[Husker] TV weirdness

[Mike Jaixen]

The difference is in your location.  All ABC regional broadcasts are available through GamePlan, but in Nebraska, every one of those games are on local affiliates.  In New York, unless it's a national telecast (i.e. Colorado game), the only way to catch that game is via GamePlan.

Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com


--- On Wed, 7/2/08, Scott R Lawson <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu> wrote:

> I don't know- I've been able to see quite a few
> Nebraska games on
> Gameplan over the past couple of seasons. That and the NFL
> package are
> the ONLY reasons I got Direct TV.
> 
> Scott in NY
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com
> [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:36 AM
> To: J1a2c3k at aol.com
> Cc: husker at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] TV weirdness
> 
> > I've tried the GamePlan, subscribed during the
> football season to the
> Fox
> > Sports Net [was about $9/mo] and there doesn't
> seem to be a "pat"
> answer to
> > watching the Husker games....as has been said, a lot
> depends on the
> Huskers'
> > standings as to how often they get widespread tv
> coverage.
> 
> As I understand the Big 12's media contracts there
> aren't very many
> opportunities for games that could be part of GamePlan,
> mostly
> non-conference
> road games.  For those who live in or near Nebraska, if
> there is a
> Nebraska 
> game that is an ABC regional game, it'll generally be
> on the local ABC 
> stations anyway.  GamePlan is essentially a bust as far as
> Nebraska fans
> 
> are concerned, and thanks to the Big 10 network it's
> now somewhat of a
> bust 
> as far as many Big 10 games are concerned too.
> --
> Mike Nolan