Fwd: [Husker] Games on Versus network

[Kerry Hookstra]

That brings back memories of the same thing in  the Sandhills of Garfield
County Nebraska just a few miles east of the Northeast corner of Loup
County. It was an amazing thing to get to watch a football game on TV in
black and white even with the snow. Of course in those days Nebraska did not
appear on TV.

Kerry Hookstra
Downs, Kansas

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robert Christensen <fourbox at nctc.net>
Date: Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Games on Versus network
To: Dana Williams <mug135 at hotmail.com>
Cc: husker at tssi.com


I do remember watching a game on a black and white tv complete with snow in
the sandhills of Loup County Nebraska.

Now I wonder if anyone remembers the "quarterback" controversy from
yesterday?  *smile*.  How much difference a day makes eh?

Bob


Dana Williams wrote:

> We sure have come a long way from the days when ABC broadcast their ONE
> college football game every Saturday. Anyone remember having an antenna or,
> gasp, watching a game in black and white?
>
>
> Dana in O.C.
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:55:18 -0400
>> From: ksterling at mindspring.com
>> To: nickchevance at gmail.com; mikejaixen at yahoo.com
>> Subject: Re: [Husker] Games on Versus network
>> CC: husker at tssi.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> From: Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Oct 21, 2009 12:55 PM
>>> To: Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: Husker List <husker at tssi.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Husker] Games on Versus network
>>>
>>> WARNING: Lack of relevance to Nebraska Football ahead.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> The background I have on the issues between Versus and DirecTV is that,
>>>> at it's core, it's a cable vs. satellite issue.  Versus is owned by Comcast,
>>>> a major cable provider nationwide, and Comcast is looking to "stick it" to
>>>> DirectTV as a competitor in many of their markets.
>>>>
>>>> It's basically a big game of chicken where the customers are the pawns.
>>>>
>>>>  Mike Jaixen
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This is one of the reasons (not the only) why I finally dropped Dish
>>> after nearly 10 years of service with them and went with Cox. We had
>>> several issues with Dish and some of their suppliers in the last
>>> couple of years that just drove me crazy.
>>>
>>> Mike actually understates it a bit - Comcast is THE largest cable
>>> company in the country, not just a major one. And they proposed to
>>> Direct TV a price for Versus that supposedly was twice or more the
>>> previously negotiated price. But on the other hand, supposedly Direct
>>> TV was going to repackage Versus as part of their higher tier (extra
>>> money paid by user) service, so supposedly Comcast made the proposal
>>> in order to lessen the profit that Direct could make by doing so.
>>> Lots of supposed's in this, but I had been sort of tracking this sort
>>> of thing when I was a Dish user. And Mike hits the nail on the head -
>>> its the user who gets it in the end. Either lack of access to a
>>> channel that doesn't have a replacement for the programming it
>>> provides, or gets nailed for higher fees for programming they were
>>> already paying for.
>>>
>>> And, by the way, I'm not all that crazy about Cox either.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>> Substitute ESPN and Cablevision relative to ESPNU above and you get
>> another true story.
>>
>>
>> .
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