Tennessee Softball 2023

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Harpethriverkid63 said:
How so? You say conspiracy or not, ESPN doesn’t want Tennessee softball to thrive, yet I give you a sample of coverage of two teams, one that has held the top spot every week save one. Tell us how it’s comparing apples to oranges when both had the same amount of ESPN coverage. You can’t. You just refuse to believe that ESPN isn’t out to get UT. Or that the umps aren’t biased against our pitchers. You find every reason in the world to come up with to explain away things that happens with this team when things aren’t going well. Teams have umps squeeze the zones, television coverage not fair, questionable plays at the plate. The weak teams fold. The good/great teams fight through it. If you feel so strongly that UT is constantly getting jobbed, write a strongly worded letter to the AD and Sankey. Otherwise, give it a rest.
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Well said! The Battered Vol Syndrome on here is way past old.
 
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jeebie said:
I hope you're right about changing networks or streaming services. ESPN did that with the SEC tourney championship game.
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If you look at every regional, you will notice that every game on Saturday and Sunday is currently listed only for ESPN+. They will make TV designations for the Saturday and Sunday games on Friday and Saturday nights, based on matchups. If you look at the TV schedule for Friday, you will notice it is mostly the 2–3 matchups that are being televised, they want to put the most competitive games on TV, not necessarily the games of the top seeds.
 
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Harpethriverkid63 said:
How so? You say conspiracy or not, ESPN doesn’t want Tennessee softball to thrive, yet I give you a sample of coverage of two teams, one that has held the top spot every week save one. Tell us how it’s comparing apples to oranges when both had the same amount of ESPN coverage. You can’t. You just refuse to believe that ESPN isn’t out to get UT. Or that the umps aren’t biased against our pitchers. You find every reason in the world to come up with to explain away things that happens with this team when things aren’t going well. Teams have umps squeeze the zones, television coverage not fair, questionable plays at the plate. The weak teams fold. The good/great teams fight through it. If you feel so strongly that UT is constantly getting jobbed, write a strongly worded letter to the AD and Sankey. Otherwise, give it a rest.
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Already have. But you just go back and bury your head in the sand.
Also you're reading comprehension needs a lot of work.
 
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Harpethriverkid63 said:
How so? You say conspiracy or not, ESPN doesn’t want Tennessee softball to thrive, yet I give you a sample of coverage of two teams, one that has held the top spot every week save one. Tell us how it’s comparing apples to oranges when both had the same amount of ESPN coverage. You can’t. You just refuse to believe that ESPN isn’t out to get UT. Or that the umps aren’t biased against our pitchers. You find every reason in the world to come up with to explain away things that happens with this team when things aren’t going well. Teams have umps squeeze the zones, television coverage not fair, questionable plays at the plate. The weak teams fold. The good/great teams fight through it. If you feel so strongly that UT is constantly getting jobbed, write a strongly worded letter to the AD and Sankey. Otherwise, give it a rest.
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Alabama, Florida
 
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Harpethriverkid63 said:
I am blessed. Thank you.

In other words, you can’t refute what I said except to try and throw insults. Awesome, awesome.
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Oh it's easy to dispute what you say but your so tiresome you can flap all you want I'm done trying to show the blind the truth. I know the truth and you have your own. So I'll keep believing and you can move along.
 
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I would be ok starting Karlyn. Northern Kentucky is 23-30 and lost 6-1 to Texas A&M, 7-0 to Louisville, 5-0 to Northwestern (Williams didn’t pitch), 2-0 to Louisville, and 9-0 to Kentucky (Schoonover didn’t pitch). Karlyn is as good or better than anybody they’ve faced and quite frankly if we can’t beat them with Karlyn and our lineup then that doesn’t bode well for us. I really want Ashley to win game 2 vs Louis-IU winner and then Payton game 3 so there’s no drama of a game 4. This would allow Ashley and Payton to be fresh.
 
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Still don't understand how Alabama was seeded 5th - I just don't get it. In the polls they are 13, 16, 14 and 17. They are 12 in RPI. That does not equal 5. The top 4 teams are the top 4 teams in all the polls - so they don't have complaints - but there are a host of other teams that should be asking for an explanation.
 
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volfan102455 said:
Still don't understand how Alabama was seeded 5th - I just don't get it. In the polls they are 13, 16, 14 and 17. They are 12 in RPI. That does not equal 5. The top 4 teams are the top 4 teams in all the polls - so they don't have complaints - but there are a host of other teams that should be asking for an explanation.
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It doesn’t make any sense. No need to burn any more brain power on it.

NCAA just continues to prove that its processes are flawed.
 
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TouchOfGrey said:
#25 Central Arkansas could give Bama all they want. They’re 44-10, one pitcher is 24-6 and the other 20-4. Interesting if they meet in that Shipman is Bama’s catcher and Josie Willingham is Cent Ark.’s. She played SS at McNeese one year and then transferred this year to Cent Ark.
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What, I don't understand.
 
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EZE said:
They’re trying to get the most interesting matchups possible so folks will tune in to watch.

Oklahoma is a national brand because everyone jumps on the bandwagon. That is why they are on ESPNU.

But, for those other high seeds, nobody other than their own fans care to watch them beat down a far inferior opponent (including LVs vs NoKy).
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That makes sense, so the question would be, which game would get more viewers, the game between 2 unranked teams, or the game with a ranked team with all their fans watching.

For example, the first game #6 OK ST is playing UMBC, on ESPN+. The other teams in their bracket are unranked Wichita State and Nebraska, and their game is on ESPNU. Wouldn’t OK ST have more of a softball brand, and therefore more viewers?

In our bracket, unranked Indiana and Louisville are playing on ESPN2, while #4 TN is playing on ESPN+. Would TN fans provide more viewers?

I’m sure ESPN wants the most viewers, but I think the top ranked teams probably have the most fans watching their games. I understand what you’re saying, but are softball enthusiasts watching this tournament for compelling games, more than each school’s fans? Maybe there will be viewer totals at the end, to help figure it all out.

The thought that ESPN was putting schools on regular tv, because they rarely get that chance, is probably giving them more credit than they deserve.
 
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Aladywhovolunteer said:
Sharing my ESPN+ experience in hopes it helps others connect before Friday.

I started ESPN+ before the pandemic ( like 9-11 the pandemic has become a new reference point). I believe when I started the service it was $3.99 per month. The price has increased every year. First it was $4.99 then last year $5.99 per month. I don't watch plus that much, so, have considered dropping it which you can do after paying for 1 month ( I believe). The only sports I watch on plus is Tennessee related sports. I don't live in Tennessee and my provider is COX.

This year I received an email from ESPN's parent company Disney. I was informed that ESPN+ was going to $9.99 a month unless I subscribed to the Disney plus bundle which includes Hulu and Disney and ESPN+. So, now I pay $13.99 per month for Hulu and Disney while ESPN+ remains at $5.99.

I still have problems with COX Communications (since it is being streamed via WIFI COX Communications should not be involved...but they are) informing me that I am not authorized to stream ESPN+. Usually that occures about fifteen minutes before a game. So if you purchase ESPN+ and decide to stream it to a smart TV check before game time to insure everything is working.

I don't want to sound like I am complaining about the cost. Frankly, seeing the number of games that ESPN provides on their streaming services SEC+, ACC+, ESPN+ etc., and the number of people it takes to broadcast a game the cost must be immense. Proud to live in a country where we have the ability to see all the games.

Before streaming, I once spent $50 ( money I didn't have) to listen to Tennessee play Arkansas in football circa 1989. I was listening on a telephone connected to Broadcast.Com ( I think). This was one of the first companies Mark Cuban started. Many college football games on radio that you could connect to via phone. Thank goodness for the internet.
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Al Gore was a man among men.
 
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Got any hints on youtubers, I they got all the games, more or less, certainly I belief all on championship of every conference.

Speaking of premium services, I got to nominate Premium youtube, it's good stuff. Been with them since aware of it being available.
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