1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

Sportscenter and music guests?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Faos, Jul 31, 2004.

Tags:
Page 1 of 3
  1. Faos

    Faos Member

    Joined:
    May 31, 2003
    Messages:
    15,370
    Likes Received:
    53
    What's up with Sportcenter and their live music guests? I'm watching Alanis Morresette and wondering, "wtf"?

    Do we need this?
     
    #1 Faos, Jul 31, 2004
  2. Locke

    Locke Member

    Joined:
    Aug 12, 2001
    Messages:
    387
    Likes Received:
    1
    No, it is stupid. The Five for Fighting thing was retar....I mean stupid. (Thanks Ms. Lohan for making me more pc)
     
    #2 Locke, Jul 31, 2004
  3. drapg

    drapg Member

    Joined:
    Mar 18, 2002
    Messages:
    9,683
    Likes Received:
    2
    I've long defended Sportscenter when people bash it.

    But this week was the last straw. I contacted my "contact" at ESPN and told him I was officially off the bandwagon.

    He said ratings have never been higher and to expect more of this nonsense.

    Ugh...
     
    #3 drapg, Jul 31, 2004
  4. Faos

    Faos Member

    Joined:
    May 31, 2003
    Messages:
    15,370
    Likes Received:
    53
    Would it be safe to say SportsCenter has officially "jumped the shark" or did it happen before this? Not ESPN as a whole, just SportsCenter.

    (Some will say it was when they let Stuart Scott talk.)
     
    #4 Faos, Jul 31, 2004
  5. JBIIRockets

    JBIIRockets Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2001
    Messages:
    6,358
    Likes Received:
    48
    I think SC went downhill when Rich Eisen left.

    Ok Maybe not, but I severely miss his Skip Caray impression. It was dead on.
     
    #5 JBIIRockets, Jul 31, 2004
  6. Lil Pun

    Lil Pun Member

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 1999
    Messages:
    34,143
    Likes Received:
    1,038
    I thought they were doing it to correlate with the "Sports and Music" special. I must've been wrong.
     
    #6 Lil Pun, Jul 31, 2004
  7. drapg

    drapg Member

    Joined:
    Mar 18, 2002
    Messages:
    9,683
    Likes Received:
    2
    Stuart Scott was not all that bad in his early years. It wasn't until the late 90s I believe that he started using ebonics way too frequently.
     
    #7 drapg, Jul 31, 2004
  8. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost Member

    Joined:
    May 18, 2003
    Messages:
    49,006
    Likes Received:
    19,957
    I sensed something was amiss whenever the "ultimate highlight" thing started whoring out recently released singles..
     
    #8 DonnyMost, Jul 31, 2004
  9. Faos

    Faos Member

    Joined:
    May 31, 2003
    Messages:
    15,370
    Likes Received:
    53
    I wish ESPN would stick to covering what they do best: Poker, lumberjacks and spelling bees.
     
    #9 Faos, Jul 31, 2004
  10. TheFreak

    TheFreak Member

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 1999
    Messages:
    18,306
    Likes Received:
    3,318
    Wow, how pathetic.
     
    #10 TheFreak, Jul 31, 2004
  11. Jeff

    Jeff Clutch Crew

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 1999
    Messages:
    22,412
    Likes Received:
    362
    When the Patrick/Oberman and Eisen/Scott tandems were split up, it was over.
     
    #11 Jeff, Jul 31, 2004
  12. BigM

    BigM Member

    Joined:
    Jul 1, 2001
    Messages:
    18,091
    Likes Received:
    13,366

    yup. eisen and scott were really good together and it's probably no coincidence that i basically stopped watching sportscenter when eisen left and scott turned into what he is now.
     
    #12 BigM, Jul 31, 2004
  13. Kilgore Trout

    Kilgore Trout Member

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2002
    Messages:
    1,748
    Likes Received:
    142
    I agree. He was pretty decent and sometimes good until he became one the the primary guys on the show. Its just the past few years that he has been unbearable.

    Sportscenter has been going downhill for a while and this musical guest thing is about the lamest thing they have done.
     
    #13 Kilgore Trout, Jul 31, 2004
  14. TheFreak

    TheFreak Member

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 1999
    Messages:
    18,306
    Likes Received:
    3,318
    I thought it started to suck after the 80s.
     
    #14 TheFreak, Jul 31, 2004
  15. Harrisment

    Harrisment Member

    Joined:
    Jun 20, 2001
    Messages:
    15,392
    Likes Received:
    2,158
    I saw this crap the other night too....Sportscenter is getting way too full of itself.
     
    #15 Harrisment, Jul 31, 2004
  16. Christopher

    Christopher Member

    Joined:
    Feb 15, 1999
    Messages:
    2,349
    Likes Received:
    69
    I got ESPN cut off a few months ago. I usually only get it for the NFL season.


    Anyway a couple of weeks ago they put on a few extra channels for three days trial. So I decided to see what ESPN had on...

    Ping Pong, Spelling......just garbage.


    And Sportscenter.....I remember when we first got ESPN over here in Australia....I watched an hour of Sportscenter ever day. Its was an hour of great sporting news.

    Then all of a sudden....its was highlights of just the major games "Lakers, Yankees.....Lakers, Yankees....Laykers, Yankees..." and a quater of an hours of everything all.

    One day I realised....Im watching hours worth of **** every week to see about 2 minutes of a scoreline flash up from a Rockets game! :mad:



    Even the NFL coverage went bad. I used to love watching the NFL Pre Game shows. Then all a sudden Stuart Scott and his high chair shows up.

    Sometimes I feel like I need a fricken translater to know what the hell he is talking about!!!
     
    #16 Christopher, Jul 31, 2004
  17. Dr of Dunk

    Dr of Dunk Clutch Crew

    Joined:
    Aug 27, 1999
    Messages:
    46,648
    Likes Received:
    33,664
    ESPN went down the tubes when they started showing freaking poker and cheeleading championships. If you can show poker on ESPN, you may as well put chess on there, too.
     
    #17 Dr of Dunk, Jul 31, 2004
  18. B-ball freak

    B-ball freak Member

    Joined:
    Sep 27, 1999
    Messages:
    2,481
    Likes Received:
    318
    I've kind of been digging the Poker, but I haven't seen a SportsCenter in months. I used to plan my late evening around SC, now I just watch the Daily Show.
     
    #18 B-ball freak, Jul 31, 2004
  19. Christopher

    Christopher Member

    Joined:
    Feb 15, 1999
    Messages:
    2,349
    Likes Received:
    69
    Funny you said that.

    During my three days of free ESPN they had a guy playing Chess against a computer.


    Must see TV....
     
    #19 Christopher, Jul 31, 2004
  20. drapg

    drapg Member

    Joined:
    Mar 18, 2002
    Messages:
    9,683
    Likes Received:
    2
    Funny thing is we can b**** all we want, but I for one still religously watch the show 3x a day.

    Where else you gonna turn for sports news?

    Sadly, my cable provider doesn't carry ESPNNews and Fox Sports is a joke.

    I miss CNNSI
     
    #20 drapg, Jul 31, 2004
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 1 of 3

Share This Page

Style
ClutchFans Dark

  • About ClutchFans

    Since 1996, ClutchFans has been loud and proud covering the Houston Rockets, helping set an industry standard for team fan sites. The forums have been a home for Houston sports fans as well as basketball fanatics around the globe.

  • Rockets Content

  • Support ClutchFans!

    If you find that ClutchFans is a valuable resource for you, please consider becoming a Supporting Member. Supporting Members can upload photos and attachments directly to their posts, customize their user title and more. Gold Supporters see zero ads!


    Upgrade Now