I don’t mind a bit watching it on my laptop. And with some ingenuity, you can stream it into your tv. You’ve got it all backwards. TV is going tov the Internet, just like Bill Gates said last year. That’s where its all going, regardless of the next TV contract. Besides, the next TV contract would’t have MD-JMU anyway. Come on, get serious. Be glad it’s free. In less than five years, you’ll be paying subscription on the web just like cable or satellite for all sports, including the Terps.

I think these lame games MD is scheduling is hurting their recruiting and exposure. I can see one game every year, but where are the marquee matchups. They are few and far betweem. Look at the big schools and their schedules. They man up and ball. USC, ND, Michigan, the SEC take on all comers. The ACC does it in BB but other than VT, Miami and FS (who were added to the ACC) they schedule crap for out of conference games, certainly not in the league of the major D-I programs. Five star players want exposure and prime time. They aren’t getting it in the ACC. It has nothing to do with TV, except they are going to broadcast BS.

i hear you. But, ten years ago this game wouldnt not have been on TV. 2) Ten years from now this game would not be on TV, even with a new contract. No one cares about MD-JMU outside of hard core Terp fans (like us). I can’t tell you how psyched I was to find the game on the web.

Sure some other schools get their games on TV even when they are not quality games. MD doesn’t draw as well. Like it or not, that’s a fact and has always been an issue when scheduling bowl games.

You are right. Cal was a good game to schedule. Rutgers was top 10. But you gotta admit, we don’t schedule premier games where we would be on TV all the time and recruits would see us. We never have really since we dumped Penn State. Back to back JMU and MTU has only one purpose: get two wins.

And look, the ACC is a bb league. Adding VT and Miami and BC helped a little, but I actually think their programs got hurt by coming to the ACC. Its all about the SEC, Big 10 and 12 and the PAC 10 in football. We’re like #5 on the chart for conferences. So hook up your computer to your TV because that next TV contract isnt going to do much as far as broadcasting every game. Just not going to happen.

No one said MD-JMU should have been televised. I wouldn’t expect that or FSU-Jax State either. But there’s no reason Maryland-Rutgers, Clemson-TCU, BC-Wake shouldn’t be televised. I don’t subscribe to cable so I don’t have my TV set up, but I would like to go watch some ACC games in bars.

ESPN360 is an awesome service (and I get it, which is a big part of the reason I’m not in a rush to get cable), but I see it as more a way to watch the games you can’t because they are all played simultaneously or catch up on the ones you miss.

In the mid-Atlantic region, you should be able to watch all the big ACC match-ups on TV. There’s a huge potential market there. I’d love for the ACC to turn to Fox or one of the other big networks that aren’t in on college football currently to get the marque games, with Raycom covering down on the smaller match-ups.

I agree it sucks. You are right about Rutgers and Clemson. But the ACC just isn’t a football league. I don’t see them cutting the kind of deal the SEC has. Also, Raycom (and the ACC) is a southern deal, which doesnt help us in MD for coverage. Fox or any other network is also going to know that the ACC doesn’t get the ratings when it comes to football. Why sign a deal with the ACC to televise games like MD—Clemson and have it go up against games like USC-ND, Mich-OSU, Floriida-LSU? You’ll get killed. The ACC is a regional conference in football and thus is only getting a regional contract, not a national one. The SEC (ESPN) ND (NBC) Big 10 (ABC) Pac 10, Big 12 (Fox) transcend their regional locations and thus are worthy of national contracts, at least in football. The ACC is not. Maybe some kind of limited, marquee deal would be doable. If I was the ACC, I would do what the SEC did. Combine basketball AND football into one package and bypass Raycom and go to Fox. cause there’s no way they are selling football to a national network and even if they did, I have to tell you, we’d still be in the same boat. The way to get a national contract is to combine BB and football (knowing full well you’re still watching MD – Clemson football on ESPN 360).

i like the ACC network idea, the SEC toyed with it, too. Why not. But i’m serious, as Maryland fans we’re going to get screwed with game coverage. You watch. Especially in football.