JESUS,family,rutgers Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 THere is a story on www.sportsbusinessjournal.com talking about how ESPN is trying to get cable providers to switch ESPNU and ESPN Classic on their channel line-ups. Tried to link it,but no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big A HG Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Here's the link, but you need to login to view. http://sportsbusinessjournal.com/index.cfm...articleID=61982 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remington_270 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 God I hope not..........I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't watch the Daytona 500 from 1864. IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Yeah no doubt that would be good news lets just hope that Midco can get the switch taken care of before next years NCAA hockey tourney. Maybe we need to call the Midco office and beg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tho0505 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Its about time! I cant tell you how many old boxing matches I've watched out of sheer boredom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krangodance Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Its about time! I cant tell you how many old boxing matches I've watched out of sheer boredom... i don't know about the rest of you, but i can't believe i didn't realize this transgression earlier. i hate espn classic. i can honestly say i've never watched the channel for more than ten minutes. this seems like it should have been such an obvious issue for me to rant about. i suppose i just didn't realize until recently what i was missing by not getting espnu. now that i know, it's time to rant: the politics of failure have failed...it's time to make them work again! it's time to move forward, not backwards; upward, not forward, and always twirling...twirling towards freedom! abortions for some, little american flags for others. down with espn classic! up with espnu!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 i don't know about the rest of you, but i can't believe i didn't realize this transgression earlier. i hate espn classic. i can honestly say i've never watched the channel for more than ten minutes. this seems like it should have been such an obvious issue for me to rant about. i suppose i just didn't realize until recently what i was missing by not getting espnu. now that i know, it's time to rant: the politics of failure have failed...it's time to make them work again! it's time to move forward, not backwards; upward, not forward, and always twirling...twirling towards freedom! abortions for some, little american flags for others. down with espn classic! up with espnu!! The only time I have watched that channel is if there was a college football or hockey game on it. Which is about 5-6 times in the last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big A HG Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 i don't know about the rest of you, but i can't believe i didn't realize this transgression earlier. i hate espn classic. i can honestly say i've never watched the channel for more than ten minutes. this seems like it should have been such an obvious issue for me to rant about. i suppose i just didn't realize until recently what i was missing by not getting espnu. now that i know, it's time to rant: the politics of failure have failed...it's time to make them work again! it's time to move forward, not backwards; upward, not forward, and always twirling...twirling towards freedom! abortions for some, little american flags for others. down with espn classic! up with espnu!! I like ESPNews more than SportsCenter, by a lot. But there's always something better on anyways...and News isn't in HD (at least not through MidCo if it is). It makes sense to have ESPNU as well considering that we have BTN, FCS (3), and CBSCS. I wouldn't mind having both News and U, but if I had to pick one, it'd obviously be U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxweet Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 if midco did this I'd drop dish in a heartbeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Today I received a postcard from Midcontinent informing all Sports and Variety Tier Subscribers that the NFL may terminate Midco's right to carry NFL Network as of April 30th. I say get rid of NFL Network and replace it with ESPNU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I like ESPNews more than SportsCenter, by a lot. But there's always something better on anyways...and News isn't in HD (at least not through MidCo if it is). It makes sense to have ESPNU as well considering that we have BTN, FCS (3), and CBSCS. I wouldn't mind having both News and U, but if I had to pick one, it'd obviously be U. It is in HD and is even better as they can present even more information. IIRC like more info and stats on the games upcoming for the evening. I've always found it odd that Midco doesn't have ESPNU as station that actually carries college hockey. But maybe they haven't bothered since ESPNU picks up the Sioux feed once in a while. Not sure if they did this year, though. Also got a notice that NFL Network might be on its way out. Not that I watch it that much. I do like that we have BigTen network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoosh Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Yeah no doubt that would be good news lets just hope that Midco can get the switch taken care of before next years NCAA hockey tourney. Maybe we need to call the Midco office and beg. I called Midco and complained a little last weekend about the lack of espnu. Today I received a letter from them saying they were going to look into getting it. So it wouldn't hurt for everyone to call and request it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I called Midco and complained a little last weekend about the lack of espnu. Today I received a letter from them saying they were going to look into getting it. So it wouldn't hurt for everyone to call and request it. I hope you're right if Direct TV ever gets the fighting Sioux Sports network I will get direct tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTK Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Thank GOD! We need more lacrosse!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I called yesterday because I was having a problem with my internet and happen to mention the article stating some cable providers will trade Classic for ESPNU and the woman actually put in a complaint for me. She also basically said they had been flooded with calls this past month about this as well. Keep it up folks and we will have ESPN2 before next year's NCAA hockey playoffs. I told her that there are very many people in the Midco veiwing area would be very happy if they made this happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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