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ESPN College Gameday (official thread)

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Me and my buddies are still going to paint up. We're still going to make signs. Of course we are - we do every game.

But now the fanbase isn't going to be nearly as excited.

Is that sad? Yes. The football culture at Cal is very lacking. This is what Cal football needs. The Tedford Era is now hitting full stride, but the students are not as excited as they need to be for a football team of our caliber. Having GameDay at Memorial Stadium is exactly what the doctor ordered.

But now the fat cats at ESPN can report a 3% increase in viewers by going to watch the ECU v. VTech game. Please.
 
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Dear Mr Wojciechowski,

I don't hate ESPN. Sometimes I might disagree with some of their choice
of words and some of their hirings, but I don't hate ESPN.

I believe that somewhere deep in the corporate maze in a nondescript
building with an ESPN sign at the top, there is a boardroom full of men in
suits. And I have always believed that at least one of them must be a fan
of sports.

But when I learned about the atrocity that is about to occur on September
1st, 2007, I lost all faith.

I go to The University of California, Berkeley, and we want - no, we
deserve - College Gameday to be held in front of Memorial Stadium.

I'll begin my short argument with my first of two points:

1. We had it first. Months and months ago, we were promised College
Gameday. The normally quiet cadre of Cal football fans rejoiced.
Everyone was excited. People started buying their season tickets in
advance. My friends and I had specific plans to get behind Lee Corso with
our painted chests as he donned Osky the Bear's head. How can the
leaders-that-be suddenly take that away? It's not fair, it's not right.
The Cal fanbase deserves better. And you know what? It's absolutely
disgusting, because...

2. They chose Blacksburg, Virginia. I have not heard anything more
disgusting than a bunch of men in suits in charge of a sports
entertainment corporation cashing in on the tragedy that occured at
Virginia Tech. The country mourns at the loss of so many lives. What
happened was a tragedy. But what ESPN is doing is making a mockery of the
event. They are using peoples' sadness and loss as nothing but a
marketing ploy to attract what? 3% more viewers? That is disgusting.
That is depravity.

You tell me, Gene. How many families of those who died at Virginia Tech
are going to feel better now that Kirk is doing the analysis out side the
stadium?

I know it's not your fault. And I know it's not the writers' faults. I
think you guys do your job well. But if you have a boss who has a boss
who has a boss, please pass this along. Don't let ESPN market the tragedy
at Virginia Tech.

Sincerely,
Brian
Go Hokies, and Go Bears.

-Sent on 6-29-07 at 4:53 PST
 
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Here's the response if you're interested: (Doubt it, but you guys are wankers. :) )

First of all, gameday has a long history of changing venues based on
extenuating circumstances. To suggest that espn is trying to profit from
the va tech tragedy is insulting and wrong. Maybe you should allow for
the possibility that the decision was made because football might, just
might, be a way of bringing that campus together on what likely will be
an emotional evening. And Gameday wants to be there to chronicle that
moment.

There's a difference between contriving something and witnessing
something. I don't think Gameday's decision to go to Va Tech is a
contrivance. I also think there's a whole season left for Gameday to
return to Strawberry Hill. Beat Tennessee and you might be surprised.

Take care.

GW
 
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Not contrived? Please. The shootings happened on April 16, 2007. Come September 1, 2007 almost 5 months will have passed. Likewise, the shootings on Va Tech's campus had absolutely nothing to do with football - I'm pretty sure there's more going on in Blacksburg than just football... I suppose what I'm saying is, if the massacre had occurred in the middle of football season, it makes sense to go there for gameday and wouldn't be contrived. As it is, it's guised in PC public relations but is really just opening up old wounds for the sake of "caring." I call bullshit.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;875032; said:
Not contrived? Please. The shootings happened on April 16, 2007. Come September 1, 2007 almost 5 months will have passed. Likewise, the shootings on Va Tech's campus had absolutely nothing to do with football - I'm pretty sure there's more going on in Blacksburg than just football... I suppose what I'm saying is, if the massacre had occurred in the middle of football season, it makes sense to go there for gameday and wouldn't be contrived. As it is, it's guised in PC public relations but is really just opening up old wounds for the sake of "caring." I call bullshit.
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I have to give ESPN the benefit of the doubt here. It's true that this is a whole 5 months after the event, but its also going to be the first time that a lot of Hokie fans and alums will be on campus since the event.
 
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