Playoff Coverage Exhaustion
December 30th, 2015 at 1:51 PM ^
My questiion is why in the hell are these games being played on New Year's eve for god's sake. Playing them Saturday sets up perfectly with the New Year's day games being the prelude and the championship games the following day being the main course.
But now they've got it exactly backwards AND they're showing the games on a day where I'll bet they're going to see a dramatic reduction in viewers as people have other things to do outside of football.
December 30th, 2015 at 1:54 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 2:33 PM ^
And it still makes no logical sense to me. But like Brian says - sometimes people in charge of things are simply in charge of things for no real reason.
December 30th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 5:39 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
So Grandpa Rose Bowl is the reason for all this?
Not surprising...
December 30th, 2015 at 4:57 PM ^
Stupidest sports column of all time, or second-stupidest? Dan Wetzel explains nothing, but rants and then bursts into tears. It is at least amusing to see him humiliate himself again, anyway.
December 31st, 2015 at 12:31 AM ^
It was dead on.
Having the Playoffs on a Thursday when people work or are out per 100 years of New Years Eve tradition when Saturday is open is what is stupid, and arrogant as hell.
December 30th, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
Considering who's playing the nightcap, I'm okay with that. I can understand the thinking somewhat though. If you're at a NYE party, do you want to watch a football game or a bunch of crappy interviews?
Only problem is that the Sparty-Bama game will probably end at or around midnight when most people will be tuned to network TV.
December 30th, 2015 at 8:32 PM ^
December 31st, 2015 at 1:57 AM ^
Uh no I'm pretty sure most of US will not give a fuck about MSU-Bama when the clock hits midnight.
December 30th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
1. The Rose Bowl has to remain on Jan 1
2. They want the semifinals played on the same day/consecutively
December 30th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
Rose Bowl on New Years Day. I don't care if they have to play it at 9AM PST, that game should always be played on that day.
December 30th, 2015 at 2:54 PM ^
CFP semi finals will be every third year when the Rose Bowl is one of the semi final games. Other two years they will be on NYE
December 30th, 2015 at 4:19 PM ^
A lot of times, the Sugar Bowl or Orange Bowl would be the MNC game back when the big four (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton) or five (Fiesta) were playing. I guess it's different now, but the Rose Bowl is always must see TV for me...unless it's Wisconsin vs. anybody.
December 30th, 2015 at 5:56 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 3:02 PM ^
I agree, but neither of those reasons explains why they couldn't hold the semifinals on January 2nd.
December 30th, 2015 at 4:00 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
Seriously?
December 30th, 2015 at 5:33 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 1:54 PM ^
Needs to be trained how to say Michigan and State in the same sentence every 45 mins so we can learn to pronounce their coaches name, Mick D'Altoids
December 30th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 6:03 PM ^
He's as refreshing as, well, my ass.
December 30th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 1:58 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 3:52 PM ^
Almost as bad as all their ads for the ESPN app.
December 30th, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^
Agree. We have so many bowl games and they always talk about Clemson-Oklahoma and MSU-Bama every single halftime and nothing else. What about the Baylor-UNC game or LSU-TTU game? As for the playoff, you could have it on New Years or saturday and get more viewership than competing with Times Square.
December 30th, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
agree, they'll talk about it on every halftime show until the games are played. funny thing is if it were Michigan I could never get enough of it, I'd tune into each halftime show and just smile the entire time...
December 30th, 2015 at 2:07 PM ^
It's (about to be) 2016 and people still complain about the media?
Change the channel, go to a different website, etc. There is no shortage of coverage of Memphis/Auburn. You could spend weeks (literally) reading game previews and watching Auburn or Memphis football breakdowns.
December 30th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
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December 30th, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^
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December 30th, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^
Sure the playoff coverage could give rise to exhaustion, especially of the trivial. Yet I find myself starved for any coverage of the M submarine at the same time, leading to further exhaustion.
December 30th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
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December 30th, 2015 at 9:58 PM ^
I feel sorry for you TV folks- glad i quit watching years ago- so many commercials I have happily missed
December 30th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
If we were in it...I'd be soaking up all of the fluff.
You have to understand that it's on ESPN and ESPN is obviously going to push a premier EXCLUSIVE sporting event on its network.
I hate how it's become NFL Network #2 during football season because football is played on CBS, NBC, and FOX. ESPN generally gets MNF and that's it. But their coverage throughout the week is overkill to even normal overkill.
This I can put up with...
1. It's a one-off event and not a season long thing
2. It's exclusive to their network and if Michigan was playing, I wouldn't be able to get enough of the slurpage. I'd be taping media and shit like that, just because it's a once a year thing. For some programs, it's a once in a lifetime thing.
December 30th, 2015 at 2:47 PM ^
Well, ESPN/ABC is airing the actual games, therefore, they are going to highlight, publicize, etc. all they can to show the games off. I think last year the OSU-Alabama game had the highest non-Super Bowl sports viewership ever (until the championship game I believe).
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December 30th, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 2:57 PM ^
I don't know, I work in a place where I have to see the Detroit papers and LSJ every day, and the slurping is definitely getting old. I read papers far more religiously in 1997 than I do today, and I don't remember such a level of coverage. Print media kicking and scratching to stay relevant, I suppose.
December 30th, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^
December 30th, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
so glad I no longer watch TV- been 30 years or so
December 30th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
I'm hoping next year or the year after I will wholeheartedly disagree.
December 30th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^
Seems like corporate ram-my-head-up-my-ass-because-I-know-what-I'm-doing obstinence from ESPN. I want to watch both games but I got stuff to do on new year's eve.
I suspect ESPN will correct it after this one. A network that is struggling right now is about to see a serious dip in viewership in their prized posession.
December 30th, 2015 at 3:42 PM ^
As long as you are here complaining about the coverage Michigan is getting in any year we make the playoffs and remain consistent in your complaints, I can support your view.