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Oct 27, 2020
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Lots of places internationally

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zsmooth

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Joined: Nov 26, 2004
Last login: Apr 29, 2024
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One Huge perk of Independence from an out-of-state perspective is

fierce16

10/26/20 9:56pm

Hated it back in the Mountain West, I couldn't pay anyone any amount of money

RenoCoug

10/26/20 10:02pm

I think the games could only be seen on the Mountain Network (correct me if I'm

fierce16

10/26/20 10:05pm

I lived in Europe and streamed most of the games PPV.

RyneK

10/26/20 10:10pm

I recall switching from Comcast to Dish to Directv specifically to try to get the mtn.

antiyewt

10/26/20 10:43pm

James Bates. He was really good!

Soy Celeste

10/27/20 5:12am

There you go. I loved that guy, he had a great sense of humor and great commentary.

antiyewt

10/27/20 10:29am

I thought you could pay to have the mtn network. I don’t remember missing games

claw

10/26/20 10:41pm

It was on Directv, but required a sports package

Greg Kite's 'stache

10/26/20 11:18pm

It took 2 years to get it on directv. That was a wasteland

LaserCoug

10/27/20 12:15pm

The Mtn was not available in my area

RenoCoug

10/27/20 2:12am

What area was DirecTV not available?

Corn Pop

10/27/20 3:36am

Lots of places internationally

zsmooth

10/27/20 6:30am

Not many college teams, if any, could be watched internationally every week 20

Corn Pop

10/27/20 7:03am

2 years

LaserCoug

10/27/20 8:32pm

After a couple of years, it became available on a paid sports package on directv

mwcoug

10/27/20 5:25am

I had absolutely no desire for DirectTV...

CougarThug

10/27/20 8:37am

I used to have to sneak through websites of *ahem* poor rapport to

jaredm

10/27/20 11:16am

Was that because Directv wasn't available where you were at, or because you didn't want to purchase Directv?

Greg Kite's 'stache

10/27/20 11:19am

I was too poor to pay for direct TV, so were all of my friends and neighbors

jaredm

10/27/20 11:30am

Absolutely. I worked for BYU donations and this was the biggest complaint

stenso

10/26/20 10:05pm

Another perk is that we don't carry the rest of the conference nor all the G5s.

ImuaKahuku

10/27/20 8:09am

G5 < Indy < P5

stenso

10/27/20 9:06am

This is a huge reason BYU went independent. With BYU representing fans all over the country and world,

10/27/20 8:29am

In about 1990 I bought a 9 foot satellite dish because I couldn't always

deljdc

10/27/20 8:37am

The MWC TV contract was one of the reasons BYU left.

oldrugger

10/27/20 9:52am

The main reason actually. Leaving the MWC has always been about exposure. If

Megamind

10/27/20 7:59pm

It also affected talks with other conferences. They didn't want to give

oldrugger

10/27/20 9:02pm

You could watch every game--just on the the MWC network or whatever it was. This

Incentivize

10/27/20 5:20pm

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