kardplayer
November 19th, 2005, 07:23 AM
I'm sure many of us will be at our teams' games today, especially with so many rivalry games going on. At the same time, there are so many scores from around the nation that are important to our playoff hopes, we'll want to know what's going on in them. Its hard to "scoreboard watch" when most of our stadiums won't have the other scores posted or announced, so what is a I-AA fan to do?
You have at least two options, depending on noise and cost sensitivity...
1. 1-800-555-TELL
Cost: Free
Process:
1. At the main menu, say "SPORTS"
2. Then say "COLLEGE FOOTBALL"
3. Then say the name of the team you want to know about aka "SOUTHERN ILLINOIS"
4. It will report the score of the game (aka "SOUTHERN ILLINOIS is trailing NORTH DAKOTA STATE 24-14, with less than 2 minutes to go in the fourth quarter")
Comments: Because its voice activated, if its really noisy it can be hard to use. That said, I can usually get it to work in a stadium but, ironically, not in the car when my kids are yelling. It recognizes all I-AA schools, but it does seem to struggle with some. I'm not sure the "transitional" schools are in there, but as long as you know the opponent, just use the opponent. Also, I believe you can set up favorites, so if you want to set it up on your way to the game, you may be able to put your phone on mute after you say college football and it will give you the scores - you'll have to play with that one yourself though as I won't have a chance to check it out till I'm on the road myself...
2. You can send a text message to USA TODAY
Cost: Standard text messaging rates apply, no additional costs are charged
Process:
1. Type in the name of the team you are interested in. You need the college name, but not the mascot. You usually won't need the word "college" or "university", but if you get back funny results, you may want to try that.
2. Send the message to the code "44636" (GIMEN)
3. It will respond back with the last men's basketball score and the in progress football score (or final score, as the case may be).
Comments: I like this when I can't get Tell Me to work because of background noise, or when I'm trying to be discreet (e.g. at a family event, at any place where I'm actually supposed to be paying attention to others and not preoccupied by the score of South Carolina State vs. North Carolina A&T)
Have a great day today, and good luck to all (especially, Hofstra, W&M, Montana, Ch. Southern, NDSU, Idaho State, NC A&T, EIU, and McNeese :D )
You have at least two options, depending on noise and cost sensitivity...
1. 1-800-555-TELL
Cost: Free
Process:
1. At the main menu, say "SPORTS"
2. Then say "COLLEGE FOOTBALL"
3. Then say the name of the team you want to know about aka "SOUTHERN ILLINOIS"
4. It will report the score of the game (aka "SOUTHERN ILLINOIS is trailing NORTH DAKOTA STATE 24-14, with less than 2 minutes to go in the fourth quarter")
Comments: Because its voice activated, if its really noisy it can be hard to use. That said, I can usually get it to work in a stadium but, ironically, not in the car when my kids are yelling. It recognizes all I-AA schools, but it does seem to struggle with some. I'm not sure the "transitional" schools are in there, but as long as you know the opponent, just use the opponent. Also, I believe you can set up favorites, so if you want to set it up on your way to the game, you may be able to put your phone on mute after you say college football and it will give you the scores - you'll have to play with that one yourself though as I won't have a chance to check it out till I'm on the road myself...
2. You can send a text message to USA TODAY
Cost: Standard text messaging rates apply, no additional costs are charged
Process:
1. Type in the name of the team you are interested in. You need the college name, but not the mascot. You usually won't need the word "college" or "university", but if you get back funny results, you may want to try that.
2. Send the message to the code "44636" (GIMEN)
3. It will respond back with the last men's basketball score and the in progress football score (or final score, as the case may be).
Comments: I like this when I can't get Tell Me to work because of background noise, or when I'm trying to be discreet (e.g. at a family event, at any place where I'm actually supposed to be paying attention to others and not preoccupied by the score of South Carolina State vs. North Carolina A&T)
Have a great day today, and good luck to all (especially, Hofstra, W&M, Montana, Ch. Southern, NDSU, Idaho State, NC A&T, EIU, and McNeese :D )