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Old 08-19-2006, 08:01 PM
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Here We Go Again!

Might as well get it started - the last 4.5 minutes of the third quarter took about 20 minutes to play and we are approaching 8 pm with almost six minutes left on the clock. Any guesses how much over 8 pm the ladies basketball game will run? Or on how much of it we will get back (my guess is none). After all, wouldn't want to miss any of those exciting taped tennis minutes, would we?
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Old 08-19-2006, 08:02 PM
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ESPN: It's time for some drag racing but...

...there's still six minutes left in the WNBA game. So how much qualifying are going to miss tonight???

Dang, I hate this.
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Old 08-19-2006, 08:03 PM
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Hey Rich, treed ya!! By a minute!
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Old 08-19-2006, 08:05 PM
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Hey Rich, treed ya!! By a minute!
You sure did. No doubt about it.
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Old 08-19-2006, 08:06 PM
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Here we go again, Shafted again Thanks ESPN
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Old 08-19-2006, 08:26 PM
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The ticker at the bottom said the race was going to be show in it's entirety after the game.

Go smoke a Blunt and chill out.
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Old 08-19-2006, 08:28 PM
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Go smoke a Blunt and chill out.
T, I swear you never cease to crack me up. I bet you're a blast at the track!
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Old 08-19-2006, 08:54 PM
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The ticker at the bottom said the race was going to be show in it's entirety after the game.

Go smoke a Blunt and chill out.


I'm fresh out of blunts. But I'll save my chill pill for the Little League game scheduled on ESPN2 tomorrow.
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Old 08-20-2006, 12:11 AM
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I knew this thread was going to be here when I saw the delay. It seems like people are starting to accept that this is a part of the TV package. I don't mind the delays, but I do mind when they cut out parts of the show like they did last week.
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Old 08-20-2006, 05:05 AM
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Okay,
Havn't looked at the tape yet, thanks for the warning, set it to go from 20:00-22:45, hope I got it all.

Remind me to take note of the sponsors of the football game and not to do business with them... let ya'll know sometime around 7 am... if ya hear a bad word...

setting the alarm for 21:45 this evening, Just don't want to be up 'til 02:00 and then get up for work at 06:00 monday
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Old 08-20-2006, 08:17 AM
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Couldn't see the ticker on my TV - actually, I could see it, just couldn't read it. In any event, I'm batting .500 - the basketball ran over 1/2 hour, we got it back.

Like I said before, we know the live stuff is going to run longer than scheduled, why don't the "programming professionals" at ESPN know it and schedule accordingly? It wasn't even overtime, just your normal basketball action-stopping every few seconds of the game clock stuff. Takes almost an hour to play a 15-minute quarter (or is it 10 minutes for the women?). Talk about oildowns!!!
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You guys kill me. The show started late, and ran late so you got to see it all. What's the real problem? What about the people that wanted to see the next show? I bet they are on a website somewhere complaining about the Drag Races running late and ruining their show.

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Old 08-20-2006, 12:15 PM
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You guys kill me. The show started late, and ran late so you got to see it all. What's the real problem? What about the people that wanted to see the next show? I bet they are on a website somewhere complaining about the Drag Races running late and ruining their show.

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I don`t know about other people here, but I feel that in the mindset of ESPN (and maybe other types of auto racing fans) that drag racing is the "red-haired stepchild" of auto sports and nobody will mind or notice if the coverage is pre-empted.

BTW Alan, I`ve got bigger complaints , but they don`t belong here
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Old 08-20-2006, 12:31 PM
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You guys kill me. The show started late, and ran late so you got to see it all. What's the real problem? What about the people that wanted to see the next show? I bet they are on a website somewhere complaining about the Drag Races running late and ruining their show.

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The only thing that really jerks me around, is the team is ahead by 20 with a minute left and THEY call time out.
I think that the only life that some have is to complain about ESPN. It hasn't done any good so far, and won't in the future.
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You guys kill me. The show started late, and ran late so you got to see it all. What's the real problem? What about the people that wanted to see the next show? I bet they are on a website somewhere complaining about the Drag Races running late and ruining their show.

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Alan, I want to watch the show, but I work at night so I have to tape it... my question is, we figured 45 minutes over, just in case, guess what, still missed the last pass in FC. Using '6 hour' tapes, but the quality of the recording sucks in that mode.
Kinda like watching a football game and missing the end because the network started Heidie right at 9PM.
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