Ever wonder how the Kentucky schedule was put together? Here’s an interesting article that gives a little insight to how the television networks use a pecking order for selecting and scheduling the games they want to broadcast. Mark Whitworth, associate commissioner of the SEC, says scheduling isn’t all TV driven and gives a couple of constraining League rules. Of maximum interest, Mike Aresco, a vice president for programming at CBS Sports, said, "the word in TV circles is that Kentucky will not play North Carolina (next season)..."
Well worth the read, the article also has a grab bag of other topics: Kevin Stallings scheduling complaints, progress on the renovation of Rupp, Rupp shoehorns twice as many people in the same space as Florida’s O’Connell Center, Mitch Barnhart is trying to avoid an 18 game conference schedule to save our non-conference games with Indiana, Louisville and North Carolina, the SEC-Big East challenge and the Champions Classic with Duke, Kansas and Michigan State, Joker thanked Calipari for his support and Joe B. Hall will be honored.
Note: Though this is a Jerry Tipton Article, I judge it worthy of your attention and offer it up as a reward to Jerry for having written a very informative piece of journalism with a positive tone appropriate for his audience of Kentucky Fans.
I should note, ...
Both Auburn and LSU also have no Thursday – Saturday games this season, but for some reason, Stallings isn’t complaining about the advantage these paper tigers have garnered from this so-called scheduling imbalance. Also, not surprisingly, in the 4 years since the League signed the deal with ESPN that gave rise to this issue, teams are 21-19 in the Saturday game after having played the prior Thursday. Further, initially Kentucky had a set of Thursday-Saturday games but CBS elected to move the Saturday Florida/Kentucky game to Sunday.
You know, Stallings is a lot like me, if I could just learn to keep my mouth shut, I’d be a lot better off. ’;-)
TeamWeaver - February 5, 2012
LOL.....it's ok.....some of us just can't do it....
Greg Alan Edwards - February 5, 2012
Just a heads-up TW
Many here prefer a JT disclosure before they click. :-)
a2d2 - February 5, 2012
Sorry, a2d2, I edited the Fan Shot, above
I firmly operate under a positive reinforcement philosophy I accordance with my earlier Call To InAction (Click Here). If I judge the article to be informative, not gratuitously negative, then I see no harm in linking it as a reward for JT’s good journalistic behavior. This article was a breath of fresh air compared to the majority of JT’s offerings and he should be rewarded to show we are watching him and are discerning critics of his activity. If our goal is to modify his behavior, just cutting him completely off provides no incentive to reform.
TeamWeaver - February 5, 2012
I'm the same way. If I think it is good, I will link it.
I have learned (the hard way) it is a good idea to say it is his. I hope you didn’t think I was scolding you. Because I wasn’t and didn’t mean for it to sound that way. I did use a smiley face. ;-) No apology was necessary. You have good judgement.
a2d2 - February 5, 2012
No worries, a2d2.
I think of the folks in the ‘A Sea Of Blue’ blog community as my friends and I’m certainly not trying to ‘trick’ anyone, much less my friends, into reading an author they feel strongly about avoiding. I normally say who wrote any article I link, but I was on the net last night after getting home from a pre-Superbowl party and I confess I wasn’t the designated driver. In my impair sobriety, I didn’t. If anything, I appreciate your bringing my oversight to my attention. Thanks! :-)
TeamWeaver - February 5, 2012
Ahhhhh Jerry is just Jerry......he is kinda like the flu.....
you have to deal with him sooner or later…..lol…..
Greg Alan Edwards - February 5, 2012
This was good work by Tipton
No one really wants to stir up the hornet’s nest about which game UK should drop, but I am personally sad to see UNC depart because my brother goes there. Sibling rivalry: an unfortunate casualty of SEC expansion.
Also, it’s extremely misguided of the SEC to limit UK’s CBS appearances. The league should be trying to get as many games on CBS as possible. If the league is concerned about fairness, it should require CBS to broadcast an additional SEC game for every UK game they pick beyond 5. Every UK conference game that’s on CBS involves another SEC team. That’s pretty much the only way Ole Miss would end up on CBS.
KDH2011 - February 5, 2012
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