[NU Sports] One down, 12 to go ... [Attendance]
michael.vance at att.net
michael.vance at att.net
Sat Sep 1 20:09:58 CDT 2007
That sort of goes back to my scheduling question earlier. I think that the best two options would be:
1) To show every game live without the need for overflow channels by having ESPN/ABC games at 11:00 & 2:30 (CT), two BTN games at 11:00 and 2:30, and then a BTN night game.
or
2) Eliminate the 11:00am start except for the one ESPN game and go with 1:00pm local time starts for BTN games. That would stagger most of the starts. You'd have 11 CT/12 ET starts for ESPN, 1:00 ET starts for BTN for the Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvanis teams, and then 1:00 CT starts for the rest of the conference. All except for the 3:30 ET/2:30 CT ABC game and a possible night game.
We do have at least one non-conference game going on every week during the "conference" season, and there is at least one weekend with only four conference games and three mid-season non-conference games (the weekend that we're in Detroit). So there are usually going to be six games that need to be shown.
--
Michael
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-------------- Original message from JHCCLARK at aol.com: --------------
> I have always been an advocate of night games to bring up attendance, especially
> early in the year. Which brings me to a question I have had ever since the BTN
> was created.
>
> I have always heard that the noon/11am starts are because of television. But
> now that the BTN is here, and all Big Tenn schools are no longer beholden to ABC
> and ESPN, why can't the BTN schedule some of their games (games not appearing on
> other networks, like NE @ NU) at 4p/3p or 8p/7p?
>
> It would help attendance, everybody knows night games are more fun in the
> stands, and it spreads out the games on the day's schedule so that you don't
> NEED 5 channels, all showing noon/11a games.
>
> Just a question. Any know why?
>
> In a message dated 9/1/2007 7:39:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> johnadeg at comcast.net writes:
>
> >The attendance was a disgrace. The team deserves better suppurt than that.I
> wish that I had an answer.
> >
> >Big Blue has some big problems. What an upset.
> >
> >John DeGroat
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> >From: "Jonathan Hodges"
> >> Attendance is listed at 16,199 - which is by far the worst attendance I've
> >> ever experienced at Northwestern (my NU experience began in 2000). Last
> >> year's UNH game had about 20,000 which was the worst number in over a
> >> decade. I wonder how far back one has to go to find a worse attendance than
> >> today. It was a beautiful day and the 'Cats performed very well (first
> >> shutout in a decade!) - it was great to see in person and a great day for
> >> college football. Hopefully some more people come out next week for Nevada.
> >>
> >> Jonathan
> >>
> >> On 9/1/07, neonrye at aol.com wrote:
> >> >
> >> > How "sparse" was crowd today at Ryan?? There's photo up on NU FB Home Page
> >> > showing Bacher throwing pass with all empty seats in background.? Hope we
> >> > had decent turnout, notwithstanding pronounced handicaps of weak (and
> >> > "non-sexy") opponent, Holiday Weekend, lack of student body yet on campus.
> >> >
> >> > Paul Levinson
> >> >
> >> > P.S.:? My daughter's?newly-minted Alma Mater, 'Cuse, got crushed on ESPN
> >> > last night by another team of Huskies (Washington).? We get Orange at home
> >> > in opener next Fall and play them at the Dome in 2009.? Right now those
> >> > games look like they can be colored Purple, as the boys from Upstate NY are
> >> > a very weak group at this point, and Coach Greg Robinson (former
> >> > D-Coordinator for my NY Jets and the Denver Broncos) looks like a bad fit
> in
> >> > "Carrier"-land.
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: neonrye at aol.com
> >> > To: sjtruog at yahoo.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> >> > Sent: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 3:51 pm
> >> > Subject: Re: [NU Sports] One down, 12 to go ...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I don't have BT Net (Not available), but "watched" end of Mich. game on
> >> > "AOL
> >> > Gamecast".? Apparently, App. St. blocked Wolves FG attempt, and ran it
> >> > back to
> >> > Mich. 7 yard line to end game--after FG by App. St. put them ahead by 2
> >> > with 26
> >> > seconds to go.? Sounds like there were 100,000 plus stunned fans at "The
> >> > House".? I think Carr just got closer to extinction.? This will not sit
> >> > well in
> >> > Ann Arbor.? Now our guys know that Mich. is vulnerable, which should give
> >> > us a
> >> > real chance in a month, IF (and it's a big IF) we can take care of
> >> > business in
> >> > next 2 Non-Conf. contests and then hold our own against the Bucks.? All in
> >> > all,
> >> > a very good afternoon so far.....
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Paul Levinson
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
> >> > To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> >> > Sent: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 3:38 pm
> >> > Subject: [NU Sports] One down, 12 to go ...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > First off, perhaps the best thing about the Big Ten
> >> > Network? Our designated abbreviation on top of the
> >> > screen was NU. Not NW or NWU ... NU. FINALLY!
> >> >
> >> > So, not a great game but a solid first effort all
> >> > around with lots to be excited about this year!
> >> >
> >> > The good ...
> >> > * CJ Bacher - He was on fire, he was utilizing every
> >> > one of his weapons and he was cool under fire. He even
> >> > showed some elusiveness (except he seems to spin out
> >> > of pressure the opposite way you would naturally). Our
> >> > offense is in good hands!
> >> >
> >> > * Special teams - NU fans dreaded the new kickoff rule
> >> > - but touchbacks and opponent starting position inside
> >> > the 30 were the norm. Good coverage and punts too. Now
> >> > let's work on returns.
> >> >
> >> > * The secondary - Tighter coverage and a bit of an
> >> > attitude. McManus was flying around the field and
> >> > making some nice pump-up plays. Good to see some
> >> > aggressiveness (without the stupid penalties, of
> >> > course).
> >> >
> >> > The bad ...
> >> >
> >> > * Our O-line - Sutton earned every yard he got through
> >> > sheer will and by breaking many, many tackles. Our
> >> > line didn't help him or Bacher much. We did wear them
> >> > out at the end, but I want that domination to start
> >> > early.
> >> >
> >> > * Our front seven on D - Let's hope our secondary's
> >> > attitude is contagious because we need some edge and
> >> > fire up front. We gotta get some pressure there.
> >> >
> >> > But overall, nice to get the shutout and nice to see
> >> > us start to dominate in the second half on both sides
> >> > of the ball. We just need to score more points when we
> >> > have the chance.
> >> >
> >> > GO CATS!!!
> >> > -SjT
> >> >
> >> > Oops - Appalachain State just recovered from their
> >> > bout of consevativitis and started playing again -
> >> > could come down to a field goal!
> >> >
> >> > * * * * * * * * *
> >> > STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> >> > sjtruog at yahoo.com
> >> > GO CATS!!!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
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