Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALLFOOTBALLMESSAGE BOARDCHATLINKS site searchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board Ohio Basketball Topic:  MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network Topic:  MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network Author Message Tom Valentino General User Member Since: 3/13/2005 Location: Painesville, OH Post Count: 280 Status: Offline     MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/3/2015 11:38:54 AM  In addition to the ESPN deal, CBS Sports Network will carry up to 12 football and 12 basketball games per year. http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-sports-network/release... Also: At the Cleveland Bobcat Caravan last night, I asked about getting the ESPN upgrades. Sounds like we're another year away as the university works on securing more funding for the project. On Twitter: @1tomvalentino | TheNailPodcast.com Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,375 Status: Offline     RE: MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/3/2015 11:58:31 AM  Tom Valentino wrote: In addition to the ESPN deal, CBS Sports Network will carry up to 12 football and 12 basketball games per year. http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-sports-network/release... Also: At the Cleveland Bobcat Caravan last night, I asked about getting the ESPN upgrades. Sounds like we're another year away as the university works on securing more funding for the project. Just saw that too. I wonder which of our October Saturday games will be telecast since we don't have any Thursday or Friday games scheduled. Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,611 Status: Offline     RE: MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/3/2015 12:36:39 PM  So this is in addition to ESPN? The release I read made it sound like this was signed through ESPN. These are games in addition to what ESPN will show, right? If so, this is huge. More TV games. Does CBS have an online portal similar to ESPN? I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,465 Status: Offline     RE: MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/3/2015 1:00:57 PM  The Optimist wrote: So this is in addition to ESPN? The release I read made it sound like this was signed through ESPN. These are games in addition to what ESPN will show, right? If so, this is huge. More TV games. Does CBS have an online portal similar to ESPN? It sounds like it's in addition to. ESPN has the MAC really only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during November and the day after T-day. Early on, there's very little they're doing with the MAC. And it sounds like the games will be on the satellite/cable channel instead of any web portal. This should be a big plus for the MAC. I think CBS has been tinkering with a web portal, but I don't think they have it up and running except to air what's already on their TV feed. I think they were doing some during the NCAA tourney. We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,454 Status: Offline     RE: MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/3/2015 9:54:47 PM  I heard a rumor about a month ago that ESPN was shopping around it MAC Mid Week package to another network for sublicencing. I thought that would be bad news because it would mean the ESPN2 football games that we so dearly love would be moving to a lessor known network like CBS Sports Net with other Tuesday and Wednesday night games remaining on ESPNU or picked up by ESPN3. That is not the case with this release as its going to be a mix of Saturday and Thursday games shown on CBSSN so its a win for the conference. These are games that could be Homecoming at Ohio or the BG/Toledo rivalry game in front of packed houses that will make the league look good. The basketball games were going to be a plus no matter what since there is so little TV coverage compared to the number of games. The new model for the mid major conferences looks to be a primary deal with ESPN and then sublicense to CBS Sports or or NBS Sports which with less viewership don't want to compete head on with ESPN. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,454 Status: Offline     RE: MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/3/2015 10:00:21 PM  The Optimist wrote: So this is in addition to ESPN? The release I read made it sound like this was signed through ESPN. These are games in addition to what ESPN will show, right? If so, this is huge. More TV games. Does CBS have an online portal similar to ESPN? Its in addition to ESPN and CBS is paying ESPN for them. Huge for Ohio because some of the most attractive conference games are at Peden and the Convo. Anything ESPN doesn't want for ESPN2 or ESPNU or has a scheduling conflict can be picked up. Think Ohio-Akron and Ohio-Miami games in basketball and football. Games have nice production on CBS Sports. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,465 Status: Offline     RE: MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/3/2015 10:32:35 PM  Since CBSSN also has a deal with CUSA, I can see them going for the T'erd game on 9/12. It would have to be a noon start; they already have Minn-Colo St at 3:30 and another game at 7:00 that day. They've already scheduled Fiami at WKU as part of the CUSA deal. We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,454 Status: Offline     RE: MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/4/2015 12:03:40 AM  With only 3 Saturday games this year I somehow doubt Marshall-Ohio is one of them since that might be picked up by ESPN News. Last Edited: 6/4/2015 12:08:22 AM by Athens Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top UpSan Bobcat General User Member Since: 8/30/2005 Location: Upper Sandusky, OH Post Count: 3,817 Status: Offline     RE: MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/4/2015 10:05:14 AM  Uncle Wes wrote: With only 3 Saturday games this year I somehow doubt Marshall-Ohio is one of them since that might be picked up by ESPN News. I am expecting the games to be actual MAC games, not non-conference games. But as Wes said, the Marshall game could be on some TV network but I think non-conference games would be separate from this deal. Back to Top Deciduous Forest Cat General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Ohio Post Count: 4,559 Status: Offline     RE: MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/4/2015 12:02:47 PM  So... is CBSSN actually producing these games? Back to Top Valley Cat General User Member Since: 12/28/2004 Location: Jackson Twp., OH Post Count: 1,246 Status: Offline     RE: MAC adds TV deal with CBS Sports Network    Posted: 6/7/2015 8:52:50 AM  Could Western Michigan be one of these games? 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