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It’s ok, sweetie: No one cares about Big Ten hoops in Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, or Pennsylvania

March 12th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

So last night I was telling Thermocaster “Don’t worry: There are no tournament games on the Big Ten Network”. And then I look at the schedule and …
Oh no.
From the morons who blocked out half your conference season: Big Ten Network screws things up again! Here are the games you have no chance to see [...]

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Indiana trustee sick of Big Ten Network, wants Clemens to eat channel’s lunch

February 12th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

You wanna see Wednesday’s Indiana vs. Wisconsin showdown? No problem! Just tune in the Big Ten Network … wait, you don’t have that? Oh … sorry, out of luck.
And finally, FINALLY, a Big Ten school trustee (Indiana University) is pissed.
Phil Eskew told The Indianapolis Star he believes not enough people know what’s actually in the [...]

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Illinois Has No Class

February 8th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

“Indiana pulls off tough win against Ill-annoy”

If you are an Illini fan, you may not want to read this post.  LWN watched the second half of last night’s game and he has plenty of venom and bile to spit towards Champaign.  Debate all you want about seedy recruiting practices, Eric Gordon is still in Bloomington (until the basketball [...]

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Television held hostage

November 14th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Interesting article in the New York Times today by Richard Sandomir, where he breaks down the ridiculous stalemate between the National Football League and the major cable television providers over the NFL Network situation.
We’ve hashed and re-hashed this story several times on TMC, so there’s no need to go into the specifics. Suffice it to [...]

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Big Ten Network/cable companies screw again, Buckeyes and Badgers fans go ape sh*t

November 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

This Big Ten Network thing is getting out of hand. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of hand.
The BTN aired Saturday’s Ohio State win over Wisconsin. The problem? Because Charter Cable in Wisconsin (the state’s primary company) and Time Warner Cable (Ohio’s primary company) don’t carry the BTN, only three people in the universe saw the game … and [...]

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The Games of the week

October 18th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

2-3-1 is not a fantastic week, but at least I have recovered from the IU loss, but not so much from the UB win. I will get to this in a bit. It is now apparent that the “old” IU football team has shown up and there is now zero predictability with this team. I [...]

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Midnight Madness from around the country …

October 13th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Isn’t this when life begins: The start of college hoops season? Ah, pure sweetness … except for that place where they spilled Sweet’N Low all over the court. That was just a mess.
 
— At Indiana, The Indianapolis Star says close to 13,000 fans chanted for the star frosh, yelling “Er-ic Gordon” even before he came [...]

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