Football: Battle of the 'nells

Scersk '97 · September 16, 2007, 02:14:32 PM


Cornell  38
Bucknell 14

I, for one, would like to read impressions of the game beyond the Cornell writeup and the non-existent Times wrap. Looking at the box, we seem to have, ahem, dominated. Type away!

ebilmes · September 16, 2007, 03:16:12 PM

You're right; we did dominate. Siwula kept finding holes to pick up a few yards, and Bucknell just didn't seem able to make a big stop when they needed to stay in the game. Bucknell had a decent second quarter and was definitely within striking distance, but they had issues holding onto the football.

Surprisingly large crowd for the game considering the Novemberish weather. Athletics pulled out every promotion in the book to get students to come, and most people stayed at least until halftime... ::rolleyes::

Al DeFlorio · September 16, 2007, 04:39:11 PM

Webcast started out OK, but turned into the "strobe" effect in the second quarter and for most of the second half. iBNsports was very responsive to emails. Asked them about "full screen" and was told the quality of the source material wasn't good enough to show in the larger format. Was told the "strobe" problem might be "bandwidth issues" at my end, but I had no problems switching over to watch the archived videos from 2006.

How did others find the webcast?

Trotsky · September 16, 2007, 05:26:44 PM

[quote Al DeFlorio]How did others find the webcast?[/quote]I never got it to work. The live stats worked fine, but the video would not play. I reinstalled the latest Windows Media and did all the other obvious things, but got nothin'.

Jacob '06 · September 16, 2007, 05:31:49 PM

[quote Al DeFlorio]
How did others find the webcast?[/quote]

About the same as you. The first quarter was fine, but it got really choppy for the rest of the game.

ebilmes · September 16, 2007, 05:51:34 PM

The whole game was broadcast live on SlopeTV.com and was replayed later last night.

Al DeFlorio · September 16, 2007, 06:18:56 PM

[quote Trotsky][quote Al DeFlorio]How did others find the webcast?[/quote]I never got it to work. The live stats worked fine, but the video would not play. I reinstalled the latest Windows Media and did all the other obvious things, but got nothin'.[/quote]
Did you click on the "Bucknell" button listed under "2007?" The iBNsports staff was very responsive during the game.

Can you get either of the 2006 highlights videos to work?

Trotsky · September 16, 2007, 06:26:07 PM

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote Trotsky][quote Al DeFlorio]How did others find the webcast?[/quote]I never got it to work. The live stats worked fine, but the video would not play. I reinstalled the latest Windows Media and did all the other obvious things, but got nothin'.[/quote]
Did you click on the "Bucknell" button listed under "2007?" The iBNsports staff was very responsive during the game.

Can you get either of the 2006 highlights videos to work?[/quote]

I tried the Bucknell button during the game with no effect. Now, the archive clip runs fine.

For the 2006 highlights, the iBN intro plays but not the game video.

mnagowski · September 16, 2007, 10:09:10 PM

I had no trouble getting the game in Internet Explorer through a 10mpbs wireless connection. No strobing or any other issues for the duration of the game, except for some programming issues during halftime. Not so much luck with Firefox.

scoop85 · September 17, 2007, 07:05:45 AM

Worked ok on my end, with same transmission issues as noted by others.

David Harding · September 17, 2007, 10:12:48 PM

I tried to join the party shortly before half-time. I just missed the field goal attempt that hit the uprights. Broadband cable connection. Windows XP. Firefox. The audio came through smoothly, but to call the video stroboscopic or choppy would be generous. I got a fresh, still shot of the backfield between plays every ten or fifteen seconds or so. I tried SlopeTV, getting on as their half-time show started. It took me a little longer than it might have, since I had already forgotten from an earlier attempt that they cause Firefox to crash. I quickly decided that watching the announcer sway back and forth as he commented on national games I didn't care about wasn't worth the time, so I abandoned them both.

Trotsky · September 19, 2007, 01:56:29 AM

[quote metaezra]I had no trouble getting the game in Internet Explorer through a 10mpbs wireless connection. No strobing or any other issues for the duration of the game, except for some programming issues during halftime. Not so much luck with Firefox.[/quote]Hmm. I've been so weaned from IE I didn't event think to try it. ::bang:: Microsoft sucks -- except when it works.

Scersk '97 · September 19, 2007, 06:10:52 PM

Thank you, ebilmes, for providing your impressions of the game and not dithering on about the webcast.

Al DeFlorio · September 19, 2007, 09:11:15 PM

[quote Scersk '97]Thank you, ebilmes, for providing your impressions of the game and not dithering on about the webcast.[/quote]
Hard to "provid[e] impressions of the game" when you're seeing "a fresh, still shot of the backfield between plays every ten or fifteen seconds or so." Sorry you regard sharing experiences with others as "dithering." Next time try tuning in and forming your own "impressions of the game."

Scersk '97 · September 20, 2007, 11:44:48 AM

Well, since we're parsing, I would've liked to have read "impressions," i.e., things I couldn't get from traditional media outlets--reports on the crowd, gripes about the opposing fans, appraisals of the tailgating. As far as watching the game goes, I had other things to do at that time, which is why I looked around for recaps and came to the forum to read what people had to say about the game.

Maybe I haven't posted in a while, and maybe I don't post as much as I used to, but, as I've said in the past, this kind of gratuitous thread drift bugs me. If people want to bitch about the webcast, they can do so in another topic. It's very easy to start a new one.