FAU vs Minn on ESPN Gameplan & local
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First Flight
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FAU vs Minn on ESPN Gameplan & local
FAU vs Minn on ESPN Gameplan & local
The games that are blacked out are done so because they are already on a local channel. Miami-Clemson is blacked out on GAmeplan because it is on our local ABC station. UCF-USF,W.Virginia-MAryland, and Mississippi-Vanderbilt are also blacked out for the same reason, but the FAU game is definitely safe.
The only other time they have blacked out games are games being offered on local pay-per-view like Florida's first two games were.
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Wise Owl
Member since 2003
FAU vs Minn on ESPN Gameplan & local
BTW, USF-UCF is on FSN but that may fall under some type of blackout ruling also.
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FAU vs Minn on ESPN Gameplan & local
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Bytor
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FAU vs Minn on ESPN Gameplan & local
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FAU vs Minn on ESPN Gameplan & local
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FAU vs Minn on ESPN Gameplan & local
Last night, it was nowhere on my DirecTV system.
Off to the closest local sports bar we went. After 20 minutes of trying to explain to the channel captain how to find the game, I discovered it was only on Adelphia Cable Channel 15. That bar didn't have cable.
Same with the next stop, but this bar was more interested in keeping the Florida game on 27 TV sets. Off we went.
Finally, we found a new place (almost at halftime) - a family-run bar and restaurant that cared and went out of its way to find the game (had Adelphia). The place is The Brass Ring (formerly J.J. Muggs) on Okeechobee Blvd. (west of State Road 7) in Royal Palm Beach. They set up a TV for my FAU daughter and I and we enjoyed at least the opportunity to see the game (and one TD for the Owls).
This place is suposedly a landmark restaurant in North Palm Beach and is now expanding to the RPB area. I encourage all Owl fans to stop by and thank the owners for supporting FAU. I'm sure they would welcome FAU groups from the Palms West area.
But, back to the problem, why can't we get WTCN on DirecTV? We're supposed to get local channels, but not that one? Channel 15 claims to be the WB station, yet I get the WB on WTVX-Channel 34 (4 on cable).
I'm a long-time Troy fan who has now (thanks to my daughter) chosen to follow FAU as my second (local) team. Troy used to have these growing pains (lack of merchandize in local stores, lack of visibility in a state covered with other teams' rabid fans, lack of media coverage and TV showings). Troy still has some of those problems, but I would hope FAU - with its much larger size, political clout and major market status - could get on the stick and imp[rove its marketing.
I guess it's up to us to demand coverage, TV time, merchandise at sports and retail stores, and the like. We should really get a grassroots movement going.
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Bytor
Member since 2004
FAU vs Minn on ESPN Gameplan & local
I have brought Miami supporters to Ok. St. game and they walked away impressed with our team and the same can be said of a former Nebraska player. In time the excitement will be there, let's just hope that we can continue to build what we have now. We can't force people to support FAU, it will only push them away.
By the way, someone that has talked about going to games, will now go just because of the Ad on a Mountain Dew can. So yes I agree that Marketing need to keep FAU in any form of contact to as many EYES as posible - the percent may be small at the beggining, but could have a greater effect in the long run.
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