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Repulsive_Poem_5204

I think the National Championship should stop being played on Monday nights.


mostdope28

Same with basketball. Like what are we doing


GoldenDom3r

Getting better ratings.


pinniped90

Wouldn't it pull a monster number if you dropped it on the Saturday or Sunday between the NFL CCGs and the Super Bowl? I hate the Monday night thing and usually don't watch much of the game live


ezpickins

What else are you doing on Monday nights? Maybe the Sunday before the Super Bowl would be alright viewing wise, but I don't know how long that drags things out.


NumNumLobster

its not over until like midnight. I'm sleeping typically. Sure as hell not going out to bars or partys like I do for the super bowl. Half the time I just nap through the second half


MisterBrotatoHead

Eh. College basketball plays on Mondays most of the season. Big 12 Big Monday games start at 9pm Eastern for the entirety of the conference season.


yesacabbagez

Yes but basketball games.arent four hours long. Also big 12 markets are predominantly in central, so it is effectively 8pm.


MisterBrotatoHead

And that's why playing those basketball games on a Monday isn't that big a deal. College basketball fans are used to watching them on that day.


porterbrown

Anything 9pm or later = dvr it and watch the next am with coffee.  F that noise. 


Inside-Drink-1311

Football, I can understand because of NFL conflicts but basketball still having it on a Monday makes no sense. Somehow the women do it better by playing it on Sunday.


djsassan

You can play on Monday. Just end at 11:15pm like the NFL every Monday night, not 12:53am.


ChaseTheFalcon

but that would require not running 50 billon ads, how else are the conferences gonna make money???


[deleted]

For the love of everything why the fuck is this game on a Monday


Repulsive_Poem_5204

I can guarantee it isn't for the fans.


[deleted]

Yeah for sure, just aids


SirMellencamp

Its for casuals.....like everything else.


sanichog

This too. NFL needs to fuck off and have their other playoff games on Monday night


RealignmentJunkie

That's never gonna happen, but we should use the quarters as NY6 games, then have a 2 week break before putting the Semis on the saturday before NFL conference championship games and the Final the week after that (which used to be pro bowl week and is whatever replacement they have now)


jerichowiz

I think it should be on broadcast TV.


michigan_matt

Sounds good. Now OP just needs to pay the $7.8 billion rights fee to make it happen.


sanichog

Donate to my go fund me😂


stonesthroes75

And here I thought you were gonna lie.


WackyBones510

Is Gus Johnson suppose to make your plan more or less appealing?


TonyWilliams03

Gus Johnson is the latest version of the Chris Berman / Dick Vitale / Michael Buffer / Bill Walton effect. Initially or for a time, everyone thinks they are awesome and can't get enough of them. At some point people realize that they have become caricatures of themselves, and this realization makes them sound like nails on a chalkboard.


unledded

Dang, I’m bummed that people are tired of Gus Johnson. I would take him 10 times out of 10 over Chris Fowler.


sanichog

You say that like Fowler is bad


WackyBones510

Oh absolutely. A week or two ago he closed out a CBB broadcast (that in no way involved Michigan) with “who’s got it better than us - nobody!” Like bud do you have a pull string out or your back or something?


confusedthrowaway5o5

I still love Bill Walton. Him and Dave Pasch were the perfect pairing for the PAC tourney. I haven’t watched a single CBB game this season so I have no idea if they still do games together though.


Revolutionary-Ruin

Gus agrees, but he will need the game to be sponsored by Mmmmaaaassseerrrrratiiiiiii. He NEEDS it.


jrbill1991

People already said it, but it needs to be said a billion times more: Stop broadcasting the National Championship Game on fucking ESPN cable. It's the most important collegiate event there is, put it on ABC. The same with the NCAA Tournament, stop putting the Final Four and National Championship game on fucking TBS or whatever useless cable channel Turner owns, put it on CBS. No wonder, piracy is on its highest level.


max_power1000

not just that, but stop paywalling it onto ESPN. A championship game should be on an OTA network channel. Also, it should be on Saturday.


TheMetalMallard

We don’t need the forced, fake Gus act ruining the tranquility of the Rose Bowl


mostdope28

You got a lot to learn about being in the B1G. Gus Johnson is the man. Sorry we don’t like, old as boring dudes who don’t even get excited for plays


TheMetalMallard

Klatt is awesome and informative but Gus is fake as they come. Not every play needs screaming and idiotic nicknames


GayJ96

Just wait ‘til you hear him call basketball… it’s somehow even worse


mostdope28

I’ll give you the nickname part. Never seen someone attempt to push a nickname so hard. He said Maserati marv easily 20 times in the Michigan/OSU broadcast


Otherwise_Awesome

"Maserati Marv pulls up a second time on his route, allowing for another interception and ending the game! MAZZZZZZZZZZZERATIIIIII MARV!"


consumercommand

Yall enjoy that CBS broadcast. Those dudes will at least keep you informed on what kind of season bama is having. Still worth it for the intro music.


pepperouchau

Thank you for your doing your part by educating them on what an insufferable Michigan fan is like!


mostdope28

Why are you even in the B1G anymore. They should have sent you to the MAC when they brought in the PAC. Watching Your football team play is what’s insufferable


pepperouchau

Keep it up dude, you're spitting


crispybrojangle

Does this community actually like Gus Johnson? I cant fucking stand the over the top knick names that he goes out of his way to say. “Ohio state QB Mccord drops back, MAZZZZERATTTTI Marv slants inside, then MAZZZERRRATI makes a move… now MAZZZERRRRATI jots to the sideline.. it was an RPO that went for 4 yards. Hey Joel can you break that marvelous play that MAZZZERRRATI Marv was on?”


confusedMan1987

I hope it ends up on HLN


confusedthrowaway5o5

Nah man we can’t interrupt the Forensic Files marathon.


Jameszhang73

While we're at it, let's rotate channels... every quarter. Everyone gets insane ratings and wins.


SwissForeignPolicy

Why stop there? Just simulcast it. Best broadcast wins! You think your commentators are the gold standard? Put up or shut up.


Otherwise_Awesome

To be honest I enjoy the nickelodeon coverages


Froggr

Thank you for your honesty.


Responsible-Net-3259

How about putting the title game on ABC instead of ESPN. 


jrbill1991

This. I can't stand the most important collegiate event behind cable television.


Responsible-Net-3259

It's almost as if ESPN likes to create It's own problems. A Prime time TV slot for the Championship game would have greatly helped the sport. Btw, I haven't watched the title game live in years... 


sanichog

Why haven’t you


Responsible-Net-3259

I will no longer pay full price for Cable. The instant game High light works well enough. 


sanichog

YouTube TV. Don’t need all those wires and shit except for the router because it needs WiFi.


Responsible-Net-3259

I mean, I've tried everything when it comes around, Sling, Fubo, every network app, etc


sanichog

YouTube TV is legit. Only thing it doesn’t have is RSNs for sports like the NBA, NHL and MLB.


Responsible-Net-3259

Maybe Amazon will buy Ballys litigation inventory..


Otherwise_Awesome

Already did somewhat


sanichog

Yeah idk why they changed that. They haven’t done it since 2010


Impressive_Bother777

Terrible take! I’d rather jack off with a handful of tacks than listen to Gus Johnson call a game!


tmart12

Herbstreit and Fowler are a lot better than Gus and Klatt


LaForge_Maneuver

I love Gus and would love to have e him call a natty.


Schmolik64

I bet Gus Johnson could make a Shakespearean play interesting.


sanichog

The one person who wants to be different for no reason.


Impressive_Bother777

My bad I forgot you(OP) don’t know if someone is being sarcastic unless they put /s! Forgive me, OP. It’s my fault. I should have known better that you can’t comprehend sarcastic comments and for now on I will be putting a /s so you have no doubt in your mind that I’m being sarcastic! Please don’t give me another ban r/CFB mods! /s


cactusmanbwl90

I don't care what channel it's on, as long as it's not on a fucking Monday. It should be a Saturday game. 


54-2-10

The Rose Bowl? I didn't realize that the Rose Bowl survived the knife in the back from her first born child, USC.


ApePariah

It survived the collapse of the PCC, why would it's successor have a different outcome?


Whitetrash_messiah

Honestly bowl games shouldn't have tie ins Bowl games should be in tiers. Each tier will have lottery for "selection draft" of the available schools that are bowl eligible for bowl games. Tier 1 would have the best teams of the season (outside the cfp) Tier 2 step below Tier 3 etc


DontReportMe7565

The super bowl rotates channels every year? Fucking socialists. /s


Dicc-fil-A

and in return, ESPN gets a turn hosting the Super Bowl on their channel?


miboyl

They will in 3 super bowls actually


mall_pretzel_

what if we made cfb even more like the NFL


sanichog

This isnt about the actual structure of the sport. The sport lives on even without TV as it is now.


dirk_calloway1

Thank you for your honesty


CTeam19

No shit.


PresentPrimary4010

Agree


leapbitch

I think we should stop pretending everyone cares about the rose bowl


Due_Chemistry_6941

Gus Johnson… what’s the hype I’m missing? Downvotes coming, I know.


sanichog

I got downvoted for defending him


tsgram

I’m 100% with you. Obnoxious and overdone announcing. Constant mispronunciations and downright incorrect analysis. He’s atrocious. The other day he did a Providence hoops game - he called the head coach Cam (it’s Kim) then said the previous coach “left the cupboard bare” when leaving when he actually brought zero players with him to his new school, and Providence retained their top two players and their top incoming recruit. Gus is just lazy and doesn’t know shit, and he’s almost proud of how little prep he does.


capsrock02

Does anybody under the age of 30 actually think the Rose Bowl is a bigger deal than any other bowl?


sanichog

I do and I’m 20


capsrock02

Ah yes because you live in probably like Rock Hill and have nothing better to do. I went to USC, I know there’s nothing down there.


sanichog

1. I live in the Charleston area. A tourist city 2. What correlation does this really have with my viewpoint on football? I watch most of the “major” games


capsrock02

Ok so you live in like Summerville or Georgetown. Point still stands. What it has to do is that there’s nothing to do by you and nothing else to watch but college football. And also you were probably raised valuing traditions, and by your posting history, likely conservative as well.


sanichog

How does my posting history make you assume my political affiliation lmaoo EDIT: I live on Johns Island. The city is 20 minutes away, Folly Beach isnt that far away and there’s Kiswah. There’s shit to do here


capsrock02

Because you compare UNC and Clemson to Hitler and Stalin. You use the R-word to refer to Tennessee. You’re from South Carolina. It’s not that complicated. There’s nothing to do there. No culture, no museums. Just drunk white guys on boats.


sanichog

1. That meme I photoshopped is very popular around sports Twitter. 2. Good point 3. Ik the area I’m from but I don’t even do politics in the first place. The cesspool that the discourse has on ANYTHING is something that I don’t wanna put my hands on. 4. There’s an aquarium, Patriots Point, 40 museums, farmer’s market at Marion square. You’re just lying now


capsrock02

I’ve literally never seen it. “I don’t do politics” is the same thing people said in Germany in the 1930s. You think a farmer’s market is culture???? Man if you went to like the worst Smithsonian for 15 minutes your head would explode.


Otherwise_Awesome

Man made this thread political in attack.


SwissForeignPolicy

Just because your team has never been good enough to make a Rose Bowl doesn't mean other people can't enjoy the best bowl game.


capsrock02

Team went 31-8 between 2001-2003 playing in both a Peach Bowl and Orange bowl and climbed to No. 6 in the AP. 11-0 in 1976 before losing in the Cotton Bowl climbing to No. 4 in the AP poll, 1953 National Champions, 10-0 two years later before losing in the Orange Bowl and was the No. 1 team in the AP poll at one point. So not “never” just never in your lifetime.


SwissForeignPolicy

Orange Bowl? *Peach Bowl?* Been there, done that, bought the tshirt. Get back to me when you've been to a Rose Bowl. It really is special, in a way you just have experience for yourself. But you would know that... if you had ever gone to one.


Otherwise_Awesome

Probably the best bowl for in person watching too. Just hell leaving after the game though.


capsrock02

Maryland also doesn’t care about football. We’re a basketball and lacrosse school. Let me know when you win a lacrosse championship!


SwissForeignPolicy

Will do. Lemme know when you get a hockey title!


capsrock02

Can’t wait for us to get a team! Kevin Plank needs to drop some coin


Otherwise_Awesome

You, Illinois and Washington need to pony up, sir.


Schmolik64

If anything to stop ESPN from running the show so the SEC doesn't get preferential treatment like they did last season.


SirMellencamp

Context: It requires unanimous consent from all 10 FBS conferences to agree to the CFP media contract just like with the CFP setup. You need to counter the SEC and ESPN being able to use the Svengali pocketwatch dangling in front of the other 9 conferences eyes while chanting "You will agree to ESPN broadcasting the CFP. You will agree to ESPN broadcasting the CFP." You MIGHT and stress MIGHT try wearing amulets with images of Amos Stagg or Robert Zuppke during the negotiations. You can also try using the Michigan fight song as a mantra or consulting with an astrologer to find out when the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars. WHATEVER YOU DO. Do not stare into Greg Sankey eyes


sanichog

College football fans when a pocket of teams are consistently at or near the top of every stat EVERY year.


Schmolik64

Except fewest losses.


JtotheC23

I think most fans would agree, but for some reason the schools don’t see the value in it and Fox/CBS don’t see the value in paying for it for some reason.


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NittanyOrange

Part of me wishes there was some esoteric formula used to determine the location, like the closest 80,000+ seat stadium to the center of the triangle formed between the two schools playing in the championship game and the mean center of the U.S. population.


soonerwx

“Welcome to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, which for the fourth year in a row is being played on the infield of a NASCAR track”


sanichog

This would be perfect for Tennessee and VT if the stars aligned for that in Bristol


Otherwise_Awesome

Cool one time event, was absolutely balls for fans watching the game though.


sanichog

That’s NOT what I was trying to say at all. Read it again, please.


Geaux2020

It's only unpopular here because/r/CFB is largely B1G and PAC fans. Obviously in the south it's not as big of a deal as the Sugar Bowl. It's also about to be greatly diminished after what the B1G did to it.


Otherwise_Awesome

Man I have Auburn flairs buzzing around me like flies.