[NU Sports] Uh Oh! BCS Poll Warnings

[Jeff Beamsley]

Jonathan,

Great point!

It's not just NU, BTW.  Same thing is happening here in Michigan to Michigan
(one of those that we'd like to see get a BCS bowl and beat OSU).

I just talked with a couple of "casual" college football fans who said that
they normally are getting excited about bowl prospects for Michigan around
now, but there has been so little Michigan football on the TV combined with
their early season stumbles, that these guys have turned their attention to
the Red Wings.  At least they are on basic cable.

Jeff 

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Behalf Of Jonathan Hodges
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 3:11 PM
To: SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
Cc: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Uh Oh! BCS Poll Warnings

I'm also starting to believe that the lack of BTN distribution is really
starting to kill the Big Ten teams in terms of national attention.  If NU's
last 2 games were on an ESPN affiliated network you bet more highlights would
have been shown across the country.  But really, we'd be seeing many more
votes for Big Ten teams in the polls - instead many of the pollsters are left
in the dark and we don't see too many plays in the national highlight reels
(which probably have more impact than you would think/hope).

Of NU's first 9 games this year 7 have been on the BTN, 1 on ESPN, and 1 on
ESPNU (who has distribution almost as pathetic as the BTN).  And the final 3
games look BTN-bound as well.  For those who can't make it to the games that
equals a lot of TV sets tuned to other games.

Jonathan

On 10/15/07, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Yup - it goes to show why having the Big Ten do well in September may 
> be important later on.:)
>
> For example, yesterday when FOX unveilled the BCS standings, cranky 
> ole' southerner Jimmy Johnson moaned about how OSU has no challenges 
> left and by far the easiest road to the title game.
>
> I can see bellyachin' about their schedule so far, but their road left 
> includes visits to PSU and Michigan and the Illini and Badgers at 
> home. That's about as challenging of a final four games as you'll find 
> in the country - all teams 5-2 and top 25 caliber. ASU may have it 
> worse with Cal, Oregon, UCLA and USC in their next four and Florida 
> has three big road games left. But that's about it.
>
> But we lost respect in September and it's killing us now. Ugh! I'd 
> hate to see that cost us or Indiana a bowl trip. We'll see how it 
> shakes out.
>
> I still think we'll get two BCS teams though. Gotta home for Big East 
> upsets!:) Having Texas lose again wouldn't hurt either as they could 
> kind of lurk there and rise without the title game or another loss.
>
> In league play, I think Iowa and MSU get worn down by tough second 
> half schedules and join Minnesota on the sidelines. If we can beat 
> EMU, that makes those Indiana and Purdue games huge for bowl position.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
> * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
>
>
>
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