ESPN had two highly rated Midwest football teams playing this past Saturday night. Missouri was playing host to Nebraska and the game started at 8:15 and had been set to start at that time two weeks earlier by none other than the very same ESPN.
So what did the Eastern Sports Network decide? It started an ACC game about an hour later than it should have and as a result it ran way long. That meant that fans of Mizzou and Nebraska and Midwestern football in general had to wait until barely four minutes were left in the first quarter before they could see any of the action.
As I have posted in the past ESPN tries to have it all. But, it is at the expense of games in the Central time zone, when the Eastern games run long. ESPN told it's viewers who wanted to see the game it was available on ESPN 360. ESPN 360 is an Internet Video feed that is limited to only some broadband subscribers. And when I tried to get into when the game started, the site was so flooded it never would connect.
Come on ESPN get your head out of your butt.
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