not even on the list

[synapticwave]

There's a poll up now on ESPN for the best Thursday game and the ISU - NIU game isn't even an option...wtf espn?

ESPN.com Poll Results by State

vote from front page of espn.

 

[jsmith86]

Because they know that we'll win any internet poll they put up.

 

[CyBroncos]

Minnesota at Middle Tennessee State? Brett Favre U. at South Carolina? Really?

 

[CYVADER]

to be fair to espn, there are a lot of other games left off that NCAA College Football Scores and Schedules - ESPN

 

[edr247]

People probably don't even know that there are two schools called Iowa State and Northern Illinois.

Anyway, I love ESPN polls, because you can often see the geographical bias. For example, while a majority of the nation has selected Utah v Pitt, the Minnesota game was voted #1 in Minnesota, the Southern Miss/SCar game was voted #1 by Mississippi and South Carolina, the Hawaii game by Hawaii (and oddly New Hampshire, though by a slight margin), and the Marshall/tOSU game by Ohio.

 

[RyCy04]

The game is on Fox Sports. There's your answer.

 

[cyclonedave25]

If the game was being aired by ESPN, it'd be on that poll.

 

[synapticwave]

The game is on Fox Sports. There's your answer.

good point

 

[jburke]

There's a poll up now on ESPN for the best Thursday game and the ISU - NIU game isn't even an option...wtf espn?

ESPN.com Poll Results by State

vote from front page of espn.

That is a network thing, is NBC going to advertise what is on CBS?? Same with ESPN and Foxsports...... I take any ESPN poll with a grain of salt....

 

[VeloClone]

That is a network thing, is NBC going to advertise what is on CBS?? Same with ESPN and Foxsports...... I take any ESPN poll with a block of salt....

Fixed it for ya...

 

[ISU_phoria]

To be honest, even if our game was on the list, I still might be tempted to vote for Pitt & Utah. From a college football point of view (not the ISU rube that I am), that game does look like a potential good one!

 

[Big12Crazy]

I have even had trouble finding the listing in the papers in Kansas! Finally today I found the line. CPR will get ISU the attention it deserves in time!

 

[CloneIce]

The game is on ESPN's competitor, therefore they do not want to put it on the list and draw attention/TV viewers towards it.

You have to remember that ESPN should not be viewed mainly as sports media, but as a Cable Channel/Business first, sports media 2nd. That is why they will always give most of their attention to the conference's whose games they broadcast.

 

[UNIGuy4Cy]

The game is on Fox Sports. There's your answer.

This. Wow Utah and Pitt....

 

[djcubby]

To be honest, even if our game was on the list, I still might be tempted to vote for Pitt & Utah. From a college football point of view (not the ISU rube that I am), that game does look like a potential good one!

Any other night and this game would definitely be on my TV. I might have to DVR this one so I can watch it after our game. :yes: