sports.espn.go.com - 11/30/2008
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NEW YORK -- A week before the final standings are released and the Bowl Championship Series is already ticking people off. Oklahoma -- not Texas -- is headed to the Big 12 championship game with an inside track to the national title game by finishing ahead of the Longhorns in the BCS standings. ...
BCS Realpolitik: Why No. 1 is still just out of Texas' grasp
rivals.yahoo.com 11/18/2008 —
In a perfect world, the Doc would be given carte blanche to publicly torch the Bowl Championship Series in effigy and institute the elaborate, double-elimination battle royale of his dreams. But we live in the world we live in, so each Sunday the ...
Golf on TV: Is It Time to Take it All to Cable?
waggleroom.com 11/19/2008 — With the new deals that ESPN has or soon will sign to move the Open Championship and all five Bowl Championship Series games to cable, it is becoming apparent that the future of sports on TV may very well be on cable - and only cable.
Sports ...
ESPN, why?
kuklaskorner.com 11/20/2008 — For all those clamoring to get the NHL back on ESPN, consider the following in light of the deal announced this week that adds college football’s Bowl Championship Series to the ESPN/ABC lineup from 2011 to 2014:
With this deal ESPN/ABC ...
The Cablization of Television Sports Properties - Part II
sportsontheair.blogspot.com 11/20/2008 — Athens, GA (Nov 20, 2008) - "It's our ball an if you don't like our rules, too bad!" That seemed to be the underlying message on Tuesday's ESPN media call announcing the acquisition of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) contract for 2011 through 2014. ...
BCS Is a Mess
thewizofodds.com 11/23/2008 — Alabama will remain No. 1, but Oklahoma is expected to jump Texas and move into the No. 2 spot when the Bowl Championship Series standings are released Sunday, according to Sam Chi, the BCS Guru . If Sam's projections hold true, Texas is getting ...
10 Things I Know: My Thoughts From This Weekend —
NCAA GridIron Gab
With the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) system always uncertain and ever-changing, here’s what is certain from what I saw this past weekend; a holiday weekend filled with big games which offered not much change, though cementing and keeping intact the Top 5 championship-caliber teams. ...
Another BCS Screwjob —
The Wiz of Odds
Here's the scoreboard from the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas on Oct. 11 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The score is at the bottom: Horns 45, Sooners 35. In the end, this was just another meaningless regular season game, brought to you by the Bowl Championship Series. ...
Columnists Corner —
The Wiz of Odds
Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle : The Bowl Championship Series is such a disaster it's perfect . Ron Morris, Columbia State : A Hall of Famer with 170 victories was outcoached by a wet-behind-the-headsets "interim" coach whose experience is a mere six games. Yes, veteran Steve ...
Game of the Weak —
The Wiz of Odds
Mike Hlas is an award-winning columnist with the Cedar Rapids Gazette and force behind The Hlog . Each week he will break down the biggest mismatches in college football. Considering the number of Bowl Championship Series teams tanking at this point in the season, Mike's task is more ...
Rea’s Say: BCS = Blundering Crass Stupidity —
Scout.com > BuckeyeSports.com
Several teams have legitimate claims to this year's national title game and college football continues the travesty that is the Bowl Championship Series. Some thoughts on that as well as news and notes from Around the Country and the Fearless Forecast are trimmings for your Thanksgiving Day dinner.
What Fools These Mortals Be! —
The Wiz of Odds
ESPN officials are laughing all the way to the bank after the network reached a four-year, $500 agreement last week to telecast Bowl Championship Series games from 2011-14. "The fact is, the postseason is greatly undervalued," former NCAA president Cedric Dempsey, pictured above, ...
Now We Root For USC? Oregon? —
WaitingForNextYear
After this weekend’s absolute drubbing of the Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State fans can now turn to the BCS to see when and where they will be playing come bowl time.
If Oregon State beats #24 Oregon next week, we’re likely looking at the Capital One bowl on New Years Day. Our ...
Who Let The Dogs Out At CBS Sports? —
Eye On Sports Media
Athens, GA (Nov 24, 2008) - Life in the corporate world. Rigid lines of authority. Streamlined communications policies and procedures. Keeping a low profile when you don't have a dog in he hunt. Somehow, that was not the case this weekend as CBS Sports talent Jim Nantz and Tim Brando cut loose ...
Game of the Weak —
The Wiz of Odds
Mike Hlas is an award-winning columnist with the Cedar Rapids Gazette and force behind The Hlog . Each week he will break down the biggest mismatches in college football. Considering the number of Bowl Championship Series teams tanking at this point in the season, Mike's task is more ...
Wiz Podcast: Wendell Barnhouse of Big 12 Sports.com —
The Wiz of Odds
Breaking down Saturday's showdown between Texas Tech and Oklahoma requires a level of expertise that you can get only from Wendell Barnhouse, the legendary sportswriter who is now a correspondent for Big 12 Sports.com . An Oklahoma victory throws the Bowl Championship Series into turmoil and ...
Reporters Notebooks —
The Wiz of Odds
Chris Dufresne, Los Angeles Times : Is the Bowl Championship Series making it up as we go along? Commissioners recently had to mediate a conflict in their own rule book and the clarification means three Big 12 teams could get BCS bids. The unlikely chain of events might knock USC to the ...
ESPN locks in BCS —
SPORTS COUCH POTATO
The Bowl Championship Series is moving to ESPN starting in January 2011. The deal announced Tuesday includes exclusive
television, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for the
Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls from 2011-2014 and the BCS title game
from 2011 to 2013. Meanwhile, ...
BCS officially headed to cable. —
Sports Media Watch
In a seismic shift that could forever change the face of sports television broadcasting, the Bowl Championship Series officially signed with ESPN on Tuesday.
Beginning in 2011, ESPN will televise the BCS National Championship Game, as well as the Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl. This ...
BREAKING NEWS: ESPN Signs with BCS, But You Knew That Already —
Fang's Bites
Since I've received the press release, I don't need to monitor the conference call. This is the official press release from the Alleged Worldwide Leader on ESPN's new agreement with the Bowl Championship Series. As mentioned previously, it makes the event exclusively all-cable. And it includes ...
ESPN Has A "Major Media Announcement" At Noon ET —
Fang's Bites
I wonder what that could be. It involves ESPN Dictator George Bodenheimer and BCS Coordinator/ACC Commish John Swofford. I think we all know that this will be an announcement involving the Bowl Championship Series moving to ESPN. I'll provide details of the announcement at that time.
Fox opts out of BCS bidding —
SPORTS COUCH POTATO
Fox has decided to withdraw its bid for college football's Bowl Championship Series and a new TV deal is said to be imminent with ABC/ESPN. According to a report in SportsBusiness Daily , ESPN bid $125 million per year over four years to get the games, while Fox's top bid was $100 million ...
