At 12:28 PM 4/8/96 PDT, Steve Klein wrote:
 
>The ESPN coverage of the championship game was an insulting joke. You almost
>have to think that ESPN wants to dump college hockey and was trying to
>insult the NCAA (when you look at the numbers, do you think WE matter?). WHO
>WAS THAT STUDIO HOST? Someone's kid? Why did college hockey fans have to
>suffer the basketball mouths between periods? [...]
 
The guy's name is Rich Eisen, and he's one of the new SportsCenter anchors.
I saw him doing the 2am edition this last weekend, and he wasn't much better
then.
 
What really got me was that ESPN doesn't even show the NCAA basketball
tourney, but I guess they feel they need to put it ahead of things they have
paid to show.
 
I can think of a lot better things to show in the intermissions other than
basketball previews (they should've just had a show after the game, but I
guess they couldn't miss showing that tennis!).  How about a college hockey
year in review?  What about the college hockey plays of the year?  How about
a feature on the history of the Hobey Baker award (how many of the viewers
know who Hobey Baker was?)?  I could go on for a while, but I won't.
 
Todd D. Milewski   [log in to unmask]
"U-Rah-Rah Wisconsin!"
 
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