— Nik Stauskas (@NStauskas11) November 26, 2014
Beilein's remarks on ESPN delayed start time weren't a response to a question; he just went freestyle.
— Rod Beard (@detnewsRodBeard) November 26, 2014
November 26th, 2014 at 1:09 AM ^
Coach B is a class act, and he was so danged mad that he raised his voice.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:11 AM ^
I could understand the start time more if the game was in Hawaii.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:17 AM ^
Even the Maui Invitational caters to the EST audience IIRC.
The only other tournament that plays so late that I know of is the Great Alaska Shootout where the championship game will be played at a half hour past midnight EST on Sat/Sun.
November 26th, 2014 at 8:50 AM ^
Do they still have that tourney?? I thought it was done
November 26th, 2014 at 11:59 AM ^
Michigan played back in 2007, lost in 1st round to Butler.
It's more of a mid-major tournament now though. This year's participants are Pacific, Alaska-Anchorage, Missouri State, Colorado State, Rice, Mercer, Washington State and UC Santa Barbara.
Last year was Harvard, Denver, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Pepperdine, TCU, Alaska, Tulsa and Indiana State, so not exactly a stacked field.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:15 AM ^
There is really no reason for such a late start time
November 26th, 2014 at 1:25 AM ^
Well, we wouldn't want a preseason tourney championship game between two top 20 basketball teams to conflict with a Tuesday night MAC game, so let's start the basketball game late and push it back even further if needed.
November 26th, 2014 at 3:37 AM ^
ESPN's model dictates that football is better than basketball no matter what. They are too big for their own good. No longer able to make logical decisions. Commited to pre-arranged constructs.
November 26th, 2014 at 4:17 AM ^
ratings wise. They wouldn't feel that way for no reason. Football ratings are usually better than almost any event I believe.
November 26th, 2014 at 7:46 AM ^
If it were NFL or even NCAA power 5 conference opponents, I might agree. However, you're talking about a game between 6-6 and 2-10 MAC teams. I don't think they're drawing the numbers that two top 20 basketball teams are.
Just my opinion. I don't follow ratings.
November 26th, 2014 at 8:52 AM ^
Well I know for a fact they had good ratings for a little while in the fourth quarter
November 26th, 2014 at 10:00 AM ^
LOL.
On one hand, you've got a basketball game in New York City played between the #12 and #18 teams in the country, one of those teams based in a huge metropolitan area just 90 miles away and the other having a large number of alumni in the New York area. The combined population of the New York-Philly corridors is over 27,000,000 people.
On the other, you have a football game played between two Ohio teams in a minor conference in flyover territory, with that game having no impact whatsoever on who plays in that conference championship. A game that was so compelling that it drew 11,000 fans to the stadium. Do you actually think that anybody outside of Oxford, Ohio and Athens, Ohio gave two shits about watching that game? Even if every single individual in those two towns were watching, the combined population would be under 50,000.
November 26th, 2014 at 10:04 AM ^
Sorry, but if you think you have a better idea of what will make ESPN money than ESPN does, you're just wrong. They put millions of dollars into determining what exactly their schedule should look like, and they're pretty damn good at it. If you think they put the basketball game later than the football game for no reason, you're crazy.
November 26th, 2014 at 12:01 PM ^
In principle, just because some corporation spends lots of money determining what their product should look like doesn't mean they know what they're doing—there are plenty of examples in the last few decades of American business history to prove that.
Whatever—if you can point to TV ratings that show a MAC game should have been prioritized over a UM-Nova game, I'll stand corrected.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:03 PM ^
ESPN seems to do what ever it takes for ratings, they don't give two shits about sports or any sort of integrity in reporting. They go so far as to say as much on there radio shows. What happened to do the right thing because it is right? That game should have been played at 8. If espn wants to cover it, they can cover it then.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:13 PM ^
They put millions of dollars into determining what exactly their schedule should look like, and they're pretty damn good at it
Actually, given how often this happens, I'd say they aren't very good at it. How hard is it to figure out how long a football game will last? It's not like the game only ran over because it was in triple-OT. It was clear from the start of the 4th quarter that it wouldn't end in time.
November 26th, 2014 at 4:16 PM ^
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November 26th, 2014 at 1:16 AM ^
By the time they fly home I imagine they wont get to their houses/dorms until 4:30-5:00 AM either way.
Not sure why either game was so late - first game should have been a 7 PM tip and start the second game 9:15 PM.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:30 AM ^
I'm sure they're on the plane already right now, and I'd imagine they fly straight into Ann Arbor. Still sucks if they have class at 9AM, but I bet they'll be home by 3.
November 26th, 2014 at 6:49 AM ^
Beilein tweeted at 4:22 am that they just landed in Ypsilanti and had a 30 min drive.
November 26th, 2014 at 8:06 AM ^
Landing at 422 with half an hour to go seems to be right in the time frame suggested. So how is that a "nope"?
November 26th, 2014 at 8:09 AM ^
3am and 5am are different, right?
November 26th, 2014 at 2:41 PM ^
...What?
November 26th, 2014 at 1:18 AM ^
Jay Wright is a bitch.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:22 AM ^
Agreed!
November 26th, 2014 at 1:23 AM ^
Here's the rant-
November 26th, 2014 at 1:24 AM ^
It was MACtion baby!
November 26th, 2014 at 6:53 AM ^
100% money-losing MACtion baby!
November 26th, 2014 at 7:20 AM ^
I spent a few terrible minutes trying to figure out how ESPN reasoned that an epic struggle to sustain drives and play fundamentally sound football at the end of the Ohio / Miami (OH) game could be more entertaining than a hoops game which promised to be (and was) competitive. I just couldn't comprehend a game-winning FG on a Tuesday night couldn't be moved to ESPNNews instead.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:22 AM ^
Love this guy everything he says is gold
November 26th, 2014 at 8:41 AM ^
I think he poops gold too. I'm not 100% on that though. I think I read it somewhere. Can't find the source.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:23 AM ^
They think the sports world revolves around them.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:30 AM ^
It kind of does.
I hate it too. But really, you going to just watch BTN and Fox Sports? Sorry, not me. I may not pay attention to their regular programming, but they're the leader when it comes to sports.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:51 AM ^
**worldwide leader*
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November 26th, 2014 at 9:10 AM ^
ESPN is the "worldwide leader" like the MLB championship is the "World Series." Ask people in any other country how big ESPN is on the sports scene.
November 26th, 2014 at 9:55 AM ^
ESPN 8 "The Ocho".
November 26th, 2014 at 1:23 PM ^
The World Series IS the WORLD'S Championship until someone comes to SF to take it!
The WBC did well here, although I didn't go and couldn't care less about it.
And that 7 pm PST tip was so it wouldn't conflict with Warriors taking down the Heat. How come no one on here isn't ranting about more important things like the 2 no-calls on the last 2 possessions? espn called the block like the no. 2 or 3 play of the night. I saw foul, and charge on Nova's go ahead bucket...am I the only one? Or is that a different thread?
November 26th, 2014 at 2:11 AM ^
Unless they are showing one of our games, I never watch ESPN anymore. I can't stand SportsCenter and don't get me started on Around the Horn, PTI and all the other garbage. FSN has me covered when it comes to my local teams, while most of the top College football and NFL games are on regular TV. I still can't believe I used to watch Berman and NFL Countdown back in the days...
November 26th, 2014 at 2:22 AM ^
ESPN is what it is because of television rights for different leagues, not original programming.
November 26th, 2014 at 9:45 AM ^
ESPN had its time and place for me, but now I get my sports news from blogs, message boards and google updates. NFL Countdown was funny and a traditional hangover remedy for me through college. At the time. And I know Olberman is despised for different reasons, but he still entertains me if I bump into him somewhere. I listen to most of the Dan Patrick radio show every day.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:11 PM ^
Dan Patrick is on NBC
November 26th, 2014 at 6:47 AM ^
Agreed. I love ESPN and they are mostly what I watch.
November 26th, 2014 at 6:57 AM ^
Too Big to Fail. And ignore.
I will watch whoever shows Michigan and games that affect Michigan. When that stops being mostly ESPN/ABC I will stop watching them.
But in fairness, we (eagerly) took the man's money, so the man gets to call his tune.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:30 AM ^
Because his players have early class. We are a lucky bunch of fans to have this guy.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:33 AM ^
15 minutes isn't going to change much.
Now the fact that the games should've been 7 and 9:15...that makes a much bigger difference.
Besides, teachers are trying to get on the road for Thanksgiving...half their classes will be cancelled tomorrow. Then again, I didn't go to Michigan, so what the hell do I know?
November 26th, 2014 at 1:43 AM ^
9:15 wouldn't happen after a 7pm game. The teams need 30 to warm up. Would be 9:30 which would still end late.
November 26th, 2014 at 9:11 AM ^
So what's wrong with starting the first game at 6 PM? Sure, some people might not be home from work yet, but I bet more people on the east coast are up for watching sports from 6 to 7 than from 11:30 to 12:30 on a weeknight.
November 26th, 2014 at 2:41 AM ^
just because it was around Thanksgiving or any other break. Maybe attendance would be down but no cancellation.
November 26th, 2014 at 7:31 AM ^
Many of my Wednesday classes (but certainly not all) were canceled.
November 26th, 2014 at 10:07 AM ^
Not that it really matters for what Belein is saying, but for the record I'm a current UM student and all 4 of my classes today were cancelled. In my experience the majority are.