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Oct 27, 2020
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jaredm
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I was too poor to pay for direct TV, so were all of my friends and neighbors
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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,
Rise Against
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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