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  • The CRAZIEST CBS BROADCASTING CONTROVERSY of the 1990 College Football

    From Terrence Clay@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 12 20:56:59 2022
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UcvWoEDsCw

    On September 22, 1990, CBS was supposed to air the SEC game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs at 3:00 Eastern, and the MLB game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees at 12:00 Eastern. But when a wrench completely out
    of CBS' control got thrown into those plans, CBS had a decision to make- do they show college football or baseball? And the decision that they made left some happy, but others furious. This is the story behind the 1990 broadcasting controversy.

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  • From Emperor Wonko the Sane@21:1/5 to Terrence Clay on Thu Oct 13 08:02:11 2022
    On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 10:57:01 PM UTC-5, Terrence Clay wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UcvWoEDsCw

    On September 22, 1990, CBS was supposed to air the SEC game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs at 3:00 Eastern, and the MLB game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees at 12:00 Eastern. But when a wrench completely
    out of CBS' control got thrown into those plans, CBS had a decision to make- do they show college football or baseball? And the decision that they made left some happy, but others furious. This is the story behind the 1990 broadcasting controversy.

    Given that Alabumble and Georgia both sucked that year, it's surprising that they were going to broadcast the game at all.

    Doug

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to Emperor Wonko the Sane on Thu Oct 13 08:50:23 2022
    On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 11:02:14 AM UTC-4, Emperor Wonko the Sane wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 10:57:01 PM UTC-5, Terrence Clay wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UcvWoEDsCw

    On September 22, 1990, CBS was supposed to air the SEC game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs at 3:00 Eastern, and the MLB game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees at 12:00 Eastern. But when a wrench completely
    out of CBS' control got thrown into those plans, CBS had a decision to make- do they show college football or baseball? And the decision that they made left some happy, but others furious. This is the story behind the 1990 broadcasting controversy.
    Given that Alabumble and Georgia both sucked that year, it's surprising that they were going to broadcast the game at all.


    Hey, Alabama went to the Fiesta Bowl that year!

    Also, based on where I lived in 1990, CBS apparently showed San Diego State - BYU in my region.

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  • From xyzzy@21:1/5 to randorwell@gmail.com on Thu Oct 13 17:52:57 2022
    TE <randorwell@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 11:02:14 AM UTC-4, Emperor Wonko the Sane wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 10:57:01 PM UTC-5, Terrence Clay wrote: >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UcvWoEDsCw

    On September 22, 1990, CBS was supposed to air the SEC game between the
    Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs at 3:00 Eastern, and the
    MLB game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees at 12:00
    Eastern. But when a wrench completely out of CBS' control got thrown
    into those plans, CBS had a decision to make- do they show college
    football or baseball? And the decision that they made left some happy,
    but others furious. This is the story behind the 1990 broadcasting controversy.


    Given that Alabumble and Georgia both sucked that year, it's surprising
    that they were going to broadcast the game at all.

    The Yankees did suck as well, but the Red Sox won division. Back then,
    not so much now, if your
    team sucked and is in a small market it wouldn't get much coverage. Of course today you'd
    get put on The Ocho.

    -TE

    “Baseball is a game played by the dextrous but only understood by the poindextrous.”
    -Professor Frink


    Hell back then your team could be good and not get much coverage. The CFA
    was still around and nationally televised games were only a few a week,
    most games were only on local TV. Oh and if you lived out of market and
    your team wasn’t a national powerhouse, you often had to wait for the
    Sunday paper to learn your score.

    --
    “I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie

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  • From TE@21:1/5 to Emperor Wonko the Sane on Thu Oct 13 10:47:40 2022
    On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 11:02:14 AM UTC-4, Emperor Wonko the Sane wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 10:57:01 PM UTC-5, Terrence Clay wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UcvWoEDsCw

    On September 22, 1990, CBS was supposed to air the SEC game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs at 3:00 Eastern, and the MLB game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees at 12:00 Eastern. But when a wrench completely
    out of CBS' control got thrown into those plans, CBS had a decision to make- do they show college football or baseball? And the decision that they made left some happy, but others furious. This is the story behind the 1990 broadcasting controversy.


    Given that Alabumble and Georgia both sucked that year, it's surprising that they were going to broadcast the game at all.

    The Yankees did suck as well, but the Red Sox won division. Back then, not so much now, if your
    team sucked and is in a small market it wouldn't get much coverage. Of course today you'd
    get put on The Ocho.

    -TE

    “Baseball is a game played by the dextrous but only understood by the poindextrous.”
    -Professor Frink

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