TV Announced for Round 2?

[GaSouthern]

Have they announced which game will be on ESPN this week for round 2?

[danefan]

Have they announced which game will be on ESPN this week for round 2?

None.

All on ESPN3.

No TV coverage.

[The Moody1]

All games are on ESPN3. That is it for coverage.

[eagle07]

http://espn.go.com/espntv/onair/index?start=12-03-11-10:00-AM

none, couple of terrible big east teams and acc championship game


no word on ESPN 8 "THE OCHO"

[Apphole]

Theres just no money in showing FCS games. Once all the big timers drop the C for a B, they might not even broadcast the FCS national championship game.

[eaglewraith]

It's FBS Conference Championship weekend. ESPN is more concerned with that.

Have to wait for the Quarters to see anything on TV.

[appfan2008]

pretty pathetic that nothing will be shown...

[Hammerhead]

Big 10 championship --> Fox
Pac 12 championship --> Fox
SEC championship --> CBS
Conference USA championship --> ABC

That leaves the ACC championship for ESPN on Saturday evening and the MAC championship on Friday night.

The Saturday afternoon schedules on ESPN are full of basketball games. :(



It's FBS Conference Championship weekend. ESPN is more concerned with that.

Have to wait for the Quarters to see anything on TV.

[Gringer1]

The real shame is that the NCAA lets ESPN buy up all the broadcast rights and then squat on them so nobody else can show it.

[BEAR]

It's more important to show those "poker games" and "billiard games" and "espn specials" than to show a football game.....sick.

[veinup]

what really sucks is that my ISP is somehow not compatible with ESPN3. bulllllll****.

[eagle07]

what really sucks is that my ISP is somehow not compatible with ESPN3. bulllllll****.


It's all about the money friend, ur ISP must not have ponied up the dough, my guess on how it works anyway

[CharlestonAppFan]

I think it mainly has to do with $$$$$$.....both E$PN and Vegas having their hand in it as well. It's hard to find FCS betting lines anywhere.

[hebmskebm]

It's all about the money friend, ur ISP must not have ponied up the dough, my guess on how it works anyway

I'm currently stuck with Knicks owner James Dolan's Cablevision as both my Cable TV and my ISP. Not only are they unwilling to carry ESPN3, they've also been in a staring contest with the NFL Network since its inception and do not even offer it in their package. In related news, James Dolan is an incompetent jackass.

[GannonFan]

Big 10 championship --> Fox
Pac 12 championship --> Fox
SEC championship --> CBS
Conference USA championship --> ABC

That leaves the ACC championship for ESPN on Saturday evening and the MAC championship on Friday night.

The Saturday afternoon schedules on ESPN are full of basketball games. :(

Competitive scheduling - at least if they show basketball, then they know they'll get the people who don't want to watch college football. If you show the FCS games, you'll get the handful of us who want to want those games (as opposed to the FBS conference title games). The basketball viewers will be far greater in number.

[eagle07]

Here is your option friends, download and install http://download.cnet.com/hotspot-shield/, this will hide location info so that hopefully you can log in under someone elses isp, thats easy part. Then you will need a friend or family member somewhere outside of your cable/tv provider with and ISP that actually has espn3 access. Use there provider ID and username when signing up for espn3. Worked for my boss the other day.

[JSUBison]

The real shame is that the NCAA lets ESPN buy up all the broadcast rights and then squat on them so nobody else can show it.

This. ESPN is taking all the heat, but the NCAA needs to feel some as well. NCAA needs to do a better job of getting the games to the fans, and not worry so much about how much of a check ESPN is cutting them.

[ngineer]

Heck, even if they showed the games on tape delay, would be better than limiting to the "3". I taped the Lafayette game on November 19 and will watch that a few times during the winter when it gets chilly out (;-)

[clenz]

Heck, even if they showed the games on tape delay, would be better than limiting to the "3". I taped the Lafayette game on November 19 and will watch that a few times during the winter when it gets chilly out (;-)

More homes get ESPN3 than ESPNU across America.


Oh, and those basketball games on ESPN and ESPN2, and hell even ESPNU will draw higher than the FCS playoffs

[MTfan4life]

If FCS games don't draw squat, what does ESPN even want with them?

[darell1976]

WDAY (ABC-station Fargo) just ran a story about ESPN3. ESPN 3 is not available in Fargo since Cable One doesn't provide it, but Mid Con in West Fargo and Moorhead does carry ESPN 3 so they are likely going to shut out almost 100,000 people from seeing the game. ESPN told WDAY to hold off on the story since more info is to come. Maybe they changed their minds?

[footballer23]

If FCS games don't draw squat, what does ESPN even want with them?

Exactly, so why not sell the rights to local providers? They'll charge some unreasonable amount, and about half of the games will get picked up. More $$$ in their pockets.

[footballer23]

WDAY (ABC-station Fargo) just ran a story about ESPN3. ESPN 3 is not available in Fargo since Cable One doesn't provide it, but Mid Con in West Fargo and Moorhead does carry ESPN 3 so they are likely going to shut out almost 100,000 people from seeing the game. ESPN told WDAY to hold off on the story since more info is to come. Maybe they changed their minds?

They're just hoping that ESPN would change their minds, which isn't going to happen. Scott Geston is a worthless pile, he just didn't want any more bad press for his company.

[LakesBison]

EVERYONE hates cableone. just goto West Fargo or Moorhead bar and watch the game there on midcontinent ..... this isnt a story.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

ESPN Classic is playing "The Renee Richards Story" at 12:30 on Saturday. I have to believe Maine at App would get a higher rating than that.

[Grizzaholic]

ESPN Classic is playing "The Renee Richards Story" at 12:30 on Saturday. I have to believe Maine at App would get a higher rating than that.

Since it is Classic, they could play the App/Montana game from 2009...hell any App/Montana game for that matter.

[Professor Chaos]

Here is your option friends, download and install http://download.cnet.com/hotspot-shield/, this will hide location info so that hopefully you can log in under someone elses isp, thats easy part. Then you will need a friend or family member somewhere outside of your cable/tv provider with and ISP that actually has espn3 access. Use there provider ID and username when signing up for espn3. Worked for my boss the other day.
You don't need Hotspot Shield to do this if you have can get on a machine somewhere that has an ISP with ESPN3 access. Just go through the steps to enable remote access on an ESPN account (see the "How do I get remote access to ESPN3?" section here: http://www.midcocomm.com/resourcecenter/index.cfm/534/MidcoNet-Xstream/How-do-I-access-ESPN3) and you can then get ESPN3 on a machine that has an ISP without ESPN3 access. I did this from my work computer, which has an ISP that supports ESPN3, and now I can get ESPN3 from my home computer through CableOne, which doesn't support ESPN3, by using the "Remote Access" link.

[McNeese75]

Here is your option friends, download and install http://download.cnet.com/hotspot-shield/, this will hide location info so that hopefully you can log in under someone elses isp, thats easy part. Then you will need a friend or family member somewhere outside of your cable/tv provider with and ISP that actually has espn3 access. Use there provider ID and username when signing up for espn3. Worked for my boss the other day.

GREAT!!!! Now all we need your provider ID and username :D

[Squealofthepig]

GREAT!!!! Now all we need your provider ID and username :D

Send out messages to facebook friends who are at least cool with your FCS fandom. Explain that you can't watch the game where you're at because ESPN has decided to buy something they don't plan on showing. Ask for a temporary email account with a supportive ISP from a major metropolitan area.

Oh, and then ???? and profit, of course.

[FargoBison]

ESPN did say they will say something tomorrow, what that is I have no idea but hopefully it is some good news.

[Grizzaholic]

ESPN did say they will say something tomorrow, what that is I have no idea but hopefully it is some good news.

Reports out of Griz nation are that the NCAA is working with E$PN and will hopefully have a press release soon.

[GridCaptain]

BREAKING NEWS: Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota have been traded by the United States to Canada for a case of Molson and a Don Cherry highlight tape.

[Professor Chaos]

BREAKING NEWS: Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota have been traded by the United States to Canada for a case of Molson and a Don Cherry highlight tape.As an aside, the DJI instantly drops 500 points on the news as the US unemployment rate jumps 5 points and domestic crude oil production is halved.

[JSUBison]

ESPN did say they will say something tomorrow, what that is I have no idea but hopefully it is some good news.

Oh I'm sure they will.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jn1p7SXM1w

[tourguide]

I think it mainly has to do with $$$$$$.....both E$PN and Vegas having their hand in it as well. It's hard to find FCS betting lines anywhere.
I dont understand how you would bring Vegas into the discussion? Yes there are no FCS lines in any vegas sportsbook unless they are playing an FBS team. I spoke with Jay Kornegay the sportsbook manager at Hilton about this earlier in the year about FCS lines. His answer was obvious, they dont get enough money bet on FCS games to designate someone to be employed as the person to set lines for FCS games.