Arizona game on 9/22 to be on Versus at 3:00 PM PDT
(Written by kencraw)
While I haven’t seen an announcement from either Cal or the Pac-10, Versus is showing the Cal vs. Arizona game on their programming calendar for 9/22 at 3:00 PM PDT. Unless this is a case of a network counting their chickens before they hatch, one has to believe that they’re going to be showing the game.
Many are real negative about Versus but personally I don’t think it’s all that bad. Yes, it’s not ABC or ESPN, but it is national televised for every game, unlike even ABC which shows its games regionally (usually 4 across the nation) or FSN which is of course VERY regional down to individual TV markets. Additionally, unlike CSTV, Versus is included in most cable and satalite packages by default so the potential audience is far larger. While I’d prefer that these games were still on TBS (Versus replaces TBS in the Pac-10 television contracts this year) because of the high recogniation of the channel and the higher likelihood of a channel flipper happening upon the game, I’ll take Versus any day over CSTV or Comcast Sports Net.
UPDATE 9/10/07 @ 3:30 PM: The official Cal Bears site confirms it.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Not to mention that Versus is available in HD for those that have been spoiled by that luxury. =)
September 10th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
I was trying to watch the Wisconsin-UNLV game Saturday night on Versus, and managed to get a various array of psychidelic pixels. The signal disappeared, although I did manage to catch that fantastic bootleg in pieces. They’d better not do the same for the Big Game.
Versus=College football for stoners.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Versus HD should be up for DirecTV customers (with the MPEG-4 capable equipment) in the next couple weeks.
September 10th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
I think it was CSTV’s smaller audience that kept Cal up in the polls. If it were more widely available, more people would have seen Cal’s inconsistency. Case in point: Lousiville. Everyone was able to see how badly their “defense” played and they lost votes as a result.
Trev Alberts and the other guy didn’t help. Their playcalling and “color” commentary was just as bad as listening to Bill Walton call a Kings game. Dreadful.
I didn’t know until last weekend that Versus had an HD feed. It pairs with the Golf Channel where I live, so it’s programming shifts dramatically between some obscure college sport to a Ben Hogan retrospective. I wasn’t all that impressed with the BYU/UCLA coverage, but I’ll take whatever I can get. I’ll be at the Arizona game, but it’s always better to record and watch the game again the next day–but only if we win…
September 11th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
When will the comparison stats be available? I’m looking forward to seeing them.