Bo Nederlander

October 25th, 2016 at 3:20 PM ^

Maybe it's just me, but when the games are aired on any form of an ESPN channel (2,3 etc) on my ROKU, there is one of two things I can ALWAYS count on:

1) That finding the game itself will take ten minutes flicking through every other school and every other conference known to man before getting to any B1G games.

2) I always experience "connectivity" problems and interruptions with B1G games. I still have never ONCE had an interruption while watching an SEC game and only about one per game with any other conference. 

Evil Empire

October 25th, 2016 at 3:00 PM ^

I have lived in Ohio for 1980-present except for my years in Ann Arbor.  For most of that time, people in Ohio didn't realize there was a Michigan State.

One of those people married me.

Conversation early 1999:

My future FIL: Where did he go to college?

Future Mrs. EE: Michigan.

My future FIL: Which one, Michigan or Michigan State?

Future Mrs. EE: ?

 

Also, I used to get Monday morning trash talk from (dim) people after OSU beat MSU.  Side note: they may not give a damn for the whole state of Michigan, but they sure give a lot of other profanity.

SamirCM

October 25th, 2016 at 4:29 PM ^

When I moved to Minnesota when talking to people for the first time, many would ask me where I went to college. I would simply say, "Michigan," and most would and ask, "Michigan State?" Some of these people are football fans. I now always say, "University of Michigan," I would say "U of M," but people here seem to think that the University of Minnesota is that. The people here sure are silly, though exceedingly polite. 

Unsalted

October 25th, 2016 at 3:26 PM ^

I'm a cord cutter, which has contributed to ESPN's financial woes. Now they have to hire less qualified lower wage employees. ESPN and quality are soon to be acronyms if they aren't already.

LOL ESPN

eltoroazul

October 25th, 2016 at 5:28 PM ^

Misunderstood...I thought someone finally correctly identified Sparty's head coach as one of the old guys in the balcony from the muppets. Eh, the mystery continues...

eltoroazul

October 25th, 2016 at 5:28 PM ^

Misunderstood...I thought someone finally correctly identified Sparty's head coach as one of the old guys in the balcony from the muppets. Eh, the mystery continues...