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GAME WEEK CAPSULE: FAU @ UAB | Charlotte - Feb 2nd & 4th, 2023

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Coach May post game on wearing down the 49ers:

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Great win and glad to see us back in the W column hopefully we won’t drop too far in the ranking and maintain a spot in the 20s. A side note, I think it’s a crying shame that as a top 25 team we’re not even featured once on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. Back in 2010 when we were nobodies ESPN2 came to the Burrow just don’t understand why they don’t now. Can’t wait to get out of this crap conference where the “big games” are shown on CBSSN which unless you’re a die hard, you probably don’t have in your channel lineup. SMH!
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That was when there was no ESPN+. And now they have firm viewer numbers, as everything is online, and how much the contests are "worth" as a result.

We caught the eye of being an ESPN2 game that year when Jarvis was coach and we hosted Arkansas State. Guess you could say there was more "influence" by names and administrative connections at that point in time. He was also VERY involved in promoting the program behind the scenes. This was also obviously before the social media explosion. People had to go to TV for live contest data as primary means.

Now they seem to only care about broadcasting games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU that will truly draw "national attention" and be available on an actual TV as part of the full cable / satellite subscriptions. This is also where they make the most money.

This site is a primary example of the same cycle. We used to have 35 people camped in a game day thread and now no one barely comments and doesn't even bother to show up. They read throughout the week and occasionally comment afterwards, but it's definitely not like it used to be as the information is all over the place.

Just my:



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Very true Rick what you said above with your 2 cents.
With social media there are so many other types of involvement on game days.
We all really do enjoy this site and appreciate your perspective and information.
Thank you for all you do.
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Rick said

That was when there was no ESPN+. And now they have firm viewer numbers, as everything is online, and how much the contests are "worth" as a result.

We caught the eye of being an ESPN2 game that year when Jarvis was coach and we hosted Arkansas State. Guess you could say there was more "influence" by names and administrative connections at that point in time. He was also VERY involved in promoting the program behind the scenes. This was also obviously before the social media explosion. People had to go to TV for live contest data as primary means.

Now they seem to only care about broadcasting games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU that will truly draw "national attention" and be available on an actual TV as part of the full cable / satellite subscriptions. This is also where they make the most money.

This site is a primary example of the same cycle. We used to have 35 people camped in a game day thread and now no one barely comments and doesn't even bother to show up. They read throughout the week and occasionally comment afterwards, but it's definitely not like it used to be as the information is all over the place.

Just my:




Posted On: Feb 4th 2023, 10:46 PM #412281

Should be on more in the aac.   The MAC gets more linear games than cusa when you include ESPNU
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Climbed back to 18 in the NET after yesterday's win against charlotte. So not too much harm done with our L against UAB
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Yeah, we went back to original RPI and NET, and actually went up in both KenPom and Sagarin compared to last week at this time before both games.

Would be surprised if we completely fell out of the polls. It was a quad 1 loss on the road in the 10th best conference by RPI standards.
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