OT Fox Sports Poll

by Skirra on Jan 21, 2008 11:36 AM EST

With Fox having the BCS, World Series, and the SuperBowl this year I was wondering which coverage was or will be worst. Thank god Fox doesn't cover March Madness. Some thoughts about each:

The BCS featured more shots of the band than of the games. Added bonus Fox decided to ditch instant replay in favor of shots of the DLP skycam.

The World Series featured the smug Joe Buck, and the incoherent Tim McCarver. Added bonus crowd shots of the cast of every Fox series.

The SuperBowl will bring us Joe Buck again, along with the concussed ramblings of Troy Aikman. Added bonus Fox is planning on covering the elections as part of the pre-game ceremonies.

Poll

Which major championship has/will Fox Sports screw up worst?

Fox Sports is evil and has ruined all three and I couldn't possibly choose which is worse.

18 votes

The BCS

8 votes

The World Series

8 votes

The SuperBowl

2 votes

36 votes | Poll has closed

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cant really say why

but i hate watching baseball on FOX maybe b/c its the sport i care most about

by Freneau on Jan 21, 2008 5:47 PM EST reply actions

i would have to say

there is something distinctly weird about a network only covering the championship of a sport

I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me

by LeoBloom on Jan 21, 2008 7:18 PM EST up reply actions

Great point, LeoBloom

I also sorta resent a network swooping in and covering only the championship of a sport.

I'm not a big NBA fan, but that is a good example. Studio, with Ernie, Sir Charles, and Kenny the Jet is SO GOOD, it's worth watching it and not the game! Then TBS gets the playoff games, until the finals, when they are switched to an inferior network. Sad.

For you youngsters, you may not remember a time when "March Madness" was just getting started. ESPN began the phenomenon by televising the first two days (Round 1), and the product was INFINITELY superior to what CBS has done to it since it took over everything. Key difference was ESPN had the freedom to switch in and out of games at will, and the games were scheduled so that 4 weren't all ending at the same time. Alas, those days are gone forever. Some of the allure, to me, was feeling like you were in on a great little secret that the rest of the country hadn't discovered yet. As you might guess, once everybody else discovered it, it was tainted forevermore. Sigh.

by loyal2s dad on Jan 23, 2008 2:11 PM EST reply actions