Gameday is Only Cool for Teams Who Aren't Good at Actually Winning
by CV3000 on Nov 23, 2008 12:17 PM PST
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PrintHearing a lot of whispers out there by people excited by the thought of ESPN's College Football Gameday show coming to Corvallis or having the game moved from the Versus Network to ABC/ESPN.
Well, it ain't happening this week. And it really doesn't matter.
Television shows being broadcast from your stadium's parking lot can only be considered an accomplishment for teams that finish 5th in their conference, like uowned last year.
I'm glad that ducks fans had the chance to brag about being able to stand around in a parking lot and see the back of Kirk Herbstreit's head at 7am on a Saturday morning, but isn't the whole point of that show to seek salvation by staring into Kirk's dreamy eyes?
It was also nice for them to have the chance to be the only Gameday host site that has gotten into a fight with the person waving the WSU Cougar flag and they even broke the pole that the WSU Alumni send around the country. Such gracious, classy hosts--I'm glad they represent our state so well by getting into drunken, meth-inspired fights before 8am!
Even without the bonus of having their students gang up on and fight a WSU alumni, it was huge for their little small-timey program that still isn't out of the woods from their streak of going unranked for 37 consecutive years. They really need to cling to these minor condolences, and why not let them have that one? I mean, life-size versions of the people inside of the teevee were in their parking lot...broadcasting a teevee show! Like, OMG!! ...OMG!!
The Beavers don't need to host Gameday to be on Gameday--they've been featured on there the last 2 weeks and many several times in the past. Also, if you're out on the East Coast or whatever, it would be better to have the game on Versus--a national network, rather than being stranded in the wrong ABC region--wouldn't it?
Viewing the back of these heads while standing in a parking lot at 7am can only be considered an accomplishment when your town is known for high concentrations of: people who don't bathe, methamphetamine labs, vegetarian restaurants, and homeless youth ...as found in Eugene, OR.
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Well it wont happen since the game is going to stay with Versus but how could it even be bad to have Gameday here? It would do nothing but give Oregon State more exposure big time! But you know what its a mute point and it doesn’t even matter because they aren’t coming here!
It's not a bad thing...
…it’s just that bragging about it without actually winning anything makes one worthy of being subject to extreme ridicule. Hopefully that was accomplished.
:-)
Roses are Orange.
::golf clap::
I like the yellow helmets!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 24, 2008 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
Gameday hates Corvallis
That being said, I did get a half chub thinking about Kirk Herbstreit sitting in the quad at the MU :-)
I guess I will just have to relish having to watch TV to see the best looking man on television
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Viewing the back of these heads while standing in a parking lot at 7am can only be considered an accomplishment when your town is known for high concentrations of: people who don’t bathe, methamphetamine labs, vegetarian restaurants, and homeless youth
Why do you have to hate Berkeley so much like that? Ai!
Please disregard the above ramblings as those of a clearly delusional fan.
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
Dude, calm down....
….Berkeley has homeless people of all ages.
Also, and this is key, the high ratio of meth labs to panhandlers is flipped in Berkeley.
Roses are Orange.
That’s true. If I had a quarter for every octogenarian meth dealer who hassled me for change in Berkeley, I’d be rich. Well, rich for the Bush economy. Which is to say I’d have like 50 bucks.
Please disregard the above ramblings as those of a clearly delusional fan.
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
Perfect!
That’s enough to buy a week’s supply of vegetarian burritos made by people with masters degrees from uOwned.
Roses are Orange.
Gentlemen, please!
I am alarmed at the poor attention to spelling in this thread. CV, you know of course that the singular of “alumni” is “alumnus” (male) or “alumna” (female.) And for the other gentleman, unless points are incapable of speech, they are “moot” not “mute.”
On a related note, I am SO not a dick!
Nevermind.
Just kidding, I know I said moot in another thread here recently.
Alright time's up lez do this...
To Mr. CV
Remember, we are all fans (unless some of these “people” are actually players). Thus, for us it is entertainment and things like GameDay are great for that, not to mention exposure. I always love people who say “we” as if they are the ones catching TD passes…not so, unfortunately. I say let the fans have their fun whether it be uniforms, stadium expansions, HD boards, WINS, etc…
Again, my 2 cents.
I guarantee you we don't see this post if you guys would have gotten the Gameday crew in Corvallis this Saturday.
Alright time's up lez do this...
I'd make the same exact post, but change it to: they're coming, but it doesn't matter, etc.
Why would anyone care about hosting a tv show? It doesn’t make any sense.
Roses are Orange.
Shenanigans called dude.
You very well know you’d be stoked for it, along with everyone else.
Alright time's up lez do this...
It's in your town. Your fans.
Giving your team love, talking about your town, what they did in Corvallis that day, the whole spiel. It’s a joke if you don’t think it’d be cool to see.
Alright time's up lez do this...
Let's see...
USC, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Miami, Oregon State, Texas, Texas A&M…I could keep going if you want.
Basically, it’s a list of teams that are actually respected nationally and who people actually want to see on television …instead of ones who just think that they are because they had a billboard in New York 7 years ago.
There’s a difference. And it’s not small.
Roses are Orange.
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