Awful Announcing
Washington State-Oregon drew the highest viewership for a 10:30 p.m. ET start on any network in three years. So why did ESPN send a subpar "E" production truck there, and provide the world with an opportunity to complain about the picture quality?
This postponement has several Cal players upset. The game has now reportedly been rescheduled for Dec. 4.
The Pac-12 has now had two games canceled before it even kicked off its season.
The game was canceled after the Bears had a positive COVID-19 test and then a number of players isolated. That meant that they had less scholarship players available than the Pac-12 threshold, and thus could call off the game as per conference protocols.
The SEC is hoping to get the ACC and Big 12 to partner up for an exclusive TV deal.
Under this proposed schedule, the Pac-12 conference championship game could be held Dec. 4, or on either of the following two weekends.
An occasional noon ET kickoff could maybe help a Pac-12 school's national exposure, and that may be why some schools are considering it. But will any of the schools interested be worth a featured slot in Fox's noon window?
This Pac-12 championship was up 44 percent over last year's.
Pac-12 Network is still struggling, and behind the scenes, some of the network's expenditures are not helping matters at all.
"We give them a whole other window of high-quality, highly rated games. ... Playing more night games than we did in the past unlocked the kind of value our schools were looking for."
Dawson called Jones' tweet "childish behavior that is unacceptable" and "frustrating and disappointing to us on many levels."
Mark Jones tweaked Washington in a tweet over the weekend, angering the school and the Pac-12.
Future Pac-12 overflow will wind up on Fox Business, which is good news for how many people will be able to watch it. But overflow really isn't a key issue in the conference lagging behind its competitors; lagging TV revenue and significant league network challenges are much larger problems.
