The Rest of College Football

[madootra]

It's similar to what happened to the Olympic's on TV......to me. What used to be a wonderful, somewhat rare event, has become over-saturated, complete with banal Human Interest stories, endless hours of In-Studio "reports", and repetitive game analysis. Combine that with lousy announcers (Talent!), and it's almost painful.

[Mackenzie]

I know I've said this before, as have others, but there is not virtually one sporting event that I watch which hasn't been DVR'd. So, while I agree that the "competition" has been infected with endless commercials and mindless drivel, this is at least one way to lessen it's impact.

[Mike]

I know I've said this before, as have others, but there is not virtually one sporting event that I watch which hasn't been DVR'd. So, while I agree that the "competition" has been infected with endless commercials and mindless drivel, this is at least one way to lessen it's impact.

I'm probably at about 95% DVR at this point and now have a severe psychotic reaction to TV timeouts. I just wish my DVR box didn't have that stupid "jump back" feature so fast forwarding would be easier. My old box didn't have it and I could watch every play of a football game in 45 minutes.

[Mackenzie]

Guess I don't know what the "jump back" feature is?

[Paul L]

QUOTE=Mike;667757]I'm probably at about 95% DVR at this point and now have a severe psychotic reaction to TV timeouts. I just wish my DVR box didn't have that stupid "jump back" feature so fast forwarding would be easier. My old box didn't have it and I could watch every play of a football game in 45 minutes.[/QUOTE]

Switched from DirecTv to Dish Network to save a few bucks. DirecTv was nice because you could pause a game at any point, switch channels, and come back to that paused spot.
Dish doesn't do that; if you switch back and forth between recordings, it requires you to start from either the very beginning of the recording, or "live TV".

Pain in the ass

[Mackenzie]

I had Dish before (I switched to DirecTv) and I guess I don't remember it doing that. In any event, I'm glad Direct doesn't do it as it indeed would be a pain in the ass.

[Jeff Buchanan]

I don't DVR the games a whole lot anymore .... because I forget to set the record feature. This despite paying outrageous amounts to have DVR. Most of the games are available on Bit Torrent feeds. You can download them and watch at your leisure on your PC.

Still, I'm disappointed in what's happened to TV productions of the games .... DVR, Bit Torrent, whatever. The productions suck.

Last night, I watched what was probably an original live feed recording of Iowa v. SDSU in the 1986 Holiday Bowl on BTN. Iowa won 38/37 on a game ending FG. If I'm not mistaken, it was Chris Schenkel who did the play by play. That voice is unmistakeable. He did have some moron doing the color but, Schenkle was so good at what he did, the moronocy of the other guy didn't matter.

But the production was seemless. The game was the feature. No stupid side-line interest stories, no dumb graphics, just football. They had replay but it was in its infancy so, we didn't have to see telestrator outlines being made of plays that proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the guy trying to cram this analysis between plays, had no clue of what he was talking about. These guys are just blabbering to the great unwashed sea of viewers these day who alos don't understand wht the hell they are watching ........ which explains why, I suspect, ESPN/ABC and the rest of them can get away with the shit they put on these days and call it college football on TV.

[Tony G]

But the production was seemless

seamless too!

[Rob F]

or so it seems....

[Tony G]

how unseemly

[Paul L]

I miss Keith Jackson.

[lineygoblue]

Yeah, Keith Jackson was a USC/ND slappy, but he was probably the 2nd best CFB announcer I've heard. Ufer will always be tops on my list. Doesn't matter that he was a homer. He was the best.

[hack]

Keith Jackson's opening remarks at the top of the broadcast of a good rivalry game -- man, he knew how to sell it.

[THE_WIZARD_]

"...rumblin' stumblin' bumbling..................TOUCHDOWN!"

[Tony G]

And we are stuck with Musberger (yuck)