The CRAZIEST BROADCASTING DRAMA of the 2000 College Football Season | Nebraska @ Oklahoma (2000)

The 2000 game between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Oklahoma Sooners was a battle between the top two teams in the BCS rankings. You would think that this would mean that the game would be nationally televised for the whole country to see. However, the entire West Coast initially did not get the game... due to children's programming. This is the story behind the bizarre controversy
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[@TheSonicsean]

Man, if only Disney, owners of ABC, owned a large, carried on effectively every cable network and tier, sports channel to show the game on.

[@marcus813]

ESPN and ESPN2 aired Big Ten games during that window and what was then called FSN was the Big 12's pay TV partner at the time anyway.

[@LogoAttitude]

@@marcus813 today Fox and ESPN share the Big 12 pay TV rights equally

[@johnkerry6312]

No that wasn't until 2006.

[@NoNameHo]

What a time to be alive! Nebraska starting a season 7-0, now we're lucky to win 7 games in two seasons...

[@Greg-mh5zn]

Same thing for us Colorado fans. And to think Nebraska and CU once had a great rivalry while they both played in the same conference and had great teams.

[@arizonawrestlinginterviews1040]

Winnie The Pooh and his honey addiction 🤣🤣🤣

[@RetroJR3379]

Dont forget the epic Doug/Roger rivalries LOL

[@CTback]

@@RetroJR3379 That was on Nickeloden's Doug.

[@RetroJR3379]

@@CTback Oh yea lol

[@higgy04]

Actually, his 'HUNNY' addiction since that's how it was spelled on the jar.

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

At least ABC didn’t decide to show a high school football game on tape delay over this match up, like the CBS affiliate in Rochester, New York did in 1982, choosing to air a tape delayed New York High School Football Championship over showing the Washington-Giants game, and forcing the ABC affiliate to pick up their mess.

[@TimmyTickle]

Has JG done a video about that on his other channel?

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

@@TimmyTickle He has.

[@devilraydesigns]

Was it Aquinas tho??

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

@@devilraydesigns Yeah. They lost to Sperry in the title game 14-6, as Jaguar stated in one of my favorite rants from him.

[@nicoleknight9412]

I remember when the old Big 8 Conference was sarcasticly called the Big Two and the Other Six, because Oklahoma and Nebraska were the only two playing for the championship.

[@midnightrider1100]

This was the Big 12. The Big 8 ceased to exist in 1996. But, don't forget about Colorado. They had a lot of good teams and won a title in 1990.

[@nicoleknight9412]

Which they had to share with Georgia Tech, because no national championship playoff or title game existed back then, although many people were calling for it.

[@nasetvideos]

I remember this game well and watching it. Didn't know this story--Great job reporting on it. Very interesting...and yes, when the top 2 teams go at it, the ratings go through the roof. And children's programming as the controversy, wow. Never a dull moment there at ABC.

[@afbocc]

Back when ABC would have doubleheaders where it was Noon & 3:30pm ET (11am & 2:30 CT) for the eastern time zone while the west coast and mountains(?) have 12:30 & 4pm ET (1:30 & 5pm et?).

[@midnightrider1100]

I was at that game. The experience was out of this world that day. Indescribable how important this game was for the college football landscape.

[@dyt2000]

I've made the argument for years ESPN was perhaps the biggest factor in transforming college football from regional to a national sport. I think the early 2000s is really when that started to take place, this game might of been one of the first bricks laid.

[@sawyertuide7636]

Next week, we get another important Nebraska Game Scott Frost’s Final Stand against the Sooners- Wait, never mind 😅😂

[@sweatysack9103]

49-14 Sooners 💀

[@sweatysack9103]

I’m calling it Urban Myers gets hired at Nebraska next year and they go a respectable 4-8 🥴

[@sawyertuide7636]

@@sweatysack9103 LOL If Nebraska hired him, they tyrna do the Colorado Buffaloes challenge

[@NSUTurtle]

Winnie the pooh vs his honey addiction. Never quite looked at this way. Classic line my friend.

[@anthony0358]

Wow I clearly remember this game. It was my favorite rivalry

[@americanidol30]

In 2000, NBC had a programming block called TNBC. Saved By The Bell: The New Class ended earlier that year, but it still had Hang Time which starred Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus.

[@KWCline91]

Yes! I remember that show. Reggie Theus also starred in the show as well.

[@TimmyTickle]

Who better to play a high school basketball coach than an NFL Hall Of Famer?

[@davidhealdjr.513]

I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I was glued to my tv the whole time. I didn't even take a bio break till the game was over. Great game!

[@taylordunekacke5784]

Nebraska Oklahoma used to be the best college rivalry. Sucks they aren't in the same conference anymore.

[@BD-1-And-Only]

Same with BYU and Utah, sadly.

[@Oregonman2011]

@@BD-1-And-Only They could join BYU in the Big 12 depending on what happens with the PAC 12

[@kyle_ferreira03]

Finally a video where it mentions college football and ABC’s animation block. If I was a little bit older in the 2000s I would have watch ABC kids and then spend my day watching college football but I was born in 2003 so I was too young to do that

[@RetroJR3379]

Just like NBC when they had MLB

[@americanidol30]

In the 90s, CBS had Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but I can’t remember what was on in the 2000s.

[@drewzuhosky6826]

CBS’ ratings were down for several years and they aired preschool programming from Nickelodeon by the fall of 2000.

[@Natrannel7034]

My ABC affiliate, KATV, aired the Jefferson-Pilot Game of the Week during this time, so I unfortunately got Tennessee-South Carolina. But at least UPN 38 picked up the game, so I could watch it.

[@mrmonty86]

Since the FCC took away Saturday morning cartoons, Saturday mornings are replaced with the news and paid programming. Thanks, FCC, for having youth lives obsessed with social media.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, it's, also, always been something of a frustratingly confusing narrative of what's, "important," when Bill Clinton, was, impeached, cartoons got, pre-empted, despite, it, not, being unexpected, unfortunately, no network wanted to be seen as the one, not, carrying this, "historic," event, and, children were, ultimately, the ones who, lost.

[@chrisp679]

The FCC didn’t take Saturday morning cartoons away.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@chrisp679 Yeah, cable, and, FOX, did, and, NBC, wanted out of the business, anyway, but, they had to sabotage their flagship program, The, Smurfs, (long story), to get the ball rolling.

[@loganmosher5935]

It Was Replaced With Educational Informational Program

[@matthewdaley746]

@@loganmosher5935 Insanely, wrong, both, counts.

[@kcnichols8968]

I was at this game live at 6 years old. I remember throwing oranges on the field storming it and trying to go hug Rocky Calmus and getting pepper sprayed with my brother and uncle about 20 ft from Bob Stoops and Josh Heupel. Easily my favorite childhood memory.

[@studogable]

I'm glad we live in a time when we can watch anything we want whenever we want.

[@eugenedenbrook322]

My roomie recorded this game onto VHS for me so I could watch it when my weekend shift was over. Heck of a game, unless you're a Nebraska fan.

[@jionnitheshortguyfromjerse8143]

Imagine if ABC switched over to Pepper Ann after Nebraska went up14-0.

[@coreypayne1208]

How fitting this drops on One Saturday Morning's 25th Anniversary

[@matthewdaley746]

Too bad, that, The, Tide, Was, Turning, and, eventually, they would stop airing on all of the big three networks, the, inevitability, did little to make it less depressing, miserable.

[@MrJara1018]

This channel is a gem

[@CTubeMan]

This unofficial Jaguar Gator 8 historian will remind everyone you made a video about ABC airing the end of season battle between undefeated Auburn and undefeated Alabama regionally.

[@ericthomas917]

The was the last time Oklahoma vs Nebraska would be a 1 vs 2 matchup

[@husker111589]

I live in California and remember seeing Nebraska go up 14-0 them lose 31-14

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Hey you forgot Bugs and Tweety!

[@jdelachjr2002]

No he didn't. That show went off the air before the college football season began. Bugs & Co. were being shown exclusively on Cartoon Network at this time.

[@RetroJR3379]

@@jdelachjr2002 Thats right I wasnt sure if it was 2000 or 2001 that Bugs Bunny moved to CN

[@PinkysBane]

It's still the only time that Sooner fans stormed the field and tearing down the goalposts. During that a security guard pepper sprayed a Sooner fan in the face

[@zachfakename3747]

Putting the #1 and #2 teams on a 12:00 PM matchup is already downright inexcusable. Imagine if the Conference Championship took place at 12:00 PM

[@brianvillatoro6588]

Yea, the BXII and B1G do that sometimes 😑

[@marcus813]

I remember One Saturday Morning. I've never been in either the Mountain or Pacific Time Zones, so I didn't even know about this. Thank goodness college football coverage doesn't work like this today. Even on the rare occasion when ABC has regional coverage, it would use a reverse mirror with ESPN to increase linear TV access to games, but it has been a minute since that has happened.

[@mosinc7388]

And Nebraska hasn't been on national television since.

[@themcpolo]

1:55, So wait a minute, 1 Saturday Morning was the reason people almost couldn’t watch the game? Even though I was a kid during that time, that’s messed up.

[@e-riddler-nigma9380]

To be fair at the time abc was following a requirement mandated by the federal government. They were legally required to air children’s programming on Saturday mornings. If they refused they would get into a lot of trouble with the fcc.

[@themcpolo]

@@e-riddler-nigma9380 that’s even more messed up

[@jacobbeeson2983]

This is a simple fix- just move the game to the 3:00 time block

[@americanidol30]

Later in the 2000s, ABC Kids later aired the Disney Era seasons of Power Rangers.

[@cpcva724]

Stuff like this is why most games went to cable. Did the outrage spread around the country or confined to the west coast? When one station in the boonies didn't carry a soccer game on fox the outrage came from around the country but very little in the area affected

[@matthewdaley746]

This, also, was, one of the many things that, hastened the demise of, Saturday Morning Cartoons, they clearly, were, on their way out, beginning in, the, 1990s, but, they wouldn't end, for, good, until, The, New Tens, inevitable, but, slow.

[@RetroJR3379]

Speaking of FOX back when the Dodgers were on KTTV if they were playing the Cubs or Expos on Saturday morning they would aired the rest of the block Sunday morning

[@matthewdaley746]

@@RetroJR3379 That, seemingly, generates, problems.

[@TimmyTickle]

I think it was an NBC station, not a Fox one, that didn't carry the soccer

[@matthewdaley746]

@@TimmyTickleAlert, World Cup's incoming.

[@mattbailey3247]

They should have had Doug Funny play for Nebraska!!!

[@IrishJaguar]

Scheduling the game for noon ET is the real issue here imo

[@natemaurer1130]

CBS apparently never had the same care for children's programming... I remember watching the CBS saturday morning cartoon block and having it routinely cut short by SEC games in the 90s.

[@richardhogenson594]

2000 was the last time that Oklahoma won the championship.

[@jaimejaviergarcia3743]

That "You only get one Saturday Morning" Life!!!

[@themadlad8540]

As a Oklahoma fan i would have lost my shit

[@charleswilliamsjr]

Luckily for Monroe Louisiana it aired the game on KAQY ABC 11

[@Jimaybob]

You’re ignoring the point that ABC had a regulatory requirement to air that childrens program, and within a certain time period and for a regulated length as well. It wasn’t a choice between “upsetting the kids or upsetting football fans”. It was a choice between facing fines and regulatory action or upsetting football fans, and I can’t say they made the wrong choice there.

[@cpcva724]

These two teams played today on Fox. Doubt they didn't air it.

[@chrisguardiano6143]

This also happened during the first year of NBC's Premier League coverage back in 2014 where NBC's hour block of children's programming called NBC Kids preempted the start of the rivalry match between Cardiff City-Swansea City in the Seattle, Spokane & Boise TV markets. Those markets only got the second half of the match while everyone else got the match in its entirety. NBC was relatively new at broadcasting soccer at the time & thought that Premier League fans wouldn't notice this especially given the fact that Cardiff & Swansea were not as well known in the US as let's say Manchester United or Chelsea. However like many of the NFL broadcasting dramas covered on JaguarGator9, Premier League fans mainly from Seattle filled the online NBC customer chat box with complaints, to the point in which NBC decided to show the 1st half of the match on NBCSN while the children's programming was wrapping up.

[@matthewdaley746]

Speaking of which, The, World Cup, Championship, Match, from Qatar, will, possibly, be competing, with, the NFL in ratings, though, I suspect it will get slaughtered, the time difference truly doesn't help.

[@TimmyTickle]

​@@matthewdaley746 FOX's broadcast of the WC final will kick off at 10am ET on December 18, meaning it will only clash with CBS's NFL coverage if it goes into penalties (and even if it just goes into extra time, it'll only compete with The NFL Today... unless a major NFL story, such as Brady retiring for good, or Goodell resigning is announced on the show that day)

[@matthewdaley746]

@@TimmyTickle Tom Brady won't retire until, after, the, 2023 season, and, that, Doomsday Scenario, you just mentioned, occurred, in, the 1994 World Cup, so, of course, it's, totally, occurring, again, drat.

[@Losingsince]

I think dads have priority on this one. Sorry kids, your Saturday morning cartoons don't matter today

[@Nickle98499]

Forgot to add that NBC Sports programming in the 70s and 80s pre-empted Saturday Morning programming a lot as well... the same thing as far as my last comments go here too though.

[@john-mc4zo]

Now ABC just shows a triple header at 12:00, 3:30, and 7:30 or 8pmECT National

[@billygsell3625]

I remembered watching Recess, Doug, and Winnie The Pooh with a McDonalds' Chicken McNuggets Happy Meal, but i little to none watched College Football in my entire childhood.

[@nuduce123]

When i was a child I wanted to watch college football on Saturday and fishing shows Sunday evenings.

[@GarrettCRW]

This video is skipping over a bit of the story here. In the early ‘90s, it was not uncommon for cartoons on ABC to get bumped at 9 or 9:30 for college football. HOWEVER, when enforcement of the Children’s Television Act (the piece of legislation that, along with Saved By the Bell, helped to murder Saturday morning cartoons) was strengthened, that meant that every station had to air four hours a week of E/I programming that was mandated by the Act. In those days, it meant that the four networks essentially nuked their existing Saturday morning blocks to fit the rules (except NBC, whose TNBC block always had been E/I compliant) so that all affiliates would be covered by the rules. (Nowadays, the stations are left to fend for themselves with syndicated content that’s weekend filler in periods when the networks aren’t airing sports.) So, what we have here is ABC not wanting to alter their regionalization strategy because it would interfere with the broadcasting of content mandated by law. Or, to put it another way: ABC was being lazy, possibly to protect the 12:30 game’s status as the “national” game and to avoid pre-empting the regular network schedule in part of the country (thereby interfering with ad revenue). (On a side note, the PBA and Wide World of Sports were always tape delayed on the West Coast, even at the bitter end when both were dying in the ratings, to preserve the network schedule.)

[@matthewdaley746]

NBC, actually, was, bleeding money, for, years, but, couldn't begin the process of ending, Saturday Morning Cartoons, until, The, Smurfs, had ended, so, they deliberately sabotaged it, truly, perversely, impressive.

[@RetroJR3379]

If ABC had Saturday Night Football we wouldnt had that problem

[@drewzuhosky6826]

It's not like ABC's Saturday evening lineup was anything worth watching. On this particular night, Oct. 28, 2000, the primetime lineup was this: 8 pm ET: ABC Big Picture Show: _Vampire in Brooklyn_ (1995) 10 pm ET: ABC Special: _World's Scariest Ghosts_ Neither of these shows brought in decent ratings that night, so ABC could have bumped the airings easily.

[@RetroJR3379]

@@drewzuhosky6826 Yea last time ABC had decent Saturday Night Lineup was 1992 with the ill-fated TGIF Spinoff. Plus Saturday was mostly used on movies and rerun except FOX which had Cops and American Most Wanted

[@ricknibert6417]

Was there outrage when the 1971 contest on Thanksgiving preempted the regular ABC daytime schedule? A big hit at the time IIRC.

[@DeAngeloStevens]

What a Time to be ALIVE I was 11 years old in the 5th Grade along with 10-11 Year Olds are at my age 2000-2001 was the Final Year in Elementary School, not to mention the END of the Attitude Era, Monday Night Wrestling Wars WCW vs WWE.

[@sawyertuide7636]

Jokes aside, this is no longer an issue. Football is now even bigger than ever and Kid’s Shows are now shown on NBC or other channels. ABC shows football games at 9 around here. Enough said.

[@HeyThatWeirdGuy]

Caption obvious has made his presence known.

[@ericthomas917]

I can understand this. Kids want to watch cartoons they don't want to watch football.

[@ballisticpyro7132]

Man I'd be like eff them kids, the adults paying the TV bills. Those children can go read a book

[@barbsbest916]

Interesting. BTW west coast fans also cared about the WAC at the time.

[@therealhuttertube]

Disney Doug too... Not even nickelodeon Doug

[@juan833blue]

How prophetic; This Saturday's game between #1 Tennessee and #2 Georgia will have ratings through the roof!

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

The E/I crap is what also costed some Nascar viewers on ABC to miss races or prerace programs between 2007-14.

[@notoriouseagle1074]

You need to do a video on the 2000 BCS controversy.

[@americanidol30]

FOX had the Power Rangers.

[@clintmatthews3500]

And now the networks don’t even air children’s programs anymore. So much for education!

[@higgy04]

This was the season I fondly recall on a Monday Night Football telecast Dennis Miller stated 'BCS Standings! Get rid of the 'C'!' That happened before halftime on the 'He did WHAT?!?' game.

[@davidcollinsjr4288]

If only there'd been a time slot that they could've used that would've reached all markets...

[@GMUACW]

Any reason ESPN couldn't show the game on the west coast?

[@johnl5350]

A game I'll never forget. I'm biased though.

[@patrickracer43]

ABC really didn't like sports under Mandel, with god awful motorsports coverage

[@slibertas1996]

Notice we don’t have Saturday morning cartoons anymore

[@samuraicrunchbird]

If the west coast had games at 3:30 and 7:00 Eastern Time and the east coast had Noon and 3:30 games, why didn't they just have the game at 3:30?

[@53knights]

Pepper Ann was spare as hell anyways

[@matthewdaley746]

ABC always had the worst collection of Saturday Morning Cartoons, by far, despite, the rare gem to be found among the dust, even, with, the departure of, NBC, FOX, guaranteed that it would, never, possibly, rise above its distant station.

[@drewzuhosky6826]

@@matthewdaley746 Actually, when the _Disney's One Saturday Morning_ block launched, the three shows on the main block outpaced nearly every show on FOX Kids. ABC deliberately tacked on an extra 10 minutes to the running time on those shows to air wraparound segments as a means of encouraging the young viewers to not change the channel. ABC was easily ranked first in that daypart.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@drewzuhosky6826 ABC's, problem, historically, was, great programs interspersed, with, a majority of lackluster ones, that's why, The, ABC Weekend Special, totally got forgotten by history, despite, trouncing, CBS Storybreak, in quality, a few good programs just won't make up, for, a lot of bad ones, cultural impact often overrides ratings majority, eventually, their programs, were, mostly forgotten, except, for, Squigglevision, though.

[@andrewcramer9200]

To be fair in re: to Eric Crouch's passing numbers, Crouch just wasn't a very good passer 😂 he had slammed into a wall in Boulder the year before running the option and his shoulder was hurt enough he had offseason surgery that year AND after the 2000 season. Oh wellz.

[@stalegum]

Why didn't they move the game to the 3:30 window?

[@vdubproductions2646]

I think this would've been a video better suited for Friday since this upcoming Saturday is the day they will meet up in Lincoln.

[@matthewdaley746]

The old joke is that, A, Cornhuskers, Game, is nicknamed, "The, Third-Largest, City In Nebraska," because, only, Omaha, and, Lincoln, have more people, so, incredible, for, that fact to exist.

[@michaeldavisnj88]

I'm sure this was not what they had in mind though I love listening to both Whitney Houston and George Benson.

[@Nickle98499]

I actually remember the One Saturday Morning block... it was pretty good... If you were a cartoon and Football fan(which I am) though, back in the 1970s and 1980s(I was born in 1984) it sucked even more, as ABC and CBS's College Football and other sports regularly pre-empted Saturday Morning shows... and that was arguably when Saturday Morning TV was at it's best... I mean, I like College Football... but if I were a kid back then, and wanted to watch Scooby Doo or something similar... I still would not have been happy if some random College Football game was on... especially if the episode's rerun was pre-empted too for whatever reason.

[@tommyparkerparker]

Would I watch Bullwinkle over college football? No.

[@ShadowMonkey69]

Damn i completely forgot about Pepper Ann

[@matthewdaley746]

ABC, was, always the best evening news network by a country mile, yet, also, a distant third on, Saturday Morning Cartoons, they had the random good program, but, could, never, compete, with, CBS, or, NBC, even, after, the, latter, ended their animated, line-up, they seemed totally disinterested in attempting to fill the entertainment void.

[@Joshua00405]

With all the talk that OU and Texas were mad at all the 11am kicks in the Big XII contracts, this is proof that FOX's big rooster kickoffs wasn't a new idea for big games. In 2000 OU also played Texas at 11 on ABC and A&M was also in the early window. When OU moves to the SEC they can kiss their 10 national network TV games a year goodbye.

[@mgb4692]

Can't wait for OU's first SEC tilt to be against Vanderbilt or South Carolina on ESPN2 at noon in September 2025 just because............

[@CTubeMan]

I’m seeing people say the solution would have been to move this game to 3:30. I believe that was their regional block. To what time would you have moved the regional games?

[@knelsud92]

TV didn't control the schedule in 2000 as much as it does today. Starting about 15 years ago, this game would have been placed on a "six-day hold" and wouldn't have been given a start time until the preceding Sunday. I am sure this game amongst others is why TV controls college football now.

[@dballs52]

Why didn't they push kickoff?

[@accent77]

Crazy, because today it is all about the money.

[@justingolden21]

It's one thing to make a decision, but seems like the messages they kept putting out were garbage. They should've said "we have children's shows scheduled this slot every Saturday morning and while we understand why many sports fans want to see this amazing matchup, we have chosen to stick to our schedule and prioritize our children as they are the future and we hadn't announced a reschedule beforehand."

[@johnkerry6312]

NFL teams by snowfall Bills: 95.4 Browns: 63.8 Vikings: 51.2 Broncos: 49.4 Patriots: 49.2 Packers (Milwaukee): 48.7 Lions: 45 Steelers: 44.1 Bears: 38.8 Jets and Giants: 29.8 Colts: 25.5 Bengals: 23.3 Eagles: 23.1 Ravens: 19.3 Chiefs: 18.2 Commanders: 13.7 Seahawks: 6.3 Titans: 4.7 Panthers: 3.5 Falcons: 2.2 Cowboys: 1.7 Jaguars, Buccaneers, Dolphins, Saints, Texans, Cardinals, Raiders, 49ers, Chargers, Rams: none

[@pierresoorden5975]

2014: Rutgers/Maryland from AAC/ACC to Big 10 2012: Texas A&M/Missouri from Big 12 to SEC 2012: TCU (gain) to Big 12 2011: Utah (gain)/Colorado from Big 12 to Pac-12 2011: Nebraska from Big 12 to Big 10

[@goldosprey]

"The loser while not out of it, would not control their destiny." Nope they would open the door for the Defending Champions Florida State to sneak in....which can be a video in of itself because Washington should have been in the title game.

[@matthewdaley746]

Bobby Bowden, somehow, whined his way into, The, National Championship, Game, which he would, lose, of course, if he had a kicker, this wouldn't have been an issue, (sound familiar), Miami, wasn't, "robbed," though, and, they, weren't, in 2002, either, whenever, you, lose, a, Game, you, also, lose, the, right to complain.

[@d2cardboardnovice169]

Wow I didn’t realize gator fans existed

[@jkelley747]

But why was the game so early? I thought OU and Texas HATE the “noon” games. I guess preferences change lol

[@knelsud92]

Nebraska - Oklahoma was seemingly always played at noon ET, 11 AM their time. College football at night is a relatively new (30 something years now) phenomenon. It was popularized by ESPN. Outside of LSU, very few schools wanted to play at night, or even later in the afternoon. The obsession with over the top tailgating and having to be bombed to go to games again, is relatively recent (30-40 years). Before 1984, it was rare for schools to be televised a lot, so most schools kept their "traditions" (kickoffs between noon and 2 PM).

[@Farlomous]

what a stupid format for programming during the football season. the smarter idea would have been for a Croc Hunter style education show before the early game on satudays, and then since ABC didn't broadcast the NFL on Sundays at noon they do their block of Children's shows instead of some of the paid programming crap that I would wager brought in pennies compared to the Children's programs. or better yet, sign an agreement with PBS to air their shows there on Saturdays. that executive should have been fired

[@matzyish]

Did Oklahoma really play that well of pass defense or was that just par for the course for Crouch? It’s no secret he was a run first QB

[@jojochas5]

OU’a pass defense that year was insanely good, but Crouch was not a good passer. He showed flashes as a freshman in ‘98, but injured his shoulder that year and never quite got the same zip on the ball. Combine that with an offense designed to throw the ball about 15 times a game and it was a recipe for disaster if NU fell behind by more than 10.

[@Namath1000]

Pepper Ann was a good show.

[@matthewdaley746]

Actually, it's, disgustingly, horrible.

[@americanidol30]

If the Oklahoma Nebraska game was at noon eastern, wouldn’t it have been 11:00AM in Norman? Are college football games allowed to begin before noon local time?

[@knelsud92]

It is quite common, in fact, used to be normal for the Big 10 and the Big 8.

[@aaronholcomb237]

Most stadiums in the Big 10 and the Big 8 didn't yet have permanent lights, so a game couldn't start too late, especially after the DST time change (fall back).

[@americanidol30]

It was stupid for ABC to cut away from the Buick Classic in 2004 to show a rerun of America’s Funniest Home Videos. But if they had stayed with the golf tournament, it might have cut into their coverage later that evening of Game 4 of the 2004 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Detroit Pistons.

[@TDITDATDWT]

Yeah plus not very many people care about golf. I for one would much rather watch an AFV rerun than golf.

[@notoriouseagle1074]

@@TDITDATDWT Tiger wasn't playing, so that was a big factor.

[@danielanderson4726]

CBS had something like that come up with the Canadian Open and the Tony Awards (which is Broadway's biggest night) but Nick Taylor sank a 72-foot winning putt just before the Tony's were to start. Probably the best lead-in you could get for the Tony's.

[@cng919]

Yes back when my cornhuskers were good

[@notoriouseagle1074]

They had some fantastic teams in the late 2000's with Suh on them

[@RetroJR3379]

Guess didn't missed much not because I lived in LA but I had to work that Saturday

[@jacobrowell3166]

Once you get to showing footage of the game, your cuts are erratic and hard to follow. It's really hard to follow what you're saying with the video footage. Not well put together at all. Which sucks, because you know what you're talking about

[@JaguarGator8]

The cuts are somewhat out of my control, unfortunately. I’m restricted to only showing

[@clintmatthews3500]

He’s trying to avoid copyright issues. Please tell us how he does that while also not offending your sensibilities. Instead of just complaining offer alternatives.

[@RetroJR3379]

OH WOULD ANYONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN... Helen Lovejoy

[@matthewdaley746]

Networks didn't think of the children when cartoons got blacked out, for, "crucial," coverage of, The, Bill Clinton Articles Of Impeachment Vote, kids missed their cartoons, so, that the, "riveting," process could be covered live, oh, and, I'm, not, talking about, guilt-or-innocence, I'm talking about the formality, that, was, determining if the hearings would actually advance.

[@RetroJR3379]

@@matthewdaley746 I know I just needed an excused to used this line LOL

[@matthewdaley746]

@@RetroJR3379 Better, ones, are, nonexistent.

[@SaskRider2]

Simple solution: The game should've been moved to 3:30 ET. Then everyone would've been happy.

[@chrisp679]

…except ABC would’ve lost viewers to the Florida-Georgia game.

[@UserName-ts3sp]

i saw 3:30 was a regional block... so no

[@RetroJR3379]

Too bad there was no Saturday Night Football in 2000

[@knelsud92]

This was before TV controlling the start times.

[@RetroJR3379]

@@knelsud92 Yea and there was no such thing as flex scheduling either

[@101Navyseals]

Boo hoo. I would of been like “cry about it.” What if it was USC and Washington? People on the east would have to wait. But why? I thought the earth was flat. 😂😂😂😂

[@notoriouseagle1074]

Washington and USC were two of the premiere programs in the nation at that time, and the game would've been seen at 3:30 EST anyway.