Purdue at Notre Dame

• Tiernan

  Lots of Chatoleighs in the Valley Bid Red...Hell aren't you one of them? Steubenville Chatoleigh HS fan?
• killer_ewok

  

  Bigred1995;466971 wrote:Are you serious; you do realize that WTOV9's viewing area covers a sizable portion of West Virginia, including MORGANTOWN?

  
  No, I didn't know WTOV9 covered Morgantown. Doesn't make much sense. WTF would people in Morgantown care about a shooting on LaBelle or our city facebook page fiasco? Furthermore, I'm willing to bet that WVU-Coastal Carolina would've been available on local programming in Morgantown regardless of whether WTOV9 switched to that game.
  
  Anyways, Morgantown obviously is WVU country. Right here in our immediate area? Not so much. As many if not more OSU, ND, UM fans in the valley as WVU fans. And again....it's NBC, show the national programming that's supposed to be on.
• OneBuckeye

  

  Has purdue released a depth chart for ND yet?
• killer_ewok

  

  Just googled real quick and the only NBC affiliate that I saw for Morgantown was WBOY-TV.
• karen lotz

  

  OneBuckeye;466997 wrote:Has purdue released a depth chart for ND yet?

  I just looked at Purdue's site and didn't see one.
• OneBuckeye

  

  I googled "purdue football blog" and got nothing.
• OneBuckeye

  

  well I found this.
  
  http://www.boiledsports.com/2010/08/ice-cold-coach-strikes-again.html
  
  From sunday.
  

  We've told you how we think Hope's control of info is frustrating at times, and hilarious at others. But, in yesterday's post-practice interview, he had one of the funniest "shoot-down" answers I've heard thus far...That said, it's gotta piss off the media.
  
  Media guy:
  "Now that you're in your game prep, do you have good idea who's in your two-deeps?"
  
  Hope:
  "Yep, yep...good idea."
  
  And that was it. No further explanation, nothing but a look right at the guy (whom I don't know by voice).
  
  Make no mistake, if Hope's not pleased with you and you're in the media, you'll get nothing, and like it.
  The person to complain to about

• karen lotz

  

  hahaha that's pretty good.
• Bigred1995

  

  The Equalizer;466979 wrote:WTOV didn't care about WV until
  
  #1 Rodriguez got them into a big boy phase and bangwagons galore popped out of the woodwork.
  #2 #2 Big Red sent Busick (does he play?) and Repella
  
  What we have is the same asshole who runs their station and hates ND with a passion because he's an OSU homer. This is the guy who put on Penn St vs Cincy (pre-good Cincy) instead of ND-Michigan because he'd "get better ratings". Bullshit. WVU is just his excuse not to show ND games. Good to know in this economy his station can continue to afford to buy out their NBC obligations just so he can stick it to people.

  Branko was a red shirt last year and expected to get some playing time this year.
  

  Tiernan;466981 wrote:Lots of Chatoleighs in the Valley Bid Red...Hell aren't you one of them? Steubenville Chatoleigh HS fan?

  Forgive my ignorance, but I have no idea what you're talking about.
  

  killer_ewok;467001 wrote:Just googled real quick and the only NBC affiliate that I saw for Morgantown was WBOY-TV.

  WBOY-TV may be the only affiliate, but WTOV9's signal reaches Morgantown.
• The Equalizer

  

  According to Wiki (I know, I know) channel 9's signal reaches as far west as Greensburg PA which is east of Pittsburgh. Logically they ought to be buying and showing Pitt a lot more since you'd have to imagine since their signal goes past pittsburgh there are a ton of Pitt fans in their viewing area. Maybe they'll follow suit like this week and show Pitt hosting New Hampshire in another "instant classic" matchup on 9/11.
  
  Somehow I doubt it though.
  
  Anyways, I'm going to ratchet up my 'cautious optimism' to a status of 'expected good things.' I think ND takes a game which it seemed like under Weis was a crapshoot and turns it back into a 14 point annual win. I'll say 35-21.
• Bigred1995

  

  The only reason I commented on the post is because, to me, it makes more sense to broadcast a game that falls within your viewing area than one over a state away. And yes, there are fans of other schools including Pitt, Ohio State, UM, etc. but my point was that there are probably more WVU fans than Notre Dame fans; hell in the Northern Panhandle of WV alone would probably out number all ND fans in the viewing area! Only if they had computers they'd be able to back me up on this! LOL
• Tiernan

  Forgive my ignorance, but I have no idea what you're talking about.
  
  
  Check out a Gaelic Dictionary for Chatoleigh
• killer_ewok

  

  Bigred1995;467076 wrote:The only reason I commented on the post is because, to me, it makes more sense to broadcast a game that falls within your viewing area than one over a state away. And yes, there are fans of other schools including Pitt, Ohio State, UM, etc. but my point was that there are probably more WVU fans than Notre Dame fans; hell in the Northern Panhandle of WV alone would probably out number all ND fans in the viewing area! Only if they had computers they'd be able to back me up on this! LOL

  
  Or it could make more sense to show the nationally televised game that NBC affiliates should be showing. Buy ESPN Gameplan if you are a WVU fan (not you personally) and might miss the game. That's what that package is for. Notre Dame has a national TV contract. Funny, I don't recall WPXI out of Pittsburgh changing programming and airing a Pitt game instead of ND during their time slot. And as equalizer pointed out, WTOV9 has pulled this shit before with terrible non-WVU/Pitt Big East matchups instead of ND. Who in the valley REALLY wanted to watch Rutgers-South Florida? There are plenty more who would rather tune in to root for/against ND IMO.
  
  I have friends in Morgantown....I'll have to ask them if they actually get WTOV9 on their cable there.
• rock_knutne

  Bigred1995;466866 wrote:I would think there are a ton more WVU fans in the Valley than there are ND fans.

  
  
  I don't think so, if anything there's more ND fans in the Valley than WVU.
• rock_knutne

  The Equalizer;466979 wrote:WTOV didn't care about WV until
  
  #1 Rodriguez got them into a big boy phase and bangwagons galore popped out of the woodwork.
  #2 #2 Big Red sent Busick (does he play?) and Repella
  
  What we have is the same asshole who runs their station and hates ND with a passion because he's an OSU homer. This is the guy who put on Penn St vs Cincy (pre-good Cincy) instead of ND-Michigan because he'd "get better ratings". Bullshit. WVU is just his excuse not to show ND games. Good to know in this economy his station can continue to afford to buy out their NBC obligations just so he can stick it to people.

  
  Bingo!
• TheMightyGators

  OneBuckeye;467009 wrote:well I found this.
  
  http://www.boiledsports.com/2010/08/ice-cold-coach-strikes-again.html
  
  From sunday.

  Hope should probably think about staying on the good side of the media, until he does some winning.
• CinciX12

  

  I didn't know what a 42 post ND thread would look like without someone being an asshole. I'm impressed.
• killer_ewok

  

  CinciX12;467946 wrote:I didn't know what a 42 post ND thread would look like without someone being an asshole. I'm impressed.

  
  LOL. Give it time.....
• rock_knutne

  Game day! GO IRISH!!!!!
• vball10set

  raining here in Toledo--what's the gametime forecast in South Bend ?
• karen lotz

  

  according to weather.com...65 mostly sunny and a 10% chance or precipitation, which is the lowest percentage they will put on there for anytime/place. Should be a beautiful day for football.
• Pick6

  

  yes busick does play. He was redshirted last year, but will be starting at MLB today
• sherm03

  

  I wish I was in South Bend today for the game!
  
  The beginning of a new era today. Let's hope that era includes winning some damn games!
  
  Go Irish!
• killer_ewok

  

  sherm03;471400 wrote:I wish I was in South Bend today for the game!
  
  The beginning of a new era today. Let's hope that era includes winning some damn games!
  
  Go Irish!

  
  
  I hear ya', sherm! About 4 and a half hours til kickoff........GO IRISH!
• karen lotz

  

  My cousin is a freshman at ND. I told him he better keep his ears open for any extra tickets or I will fail to recognize him as family.