After I graduated from UO I went straight to grad school in Connecticut. I remember what joy I had when the YES Network picked up Oregon Duck's football. I could watch the games live for free (or with my normal cable) rather than hoping from sports bar to sports bar hoping one tv, often by accident, was still on pay per view. it was a st…
After I graduated from UO I went straight to grad school in Connecticut. I remember what joy I had when the YES Network picked up Oregon Duck's football. I could watch the games live for free (or with my normal cable) rather than hoping from sports bar to sports bar hoping one tv, often by accident, was still on pay per view. it was a strange feeling being in a sports bar from 10-1 am (sometimes earlier) watching, usually by myself or with some mystified friends (my grad school pals were not college football fans!) while the rest of the clientele was on to darts, pool, Jaeger shots, and bad pick up lines. Oh yah, most of the tvs were tuned to EITHEH NY Yankees games or Boston Red Sox games. No bar in that part of the Northeast would play both teams' games. A personal anecdote to back up the sense that college football mattered up until about dinner time on Saturday evening in that part of the East Coast.
After I graduated from UO I went straight to grad school in Connecticut. I remember what joy I had when the YES Network picked up Oregon Duck's football. I could watch the games live for free (or with my normal cable) rather than hoping from sports bar to sports bar hoping one tv, often by accident, was still on pay per view. it was a strange feeling being in a sports bar from 10-1 am (sometimes earlier) watching, usually by myself or with some mystified friends (my grad school pals were not college football fans!) while the rest of the clientele was on to darts, pool, Jaeger shots, and bad pick up lines. Oh yah, most of the tvs were tuned to EITHEH NY Yankees games or Boston Red Sox games. No bar in that part of the Northeast would play both teams' games. A personal anecdote to back up the sense that college football mattered up until about dinner time on Saturday evening in that part of the East Coast.
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