Like these two posts tracking some things that annoyed people during the last two nights of BCS broadcasts on FOX:
Someone Actually Counted The Number Of Times FOX Showed The Bands Last Night
Leave it to an AA staple to come up with the information I've been looking for all day. We've already shared with each other how annoying the views of the band were all night during the Fiesta Bowl but now we have a grand total.....and it's insane. From Sports Business Daily's "Daily Digit"....FOX's Orange Bowl Production By The Numbers58– Number of times Fox showed the Univ. of Oklahoma and West Virginia Univ. bands during last night’s Fiesta Bowl telecast.
With the help of some of AA's favorite readers we tracked the total for the Orange Bowl and the numbers are staggering.....
Pregame 5 (Both Teams)
1st Half
Kansas 34
VT 16
First Half Total = 55
2nd Half
Kansas 37
VT 18
Second Half Total= 55
Grand Total of Only Band Shots = 110
One Hundred and Ten people. 110?!?!?! One hundred and ten specific shots devoted to each team's individual bands. Not the mascots, the players, the announcers or coaches.....the bands. Every single positive yardage play by the offense they went to a shot. Every single great defensive play the went to the shot. Every single.....end of the quarter they went to, um nothing???
I did not see this. And I am glad that I did not see this.
One thing that I wish I hadn't seen this College Bowl season: The Illinois band performing Stairway to Heaven during half time of the Rose Bowl.
What's next year, Illini? Freebird? FREEBIRD!
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