OT - Fox coverage of BCS games
Does anyone else think the Fox coverage of the BCS games is just incredibly horrible? From the silent still shots of gatorade, tostitos, and bud light to the bad announcing to the BANDS always being mic'd...terrible.
Just wanted to see if anyone else noticed. The bands thing reminds me of the SNL Cowbell skit, only substituting bands for cowbell.
January 6th, 2009 at 12:14 PM ^
shots too....still not sure what was going on there. That was strange.
January 6th, 2009 at 3:40 PM ^
I too was wondering what was up with the 20-30 second slow zoom-ins to the Gatorade coolers. Maybe it was the cameraman's attempt to subtly portray the magnificent intricacies of the game of football. I wish they would've shot it in black and white with harpsicord music in the background.
January 6th, 2009 at 12:14 PM ^
it seems like they're creating their coverage based on the input of accountants and ad execs, all of whom are staring at a clock counting the seconds until they can air another commercial and collect another check.
January 6th, 2009 at 12:14 PM ^
Fox is somewhat amateurish ( though a step above BTN ).
I like getting a break from Mussberger/Herbie and their very tired act. ESPN/ABC gets the BCS rights in a couple years (along with increased SEC exposure), and we'll experience the power of a broadcast monopoly.
January 6th, 2009 at 12:18 PM ^
But the one thing I give them is they do a little more with the band than the Disney companies. Yes, the Fox version is overkill, but we really dont get to see half time shows, or even band shots during normal breaks. The rest of it was genuinely awful. I don't mind fox for the nfl, but yeah, ABC/ESPN has nearly perfected college football coverage.
January 6th, 2009 at 12:19 PM ^
replay time sucked, too. how many actual plays got jobbed because we we're watching a replay or the gatorade jug?
January 6th, 2009 at 12:21 PM ^
I'm way biased, but I loved the extra band coverage. That's a huge part of college sports. I could do with less of the beer and tostitos and gatorade, and the commentary was awful, but the band stuff was fine. Anyone notice the Led Zeppelin show that former UM director jamie Nix wrote and sold to Texas? We played it four times in 2006. It was a kickass show.
January 6th, 2009 at 2:00 PM ^
He really sold it to them?
January 6th, 2009 at 2:35 PM ^
I guess it can be a racket if you're good at it, and Nix was a very good arranger. You can hear MMB shows among other bands every once in a while. I played in or watched several games where our opponents played one of our shows, most often the 2004 Beatles show. I wouldn't be surprised to hear Led Zeppelin more often either.
By contrast, I don't imagine you'll be hearing too many recreations of such Scott Boerma hits as "The Bobby Darrin Show", "Cirque du Soleil" or "Songs in the Key of Scotty B's Parents Generation".
January 6th, 2009 at 2:06 PM ^
one of the things that makes me like college better than the NFL is the added dimension the band adds to the overall atmosphere of the game. I enjoyed being able to hear them during each little stop.
January 6th, 2009 at 1:20 PM ^
Needed: More coverage on Colt McCoy's hot girlfriend.
Unnecessary: Band reaction shots. There are other people in the audience.
January 6th, 2009 at 2:25 PM ^
Umm, i thought that was his sister...
January 6th, 2009 at 4:58 PM ^
The last thing i needed to see was the Longhorn band's ugly uniforms after every play.
January 6th, 2009 at 1:22 PM ^
more of the Fox Robot smashing things.
January 6th, 2009 at 1:49 PM ^
I was curious about Tony Robo's absence from the college game as well. Must be hungover from wildcard weekend.
I don't mind seeing the band sometime, but is it totally necessary to see them doing THE SAME THING after EVERY FUCKING FIRST DOWN?
January 6th, 2009 at 2:26 PM ^
It's true that they always showed the bands at more or less the same point in play. As a result, they were almost always doing the same cheer or song or motion. That was pretty lame. I thought there were too many shots of non-football in general. Too many band shots maybe, but alternately, i propose that Texas and OSU need more varied and cooler cheers. If it had been the MMB doing Eights, it would have been hilarious. It was lame, so people complain.
January 6th, 2009 at 2:31 PM ^
Texas really only has 1-2 songs they play during football gameplay, the rest is more cheerleader stuff. They generally have 2-3 songs they play during breaks as well, but generally dont mess with that until the second half.
January 6th, 2009 at 1:52 PM ^
and more robot sound effects
January 6th, 2009 at 1:52 PM ^
What, I don't see a problem with intermittent shots of Bud Light and Colt McCoy's girlfriend. Sounds like a party to me!
January 6th, 2009 at 2:27 PM ^
The worst moment was when that OSU player got stretchered off the field. They had a commercial after the kickoff return, then like 30 seconds after they got back due to the injury, then another one when he was being carted off the field. It was too much.
January 6th, 2009 at 2:46 PM ^
Did you notice the sideline reporter referred to "Quam" at the end?
January 6th, 2009 at 2:58 PM ^
Did you notice that that sideline reporter was in fact not hot and appears to be someone they pulled out of the FoxNews rotating door of unattractive women?
Take a peak at some of these non-lookers.
Laura Okhim shows up around the 1:34 mark in the highlights on foxsports
January 6th, 2009 at 4:12 PM ^
I think Fox has been criticized for TOO MUCH band action. I was for sure they had 4 microphones in the stadium. Two on the announcers and one for each band. You heard the bands more than the crowd. I like the band coverage at half, but let up on the band shots a bit.
I just don't understand how a broadcast corporation who calls exactly ZERO college games during the regular season ends up with the majority of the BCS game. I'd like to have been in the conference room during that deal. BCS rep: So you're telling me you guys have never broadcast a college game? Fox rep: Yep, but we got this idea to spotlight bands and do static shots of sponsor products. BCS rep: AWESOME. Viewers will love that.
January 6th, 2009 at 4:33 PM ^
Its called a ton of money to the BCS board, NCAA, and schools. ABC/ESPN's upcoming contract with the BCS apparently blew those deals out of the water.
January 6th, 2009 at 5:23 PM ^
Fox Sports covers Pac 10 and Big 12 games during the regular season. The BTN is also backed by Fox and Fox announcers work the Big 10 games. The problem is that they fail to make the most out of this. Using their NFL crews instead of their college crews is a huge mistake.
January 6th, 2009 at 4:41 PM ^
It's tough to beat the BCS Championship commercial with the hundreds of Gators and Sooners running through a hedge maze to reach a floating crystal football.
January 6th, 2009 at 4:53 PM ^
As heroic of an image as climbing ladders in the sky towards a crystal football in the clouds (last year's commercial). Striking.