UNI All-Access

[Cdizzle]

Why are you guys getting so sensitive about this? It'd be interesting to watch if one actually could watch it. Why isn't that relevant to the discussion?

If it's only gonna be on television in your local viewing area, then what's the point of it here? It sounds like a perfect thing for the UNI message board but to a board where less than half the potential viewers can't even entertain the idea of watching it?

I sure hope WSU fans have never posted similar things in the past. I sure don't remember anything like that. Now nationally? Yes, I've seen that.

I guess instead of the few UNI fans who have only contributed crankiness to the thread, how about a recap of the weekly episodes?

Its on a station that's part of the freaking Valley TV network. It's home area to 8 of the 10 Valley schools. Its also on this thing called YouTube and unipanthers.com. Its readily available to anyone that reads this board that wants to watch it...

If Wichita had the same thing going, you guys would be beating your chests about it. uniftw is exactly right about it.

Yeah, I don't get the issue here. Seems like a cool deal. You guys should post links as they become available. Jacobson runs a fine program, and seems committed to it.

[unipanther99]

how about a recap of the weekly episodes?

The first episode was more or less about coach Jake, his family, getting ready for the North Dakota game, and becoming the all time coaching wins leader at UNI against his alma-mater.

The second episode was the trip down to SFA to play in the 24 hours of basketball on ESPN, and the (somewhat) homecoming for Deon Mitchell, focusing on him and how difficult it can be to play so far away from home.

[UE-grad]

I've watched both episodes on the DVR (No problem getting it in So Indiana on DirecTV). I've enjoyed both. One thing that needs changed is the intro/outro music. It is funeral music, about makes me cry going & coming back from the commercials.

[2livewu]

Geez, uni fans seem to be arguing with each other about how good this is.

I don't even think anyone says it wasn't good. Shoot, any coverage we can get is good.

All I said was wait until you see what is happening at WSU. If I wanted to start a different topic and blast about the coverage the Shocks will be getting, I would. I just thought I'd drop a little nugget within your thread where the attention is.

Don't get so worked up.

[rlh04d]

Leave it to Valleytalkers to bemoan this.

"Nobody gets that channel!"

"Its not national!"

"Wait till you see what WSU gets!"

Its a very cool show, and its a good thing for UNI's program. There are at least a half dozen ways to watch the show, and this is most definitely a benefit to UNI.

WSU gets a show like this, even on regional TV, and we would never not hear about it and how the success and exposure it's bringing.

Someone else gets it and it becomes an issue of "OH OF COURSE ONLY ILLINOIS AND BLAH BLAH BLAH REGIONAL!"

This has nothing to do with me being a WSU fan. Hell, it probably has more to do with me being an FSU fan.

I just don't care. Evansville can have a documentary on public access television and I won't care, either -- and honestly that's not far off from how I see this. Regional coverage is meaningless to me.

UNI is a nationally ranked, nationally recognized, excellent basketball team, nearly guaranteed an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament, with a great chance to win the Valley regular season and/or Arch Madness. UNI has a few of the best players in the entire country, and a criminally underrated coach. UNI does not need exposure on a regional Chicago channel. If this was Evansville having a documentary on a regional Chicago station, I'd be excited for them ... if it was Loyola, I'd be overjoyed. But it's not ... it's UNI, and that makes it a cute story, but not "major exposure."

This is all about what you want your program to be. If you want to be a cute regional team, then awesome, great news! If you want to be a nationally prominent team, then who gives a flip about a regional sports channel in a region you're already in?

If WSU has a documentary on a regional sports channel, I'll be happily watching, but I damn sure won't be talking about what "A HUGE DEAL!" it is for us. Because whether it helps us get a few more eyeballs on the program in Illinois and Iowa is meaningless to me. You know what helps get eyeballs on you in Illinois and Iowa? The 175% of this conference and the 47 games a year we already play in Illinois and Iowa.

More people are exposed to UNI by a single top 10 highlight on SportsCenter than will be exposed to UNI by this entire documentary. The documentary will be exciting and good television for UNI fans, I'm sure. It will not be "great exposure."

[Championz]

how about a recap of the weekly episodes?

The first episode was more or less about coach Jake, his family, getting ready for the North Dakota game, and becoming the all time coaching wins leader at UNI against his alma-mater.

The second episode was the trip down to SFA to play in the 24 hours of basketball on ESPN, and the (somewhat) homecoming for Deon Mitchell, focusing on him and how difficult it can be to play so far away from home.

Thank you.

[Championz]

This has nothing to do with me being a WSU fan. Hell, it probably has more to do with me being an FSU fan.

I just don't care. Evansville can have a documentary on public access television and I won't care, either -- and honestly that's not far off from how I see this. Regional coverage is meaningless to me.

UNI is a nationally ranked, nationally recognized, excellent basketball team, nearly guaranteed an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament, with a great chance to win the Valley regular season and/or Arch Madness. UNI has a few of the best players in the entire country, and a criminally underrated coach. UNI does not need exposure on a regional Chicago channel. If this was Evansville having a documentary on a regional Chicago station, I'd be excited for them ... if it was Loyola, I'd be overjoyed. But it's not ... it's UNI, and that makes it a cute story, but not "major exposure."

This is all about what you want your program to be. If you want to be a cute regional team, then awesome, great news! If you want to be a nationally prominent team, then who gives a flip about a regional sports channel in a region you're already in?

If WSU has a documentary on a regional sports channel, I'll be happily watching, but I damn sure won't be talking about what "A HUGE DEAL!" it is for us. Because whether it helps us get a few more eyeballs on the program in Illinois and Iowa is meaningless to me. You know what helps get eyeballs on you in Illinois and Iowa? The 175% of this conference and the 47 games a year we already play in Illinois and Iowa.

More people are exposed to UNI by a single top 10 highlight on SportsCenter than will be exposed to UNI by this entire documentary. The documentary will be exciting and good television for UNI fans, I'm sure. It will not be "great exposure."

I just don't understand the need to get so defensive about a couple of truthful, but albeit painful comments.

[Kyle]

They don't have high speed internet in Wichita? Man, that sucks.

[Championz]

They don't have high speed internet in Wichita? Man, that sucks.

Since this is an internet forum, that doesn't really make sense.

Next time, think harder when reviving a 3 day old thread.

[uniftw]

They don't have high speed internet in Wichita? Man, that sucks.

Since this is an internet forum, that doesn't really make sense.

Next time, think harder when reviving a 3 day old thread.

So, one couldn't access forums on a dial up connection?