[Husker] Games on Versus network

[George Rapp]

Guilty. I even got my picture in the Luverne, MN paper for watching the
Huskers on a portable black-and-white TV during a marching band competition
in 1982.

It was against Penn State.

The TV was 5" diagonal in size.

The signal was fuzzy.

And yet, even I COULD SEE THAT THE PSU RECEIVER WAS OUT OF BOUNDS!  8^)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XiH8mxa-Z0 if you're feeling masochistic...

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Dana Williams <mug135 at hotmail.com> 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-----
> > >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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