Saturday, October 13, 2007

My Michigan - Purdue prediction

The Big 10 Network: Ruining the college football season for Big 10 fans nationwide

As the Big 10 Network and the cable cartel are still in a full bore pissing match, one where the only loser is Big 10 fans, I'm stuck listening to the Wolverines over the radio AGAIN. Which means 4 hours of the über-homer radio play-by-play team of Frank "I'm too big to talk sports on my talk show that no one listens to" Beckmann and Jim "When I played for Bo" Brandstatter.

Thus, my prediction for today's game is...

That I'll be in a great deal of pain by halftime, as I'll be ready to plunge a pair of icepicks into my ears after suffering through 2 quarters of Beckmann and Brandstatter blathering on and on about how the refs jobbed Michigan.

This has been the worst college football season in memory, thanks to the total cluelessness of the Big 10, and their fiasco of a network. Thank you so much for fucking up my fall.

2 comments:

  1. "This has been the worst college football season in memory, thanks to the total cluelessness of the Big 10, and their fiasco of a network. Thank you so much for fucking up my fall."

    Amen, Father Big Al. My sentiments exactly. I can't recall being less interested in Michigan football in a given season. And I feel like I have no choice in the matter. I can't believe how badly the Big Ten has stuck it to their fans.

    Yes, I could sit and listen to the radio as you did. But virtually all I can think about is that I SHOULD BE ABLE TO WATCH THIS. So once it was apparent that Purdue wasn't going to put up a fight, I went to the movies. And when I came home, I watched SEC football - as I have virtually every Saturday this season - because that conference seems to care more about letting fans watching its signature games rather than try to hoard them onto its own cable network for a blatant money grab.

    I know there are plenty of other Michigan fans who just find a sports bar that shows Big Ten Network and watch their team no matter what. I totally resent being put into such a position, and might hold onto this grudge for a long time.

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