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This is my opinion, and I'll stick to it as long as I live.
I do NOT want a playoff- not now, not ever. I am fine with the BCS.
Here are my reasons why:
1. Don't punish the other strong teams. How would it be fair if the #3 or #5 teams don't get a chance to finish off their seasons on a high note. I'd rather have multiple teams end the season happy rather than over 100 teams be upset.
I'd rather see a couple of high-ranked teams played a handful of thrillers than one blowout game to end it all with everyone else dissapointated.
If you playoff-pushers got your way, Boise State wouldn't have gotten a chance to pull off those epic trick plays against Oklahoma. And the two greatest bowl games of all time- the Texas-USC Rose Bowl from 2006 and Miami-Ohio State Fiesta Bowl from 2003? If you playoff-wishers got what you wanted, instead of those epic battles, we'd have split champions.
2. Is a playoff system THAT more entertaining? Everyone talks about college basketball's tournament, but the last few years have been very lackluster. The 2007 tournament was among the least entertaining of all-time- no real drama.
3. It would hurt rivalries. Alabama already clinched the SEC West in early-November. How fair would it have been if Bama took the foot off the gas and sat their starters the rest of the year? It would make the Iron Bowl similar to some late-season NFL games where nobody on a team plays beyond the first quarter.
To those of you who scream for a playoff, I say- be careful what you wish for.
I do NOT want a playoff- not now, not ever. I am fine with the BCS.
Here are my reasons why:
1. Don't punish the other strong teams. How would it be fair if the #3 or #5 teams don't get a chance to finish off their seasons on a high note. I'd rather have multiple teams end the season happy rather than over 100 teams be upset.
I'd rather see a couple of high-ranked teams played a handful of thrillers than one blowout game to end it all with everyone else dissapointated.
If you playoff-pushers got your way, Boise State wouldn't have gotten a chance to pull off those epic trick plays against Oklahoma. And the two greatest bowl games of all time- the Texas-USC Rose Bowl from 2006 and Miami-Ohio State Fiesta Bowl from 2003? If you playoff-wishers got what you wanted, instead of those epic battles, we'd have split champions.
2. Is a playoff system THAT more entertaining? Everyone talks about college basketball's tournament, but the last few years have been very lackluster. The 2007 tournament was among the least entertaining of all-time- no real drama.
3. It would hurt rivalries. Alabama already clinched the SEC West in early-November. How fair would it have been if Bama took the foot off the gas and sat their starters the rest of the year? It would make the Iron Bowl similar to some late-season NFL games where nobody on a team plays beyond the first quarter.
To those of you who scream for a playoff, I say- be careful what you wish for.
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So what do we have now? 6 undefeated teams? Yeah, we don't need a playoff system.
After what Boise St. did to Oklahoma a couple of years back, nobody can tell me that they don't deserve a chance here. Same goes for TCU and Univ. of Cincinnati. This may be the year that the outrage finally gets us what we want - a real playoff system for the future years.
After what Boise St. did to Oklahoma a couple of years back, nobody can tell me that they don't deserve a chance here. Same goes for TCU and Univ. of Cincinnati. This may be the year that the outrage finally gets us what we want - a real playoff system for the future years.
So what do we have now? 6 undefeated teams? Yeah, we don't need a playoff system.
After what Boise St. did to Oklahoma a couple of years back, nobody can tell me that they don't deserve a chance here. Same goes for TCU and Univ. of Cincinnati. This may be the year that the outrage finally gets us what we want - a real playoff system for the future years.
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For you folks who dont want a playoff, I wish you could see the Montana/South Dakota State game today.
two words...GOOD LORD
That game was insane
Montana....the #1 seed overall playing SDSU which was ranked I think 12 or 13 but due to travel cost it was easier to have them go to Missoula than a team from Texas or East.
anywho....SDSU blew them out the door for 3 quarters....SDSU up 48-27 after 3. Anyone who turned off that game is probably kicking themselves right now
Montana scores 34 unanswered points in the 4th quarter and wins 61-48. Like the announcer said when Montana was down by 7 and driving
"For those 1A/FBS schools who can't have a playoff system like we do, I feel sorry for you"
Damn that was a fun game to watch
two words...GOOD LORD
That game was insane
Montana....the #1 seed overall playing SDSU which was ranked I think 12 or 13 but due to travel cost it was easier to have them go to Missoula than a team from Texas or East.
anywho....SDSU blew them out the door for 3 quarters....SDSU up 48-27 after 3. Anyone who turned off that game is probably kicking themselves right now
Montana scores 34 unanswered points in the 4th quarter and wins 61-48. Like the announcer said when Montana was down by 7 and driving
"For those 1A/FBS schools who can't have a playoff system like we do, I feel sorry for you"
Damn that was a fun game to watch
Mexico takes on South Africa to open the World Cup Final (it is called the Final... this just isn't the World Cup Final... Final). The tournament has been plagued with rife malfeasance as FIFA has been committing all sorts of fraud with the ticket sales. Hotel rooms have gone unfilled as the prices to attend a game and stay somewhere are through the roof. I swear this is impacting Mansfield, OH hotel rates which are higher than average for the Indycar race. And there is a broadening VAR presence which will ruin things as nothing worse now when scoring a goal and knowing you can't quite celebrate yet as they check to see if a player was offside by a pixel a half-hour ago.
The Group Stage used to mean something, but now 32 of the 48... yeah, 48 teams are going to the Knockout Round. Getting into the Knockout Round used to be a big deal, even for the US. But now... if you don't lose all of your group stage games, you get to move on. Oi! And this is avoiding all the political stuff!
I have never been so unexcited for a World Cup before. Every game used to matter. But FIFA be darned if they don't try to squeeze out every dime they can out of the players, refs, and fans.
The Group Stage used to mean something, but now 32 of the 48... yeah, 48 teams are going to the Knockout Round. Getting into the Knockout Round used to be a big deal, even for the US. But now... if you don't lose all of your group stage games, you get to move on. Oi! And this is avoiding all the political stuff!
I have never been so unexcited for a World Cup before. Every game used to matter. But FIFA be darned if they don't try to squeeze out every dime they can out of the players, refs, and fans.
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Anybody been following the Tournaments? I've been watching all weekend on the various ESPN's...
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Last weekend I got in on a MLB game top of the 8th 1-1, first thought was extra innings... 
and it actually went extra after the 9th.
Catching a little of the AUSL, something to watch when I can't get into anything else.
and it actually went extra after the 9th. Catching a little of the AUSL, something to watch when I can't get into anything else.
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So...DirecTV advertises the Choice package with 95+ bonus channels for Satellite customers. You don't want 90+ of the 95...
Excluding PPV, premium networks, infomercial, shopping, religion, and non-English programming, there are 7 channels on satellite that are not on streaming:
NFL Network, MavTV, FE TV, Free Speech, NASA, INSP, and Pursuit. I'm pretty sure a couple of those are public interest that they have to carry to meet an FCC quota on satellite.
I hope they get called out for this advertising because that is ridiculous. One big network, NFL, will probably get added to streaming when their next agreement comes up, and the rest are likely very low viewership.
What about streaming, what do you get extra with the Choice package that isn't on Satellite:
Two stations - one of which is an internet TV - Fox Weather, and Heros & Icons (a diginet). Nothing special here to look at either.
If they cleaned up a couple of their agreements, added a few public interest stations to streaming, they could probably have their lineups match. It's close now, if you take out all the garbage on satellite that they earn money on. If they can sell infomercials on satellite, why can't they on streaming, seems like a miss. A bigger miss, including those stations in the "bonus channels just for satellite customers." Pretty sad marketing right there.
Attached is a comparison sheet of satellite vs streaming for the three main packages if anyone is interested.
MOD EDIT: See Post #3 for an up to date list of what channels are available on sat but not on streaming/internet, see Post #21 for an up to date list of what's available in the app for streaming customers, but not for sat customers.
Excluding PPV, premium networks, infomercial, shopping, religion, and non-English programming, there are 7 channels on satellite that are not on streaming:
NFL Network, MavTV, FE TV, Free Speech, NASA, INSP, and Pursuit. I'm pretty sure a couple of those are public interest that they have to carry to meet an FCC quota on satellite.
I hope they get called out for this advertising because that is ridiculous. One big network, NFL, will probably get added to streaming when their next agreement comes up, and the rest are likely very low viewership.
What about streaming, what do you get extra with the Choice package that isn't on Satellite:
Two stations - one of which is an internet TV - Fox Weather, and Heros & Icons (a diginet). Nothing special here to look at either.
If they cleaned up a couple of their agreements, added a few public interest stations to streaming, they could probably have their lineups match. It's close now, if you take out all the garbage on satellite that they earn money on. If they can sell infomercials on satellite, why can't they on streaming, seems like a miss. A bigger miss, including those stations in the "bonus channels just for satellite customers." Pretty sad marketing right there.
Attached is a comparison sheet of satellite vs streaming for the three main packages if anyone is interested.
MOD EDIT: See Post #3 for an up to date list of what channels are available on sat but not on streaming/internet, see Post #21 for an up to date list of what's available in the app for streaming customers, but not for sat customers.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
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Another example:
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So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
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