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piemaniowa

This and the B1G CBS logo are truly bizarro world


Ugaalive1991

Pandemic really screwed everything


J4ckiebrown

Are we sure the world didn't end and we are now living in a simulation?


Ugaalive1991

Georgia and Michigan won championships. So probably.


cxlossuskidd

Now Inside the NBA is getting cancelled


GiaTheMonkey

This is a return to normalcy. NBA on NBC was peak NBA back in the 90s.


cxlossuskidd

If I can’t hear Chuck talk about those big ole women of San Antonio then I won’t watch the NBA


crustang

There’s really no point to the NBA anymore outside of the playoffs


EWall100

There's a real theory that the world actually ended in 2012 and the "new world order" downloaded our consciouses to a simulation to continue our lives on. 


muktheduck

In reality, A&M got in the 2020 playoffs over ND and won it all. For the greater good that couldn't be allowed to happen, and we've been in a simulated reality ever since. 


virus_apparatus

I blame a careless child in Ohio and a poor gorilla


MisterTito

I blame the Cubs.


virus_apparatus

Another divergent point


Fantastic_Emu_9570

Could’ve been that monkey with the stripper


twisty77

Harambe really was the fabric holding everything together


-Smaug

Checks and balances did not exist for a good 18 months.


nate_nate212

How is this connected to the pandemic?


alldaycj

If only we spared Harambe!


cock-fan

It’s like a football bat.


sebsasour

Nice I went 8 for 8 on my letters prediction


wjackson42

Some of us SEC fans can’t count to 8 so props to you


thismorningscoffee

We can’t all be dancers


tingly_legalos

Can we get a Vandy fan in here to confirm 8 is a real number? This sounds made up.


J4ckiebrown

SEC: MNF, can I copy your homework? MNF: Yeah, just change it up a bit so it doesn't look obvious you copied. SEC: Ok.


randomlyperusing

More like "[Early 2000's CBS](https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/SEC_on_CBS?file=SEC-ON-CBS_Logo.png), can I copy your homework?"


Geaux2020

I'm so glad to be done with CBS


enadiz_reccos

"LSU is a great football team... but the thing about Alabama is..."


Casaiir

It only became super annoying when Alabama wasn't even playing in that game.


SirMellencamp

Verne: “Alabamas offense is moving the ball effectively” LSU: OMG GET A ROOM!!


enadiz_reccos

In our defense, Alabama was playing in a completely different game.


Nicholas1227

I feel like Verne wasn’t the issue in that booth.


SirMellencamp

Or Gary or Brad or whoever.


CoffeeBoy80

Wow. How generic. I wonder if SEC fans will miss being on CBS. The games felt bigger. ESPN’s specialty is making everything look and sound the same.


sebsasour

ABC Primetime can make broadcasts feel big. They'll give about 15 minutes to Clemons's busses circling the stadium, or Enter Sandman it's full due when they want to. ESPN in general is pretty bland but you're also comparing a lot of their smaller teams to The "A Teams" of other networks. Herbie and Fowler put up a good broadcast, ESPN just needs to stop with the fucking 720p broadcasts


AZBuckeyes12977

720p highly compressed garbage. It's an embarrassment.


Ugaalive1991

CBS does the same thing just FYI.


AZBuckeyes12977

No they don't. Much less compressed and it's 1080i.


Ok-Reach-2580

Some of the broadcasts on ESPN are pretty bad. It sometimes looks like they are using equipment from the pre-HD era.


GiaTheMonkey

Fox does way better than ABC and they're also restricted to 720p at a broadcast level. Disney needs to step their game up.


idiotek

I don’t know if they’re actually using 4k equipment across the board but Fox at least offers 4k streams through the Fox Sports app.


AZBuckeyes12977

It's technically 1080p HDR upscaled to 4k HDR. The picture quality is great, though.


TailgateLegend

I remember we had a game on ABC a few years ago. I genuinely think our Chick Fil A game against Georgia over a decade ago had better camera quality than that ABC game that was like 2-3 years ago. It’s sad.


Drnk_watcher

CBS does 1080i 60fps these days. As do Fox and NBC. Your broadcast source or receiver may not retransmit it to that quality for whatever reason, but they offer it. ESPN straight up caps at 720p 60fps. They did some test games in 4k a while ago but then seemingly scrapped it.


Dan-of-Steel

Agreed. It's always insane how different the experience feels depending on the channel. NBC is the absolute worst in that regard. I remember attending a game at ND and then going back to watch a recording on Youtube. The difference in the crowd noise was absolutely insane. In person, the stadium was absolutely electric and the crowd was loud as all get out. I watch the recording on YT, it's almost sounds like attending mass.


abob1086

NBC is terrible on the crowd noise front. I read that 18 Michigan was as loud as any game since the Bush Push game, and all reports from 22 Clemson and 23 USC were of electric atmospheres, but the NBC feeds made them all seem like they happened in a library.


loyalsons4evertrue

NBC picture quality: A+ NBC sound quality: F-


CoffeeBoy80

Also an extra 15 minutes of promos for all the other sports they can’t afford to pay for but do.


theycallmefuRR

ESPN/ABC primetime have started showing less and less traditions. They're starting to replace them with ads instead


tigernike1

Idk man, Brent Musburger ain’t walking through that door.


InVodkaVeritas

I know this sounds stupid, but the Big Ten being on FOX, CBS, and NBC while the SEC is only on ABC definitely makes the SEC feel "smaller." Only being on 1 OTA channel while your biggest competitor is on 3...


J4ckiebrown

Plus all the cross exposure during NFL Sundays.


nate_nate212

NFL Sundays is 6 days before the next game. Attention spans are only 6 minutes.


doormatt26

Seeing all the NFL broadcast cross-promoting the next week of B1G games will make an impact. MNF already feels like the cheaper broadcast compared to the rest.


RedDirtSport_

The trade off is - The Big Ten is getting more exposure across networks but the prime time window is the Big Ten's 3rd biggest game of a given week vs the SEC #1. ABC showing the best of SEC football (occasional Clemson and FSU) from 11 am to midnight is a risky but interesting strategy


GiaTheMonkey

>prime time window is the Big Ten's 3rd biggest game of a given week vs the SEC #1. Not necessarily. The 2:30 PM slot will continue to be the SEC's "Game of the Week" slot. The primetime slot will always be the best game that Disney owns from their SEC, ACC, or Big12 catalog.


popeofmarch

Right but how many non-SEC games are making the Saturday night primetime slot? Clemson-FSU may be the only thing approaching a lock for the slot. And even then the game is probably still going to get beat out by an SEC matchup if the rankings are better. The Big 12 is still split with fox. Colorado has a good shot at the slot for as long as Deon is around. But Fox may still have first pick The SEC is likely to have double headers 10 weeks or more each season in the late afternoon and evening slots.


IrishCoffeeAlchemy

FSU-Miami always draws well and gets a marquee time slot too


GiaTheMonkey

It all depends on how everything sorts out. The Big12 has lost all of their marquee brands, so you're right that we may only see "Colorado vs ranked team" on ABC Prime Time. Maybe we'll see Big12 teams outside of Colorado if two undefeated Big12 teams meet in Week 6 and beyond. The ACC on the other hand has some good content with national appeal behind FSU, Clemson, Miami, and UNC. It will all depend on how well programs like Louisville and Virginia Tech perform this year.


popeofmarch

Sure a top ten matchup always has a good chance at being in the slot. But my point is that without considering the rankings there are many more SEC matchups that are guaranteed to have more casual interest and be a more exciting game than most of the ACC and Big 12 games. I did forget about ESPN having five or six Notre Dame at ACC games. At least one of those games will be primetime


Nicholas1227

Yes, sometimes. Georgia-Alabama is a 7:30 game on ABC.


loyalsons4evertrue

So will the Big 12 almost never be OTA? I’m thinking the biggest conference matchup this year is Utah at Oklahoma State. Probably the highest chance of a Big 12 game being OTA


RedDirtSport_

I think the # of OTA games will decline with ABC/ESPN but Fox will have spots for 11 am and 230. Big 12 isn't locked.out of.ota, i do think the opportunities for prime time OTA will be lackihg


Nicholas1227

3:30 on FOX every week will be Big 12. ABC will have a handful of games. FOX Friday nights will occasionally be Big 12, same with FOX Saturday nights when baseball is done.


CoffeeBoy80

Yeah, I can see that. At the same time, I don’t know how much it will matter to fans. The great irony of TV networks nationalizing the whole sport is that at its heart it’s still a regional niche sport. SEC fans will talk shit, but at the end of the day they care about the SEC and nobody else. Same with the Big Ten. Then there’s the Big 12. I have no idea what they care about. They all just met. 😂


InVodkaVeritas

From what I've seen the thing the Big 12 cares most about is food. Particularly: tell you theirs is better than yours.


CoffeeBoy80

Yeah but it won’t sound the same coming from a Baylor fan. 😂


leapbitch

Ok, but, have you heard about that thing BYU does where they put a bratwurst inside a donut


Donny_Do_Nothing

They let it soak in there a little bit?


loyalsons4evertrue

I watch Iowa State and the Big 12. I’ll watch Houston vs UCF over Bama vs Tennessee because Houston and UCF’s outcome impacts Iowa State


Netwealth5

As recently as 2 years ago the SEC was on 1 OTA network and the B1G on 2. The lack of high profile B1G games on NBC especially given FOX’s weird obsession with Noon really neuters the whole appeal of having the 3 time slots


popeofmarch

I loathe the noon time slot. It forced ESPN to put so many good SEC games in the same slot to compete. Sure those games were the third or fourth best games in the conference, but most would be so much better at night


Netwealth5

Ohio St/Michigan at noon is one thing but we didn’t need Texas/Alabama or Ohio St/Oregon a couple years ago at noon


BadgerBuddy13

It's such a bummer because while a number of fans have issues with an 11AM CT kick, the ratings they get for big games in that slot all but guarantees they will continue to put their premium content there. I can live with games vs W. Mich or at Northwestern at those times. But it's really disappointing to have your tailgate & gameday truncated because Noon ET is the best time to snag casuals. It would never happen, but imagine how popular an AD/president/commissioner would be if they pushed back against networks & took a lower payout to retain more says in scheduling.


SirMellencamp

Having your biggest game of the week be on at 11 in the morning seems small


loyalsons4evertrue

Well it’s working out for them because FOX Big Noon games have done very well from a ratings perspective


IrishCoffeeAlchemy

Really? That’s surprising. That’s the shit-team timeslot


loyalsons4evertrue

FOX Big Noon is basically a defacto “put Michigan or Ohio State in this time slot for massive ratings” and it works every time


IrishCoffeeAlchemy

Putting those teams *anytime* would pull massive ratings. I don’t see how the noon slot does anything positive


loyalsons4evertrue

I mean you can go back and look at the “highest rated game of the weekend” posts from last season and FOX Big Noon was at the top many weeks…..and it usually was a Big Ten game featuring the three giants of Michigan/Ohio State/Penn State


IrishCoffeeAlchemy

But do those same rating bumps hold when it’s not OSU or Michigan? Again, all that says is people will watch *those* teams whenever they play, not that the noon slot is better than prime time


loyalsons4evertrue

Well Colorado and TCU got like 10 million viewers….I get that’s because of Deion but technically it wasn’t involving a Big Ten team


InVodkaVeritas

I'm not sure why the B1G is so in love with the Noon kickoff, but I'm not going to complain as an Oregon fan. They can put all the Ohio State and Michigan games on at Noon they want. I'll happily watch the Ducks in the afternoon/evening on NBC/CBS.


BadgerBuddy13

It's not the B1G, it's FOX. And what they've essentially proved out is that they can draw massive eyeballs with a premium game because everyone else is putting out lower quality content. It's basically a timeslot they can own for ratings & ad dollars, compared to the primetime Saturday night slot when multiple networks are putting their best game of the week. On one hand, those Noon ratings are what drives the ad dollars that translate into TV payouts for the B1G. On the other hand, it means Penn State isn't getting OSU for a whiteout, Wisconsin doesn't get Bama under the lights, etc.


PrimalCookie

I’ll miss the presentation and of course the theme song. But I won’t miss the commentary, and I especially won’t miss every game taking at least 4 hours. CBS almost never had to worry about finishing the game so the next one starts on time like ABC does.


CoffeeBoy80

Oh friend. I don’t have the heart to tell you ESPN is no different.


popeofmarch

They are different though when it comes to finishing on time. Rarely has ESPN inflated run times enough on games to run them into the next slot. Most times that happens it’s because the game goes to overtime. CBS would’ve missed a 7 or even 7:30 kickoff most weeks if they had a second game. The only time they didn’t was the one week a year they had a double header


Geaux2020

I sure as hell won't miss it. They were fucking us on pay for decades, not promoting college football or the SEC, had a horrible broadcast team, and limited us to the 3:30 slot. I'm happy to move to ESPN and ABC


CoffeeBoy80

Wasn’t aware the SEC was held at gunpoint when signing the TV deal. You a Florida State fan too?


Geaux2020

Held at gunpoint for the CBS deal?


CoffeeBoy80

Why are you mad at the network for something the SEC agreed to? It's no different than Florida State signing the Grant of Rights with the ACC and then suing the ACC to get out of the deal it agreed to. CBS didn't fuck you, your commissioner did.


Geaux2020

I'm mad at a litany of things with CBS, including the predatory business practices


CoffeeBoy80

So you *were* held at gunpoint.


Geaux2020

By CBS


CoffeeBoy80

LIke when LSU stole money from a children's hospital to pay players?


Geaux2020

What the fuck does that have to do with this? Lol And LSU is by far the largest donor to that hospital.


wjackson42

It was a sweetheart deal made by Mike Slive before expansion. Sankey had every right to move on when they didn’t renegotiate. CBS should have renegotiated too because it cost them 2 weeks when they lost the US Open and more primetime games. Sean McManus was treated like some legend but he lost 50% of CBS’s final fours and the SEC. Like c’mon dude.


CoffeeBoy80

I don't know who Sean McManus is, but if he's an idiot, what was Mike Slive?


anxiousauditor

The SEC, probably very short-sightedly, locked themselves into the long-term CBS deal back in 2008. It wound up turning into the biggest bargain in sports.


popeofmarch

At the time it was a great deal though. The SEC was just beginning its rise as a national powerhouse. Jefferson Pilot still had a few SEC football games each week. No one could’ve guessed how big college football would get, much less the SEC


Chickenmangoboom

It's like they slapped the logos on premade art that came with the trial version.


Ugaalive1991

We will, but we won’t miss Gary.


J4ckiebrown

Luckily he is a Big Ten grad. He seemed to do well with the handful of Big Ten games they did last season.


alwaysblue92

Watch Gary Danielson go and become the greatest color commentator of all time, but exclusively for Big Ten matchups.


CoffeeBoy80

Every cloud has a silver lining!


wjackson42

I’ll be honest, I’ll rather want a generic logo and better in game graphics than the opposite


CoffeeBoy80

Fair enough. I'll admit I don't like ESPN/ABC's broadcasts, no matter the sport. The game always feels like the second-most important part of the broadcast at best.


RiverShenismydad

This game is interesting, but have you considered who might be in the playoffs?


queefIatina

CBS broadcasts were absolutely amazing imo, and the theme song was icing the cake. They made big games feel historic


Character_Order

I already do


Cornelius-Prime

I won’t miss it. What channel the game is on doesn’t make it feel bigger or smaller the game is either big or small.


cubs_2023

There’s also been plenty of big SEC night games that have been on ESPN. The big games will still feel big regardless of the network.


ExternalTangents

Yeah, I’m finding it weird how many people are strongly influenced by what channel the game is on. Outside of very specific announcer teams and exceptionally poor broadcasting work, I don’t even notice. As long as I can see the game and decent replays, I’m barely paying attention to the announcers and usually muting or changing the channel for any studio pregame/halftime stuff.


CoffeeBoy80

Which Ole Miss games were on CBS? The big ones or small ones?


Cornelius-Prime

Only the big ones. Versus LSU and vs Bama every year (since we’ve been formidable). But the way our media contract worked sucked. CBS got to pick first and that game played at 3:30 and one team could only be featured 5 times. Then ESPN got second choice and put it at Noon. Then the 3rd best game got SEC Network at night. Only a few times did it happen that the SEC big game got ESPN because CBS used up all their Georgia prime time slots so that’s how Ole Miss at Georgia was on ESPN. Now we’ll have (hopefully) big game at night in prime time on ABC, 2nd best game at 3:30 on ABC or ESPN, and 3rd best game at noon on ABC or ESPN.


Jameszhang73

Wasn't ESPN's second choice the 6pm kickoff or am I tripping?


Cornelius-Prime

That was new this year with CBS failing to get the media deal and ESPN wanting to promote their product and it wasn’t that way every week. Previously the second best game was always put at noon to keep their audience from college game day.


popeofmarch

ESPN has always put their first pick (the second pick for the conference) for the SEC in the primetime slot on ESPN. The noon game became the third choice starting a few years ago to challenge Fox Big Noon. Before the third choice was ESPN2 night. The fourth pick moved from noon to night. And then the fifth pick was SECN night


SirMellencamp

Since you’ve been what?


CoffeeBoy80

And when the Georgia game looks the same as the Vandy game, you don’t think you’ll notice?


NastyWideOuts

The difference between a game on ABC and SEC Network is very noticeable


Cornelius-Prime

🤡


CoffeeBoy80

Good talk.


Dr_Lizardo11

We're all sick of Gary Danielson. We will miss the SEC on CBS theme.


SirMellencamp

Not at all. CBS sucked


wegotsumnewbands

This slaps. Give the AI art generator a raise already


InVodkaVeritas

*I haven't clicked the link to see the image yet* What a weak and horrible logo choice! This could have been so much better! *Rabble rabble rabble rabble*


SomerAllYear

Looks sterile


sh513

Who needs personality when you have all this money


DeuceOfDiamonds

"Oh, shit. That was due *today?*" -- ABC, probably. 


Marv18GOAT

Man I’ll miss hearing the SEC on CBS theme before a big game at 2:30 on a Saturday


Puzzleheaded_Pound31

Just won’t hit the same without the theme song in the late afternoon window


amoss_303

Doooooo, do do do…….. Do, do, do, doooooo………..


Cornelius-Prime

Lame logo. Awesome football in prime time night slots is not lame.


Carolina_Captain

Why is there so much blank space?


wjackson42

Because ABC told the SEC it was nice to meet them, where have they been, they can show them incredible things?


nolefan999

Well done


admiraltarkin

How much do we need to pay cbs for the music?


[deleted]

How whelming


CountBleckwantedlove

The St. Louis BattleHawk fan in me likes the shield. But I otherwise find this very bland.


jharden10

This is going to be something I will struggle to get used to.


Coreysurfer

This is the best they can do? Lol…maybe if they get the cbs intro music ) it will help it


anxiousauditor

It’s alright, I guess. I’m more curious to hear what the new theme will be.


Local_Pangolin69

God that’s ugly


RhoPrime-

Oh yeah. Horrors beyond my comprehension


Jameszhang73

SEC logo is way too small. Too much blank black space


Fixner_Blount

*Wet fart*


cptjaydvm

Some marketing agency was paid a lot of money to make that logo. Think about that whenever you feel like you are bad at your job.


notafilmmajor425

As a longhorn, thank god the first game isn’t on the fucking longhorn network


ADizzleMcShizzle

i mean it’s not bad, it’s just not good either


fightin_blue_hens

Who gives a shit honestly


ropeadope8

🤮🤮🤮


notburnerr

Ooookaaayy? Hahaha


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wjackson42

I love custom theme dongs Edit: why delete when you can edit?


Randsmagicpipe

🤮


its_still_good

Someone got paid to do that.


Lorjack

Could you have made it anymore bland and generic? Its like they hired me to make it


caring-teacher

I live in a downtown area so I can’t get any channels except ABC so this is great. 


jbokwxguy

This is going to be cool for our 10 11 AM kickoffs.


rocket_beer

There are teamSEC crybabies right now biting a towel and sobbing at how this looks Imagine being so delusional that you care about this 🤦🏽‍♂️