Quinnipiac @ Cornell to be broadcast on NESN; Cornell @ Colgate on ESPNU

[cbuckser]

NESN will televise five Quinnipiac men's hockey games, including the Quinnipiac-Cornell  game at Lynah Rink on December 3.  It appears that game will start at 6 pm.

http://quinnipiacbobcats.collegesports.com/genrel/100305aab.html

[Tom14850]

wow. how did they score that?

[Ben Rocky '04]

Does anyone know if NESN shows outside of NE?  Like perhaps........DC?

[BCrespi]

I believe it's part of the DirecTV sports pack.

[Chris \'03]

The Q pays NESN to air select men's and women's basketball and men's hockey games. Cornell's  embarrassment at QU in hoops last year as on NESN for the same reason.

[Q]Tom14850 Wrote:

 wow. how did they score that?[/q]

[KeithK]

Any publicity is good publicity, right?  Q is trying to improve the quality and visibility of its athletics programs and getting shown on NESN certainly can't hurt.

[DeltaOne81]

Yeah, it's definitely on DirecTV, and I believe Dish as well.

Otherwise, no cable lineup is going to (can?) carry out of market RSNs (regional sport nets)

[KeithK]

NESN hasn't gotten gobbled up by Fox, right?  Fox has their Fox College Sports network which picks up random games from their regional networks, but I think NESN is still independant (owned by the Sox?)

[dbilmes]

Too early, or does anyone in the CT area want to get together and watch it (assuming we can't get up to Lynah)?

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:

 NESN hasn't gotten gobbled up by Fox, right?  Fox has their Fox College Sports network which picks up random games from their regional networks, but I think NESN is still independant (owned by the Sox?)[/q]

Yup, still owned by the Sox and that whole conglomerate (John Henry, Boston Globe (?) )

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]Chris '03 Wrote:

 
The Q pays NESN to air select men's and women's basketball and men's hockey games. Cornell's  embarrassment at QU in hoops last year as on NESN for the same reason.

[Q2]Tom14850 Wrote:

 wow. how did they score that?[/Q]
[/q]
Sounds similar to what Cornell did years ago when they arranged to have football games broadcast by--believe it or not--ESPN.  That was not too far removed from the era when ESPN would show Amherst-Wesleyan wrestling matches to fill air time.  Sean McDonough, IIRC, did the play-by-play.

[Robb]

Are you sure that wasn't "Sportschannnel" instead of ESPN?

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]Robb Wrote:

 Are you sure that wasn't "Sportschannnel" instead of ESPN?[/q]

IIRC it was SC one year and MSG another.  Also, it was the doing of one rich alum.

[cbuckser]

According to the INCH tv schedule, ESPNU will televise the Saturday, February 4 game between Cornell and Colgate, which will be played at Starr Rink.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]cbuckser Wrote:

 According to the INCH tv schedule, ESPNU will televise the Saturday, February 4 game between Cornell and Colgate, which will be played at Starr Rink.[/q]
Nice, but we'll miss those classy announcers from the Colgate webcast. ::yark::