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I think Black Friday has still open 1130a, 12p, 330p. with the 3 games Pitt/Miami, Iowa/Neb, Navy/Houston.
This is by far the worst TV coverage Pitt has had since cable became mainstream.
Pitt has only played 2 of its 11 games on TV channels that are in most American homes. UNC on ESPN and ND on ABC.
ESPN3 2 times
Raycom syndicated 2 times
ESPNews 2 times
ESPNU 2 times
Fox Sports South syndicated 1 time
BTN alternate channel 1 time
The casual yinzer has only been able to see Pitt on TV twice this year. TWICE.
Have you ever thought that could be by choice to maximize people in the stadium. It seems fairly obvious to me that less local coverage means more people in the stadium. I see the need to sow the seeds of the future with casual fans but it may make several thousand show up. At the end of the year, it's not like Pitt gets more money as the media is split evenly for payouts.
If you subscribe to a package with ESPN 2, you get ESPN News and it's likely one channel away.
I honestly could care less since I am at Heinz.
ESPN2 is on basic cable. ESPNews is the next tier with ESPNU, NFL Network, etc.
And no, ESPN makes these choices with no regard to Pitt's attendance. I hope you're joking.
I can get them, but I'll admit I've had to jump through hoops to see them. Same with basketball.
Will an ACCN help?
Will an ACCN help?
Not to mention some of those games were on the road.
Though, I suppose it would be an unintended effect.
Not a chance. ESPN controls everything. Its not just Pitt though. The entire ACC, despite being pretty good this year, has had pretty bad TV coverage. Swofford needs a sit-down with the folks in Bristol. Nobody watches ESPNU or ESPNews. The ratings on those channels are awful, yet those arentje defacto channels for ACC football. Only FSU and Clemson get on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2.
ESPNU is in 73 million homes. ESPNews is in 72 million homes. Both of them are, in fact, in most American homes.
This is only true if you don't think the "casual yinzer" gets channel 4, Root Sports, ESPNews and ESPNU. The fact of the matter is the "casual yinzer" gets all of those channels.
In your world, the "casual yinzer" can't watch the Penguins because all their games are on Root Sports or NBCSN, and the "casual yinzer" can't watch the Pirates more than 8 or 10 times per season because they are on Root Sports or FS1 for all but a few ESPN and Fox network games. Do you not realize how completely and utterly absurd that statement is?
Awesome.. another national televised game! I really cant be happier with the TV schedule. I have seen every game on espn3 or somewhere this year... and for the past 2 years. I actually, since I travel often, usually dont like being on national tv (ABC, NBC, etc) because I usually cant seem to get those on mobile where I can on espn3
TV coverage is nowhere near as bad as some of you are making it out to be. Every game but YSU and Akron has been on TV somewhere (and those 2 were both available on the internet & if that's not good enough anyone interested could have got a ticket for YSU for next to nothing). If you don't get ESPNU or ESPNEWS its because you choose not to get them because they are both available through every cable & satellite provider in the country.
Last year on Black Friday ESPN/ABC had games on at 11 (ESPNU), 12 (ABC & ESPN 2), 3:30 (ABC), 8 (ESPN) & 8:30 ESPNU.
Also, for what it's worth, Nebraska-Iowa has been a Black Friday noon kick on ABC every year since 2011& the last time we played Miami at home (2013) it was also on Friday and was a 3:30 start (on ABC).
The recurring problem is that ESPNews and ESPNU are 2nd tier channels that a lot of casual fans don't get.
Wrong. Almost everyone gets espn news. That channel is almost as common as the Food Network.
Im coming from parkway west, ft pitt tunnels. I believe one way will be closed also
wrong. Not on our Comcast. Like I said, ESPNews and ESPNU are on a different tier.
I've watched every Pitt game this year, except for the Iowa game, which was exclusively on that idiotic B10 network.
Next year, I expect Pitt will move up the programming pecking order. Pitt was picked to finish 6th (out of 7) in the Coastal this year. With Pitt finishing 2nd this year and with NC QB graduating, Pitt will likely be picked first or second next year.
Next year, I expect Pitt will move up the programming pecking order. Pitt was picked to finish 6th (out of 7) in the Coastal this year. With Pitt finishing 2nd this year and with NC QB graduating, Pitt will likely be picked first or second next year.
Pitt's poor television coverage has ZERO to do about attendance and all to do with the ACC television contract and the networks making the coverage/time decisions. I suspect television has had negligible impact on Pitt's attendance one way or the other. 7-3, a 3:30 kick against a name opponent--judge the Pitt fan base by what you see Saturday afternoon. Hail to Pitt!
http://espn.go.com/college-football/schedule/_/week/13
I dunno of that link will work as im on my cellphone. But on espn for week 13 tv listing it shows a abc/espn next to pitt miami with TBA time, im unsure if that is a place holder but a 330 or 12 kicm on abc espn would be nice vs a name like miami
I dunno of that link will work as im on my cellphone. But on espn for week 13 tv listing it shows a abc/espn next to pitt miami with TBA time, im unsure if that is a place holder but a 330 or 12 kicm on abc espn would be nice vs a name like miami
Once again, ESPNU is in 73 million homes. ESPNews is in 72 million homes. The fact is that most casual fans, just like most hardcore fans, get both of those stations.
Yea I pay attention. The issue isn't me. We need all the fans we can get.
There are 123 million American households. 72 million get ESPNU/ESPNews, so that is slightly over half, which makes my "majority"
statement slightly off. However, ESPN2 is in 23 million more homes. That is significant. Beyond that, the casual fan doesnt know how or care to find ESPNU or ESPNews. Of all the diehard college football fans on this board, how many knew ESPNews even did live college football games before last week? Not many. The ratings on these channels are terrible.
I live in a Big10 state, and I was able to find Pitt on TV for most weeks - except for Youngstown and Akron. I don't have an exotic cable package either. Maybe Pitt gets better exposure outside of WPA then, so maybe there's something to the logic that local CFB games may get blacked out if not picked up by the "big 3" channels of ABC, ESPN and ESPN2.
What the hell is a casual fan? Folks either want to watch the Pitt game, or they don't. If they do, they'll find it. If you are talking about someone who turns on the TV with no intention of watching the Pitt game but will watch it if its on 12 major networks and they stumble across it while channel surfing, then...
There are approximately 116 million television households according to Nielsen, but who's counting?
Oh, wait, you were.
