FrozenRope9 wrote:Speaking of Gridiron Glory, does it seem to anyone else like this has become the all MVL and West Virginia show (can the people in Parkersburg even get the show)? Every week they do less and less TVC games. They haven't featured Athens (who is in their backyard and having one of their best year's ever) hardly at all. Athens, Wellston, Vinton Co., Trimble, Meigs, Eastern, Federal Hocking, Logan etc.......all schools very close to OU with many many viewers and NONE of them were on tonight??? Maybe it's time to expand the show to an hour in order to feature more highlights of more games. Or perhaps have 3 shows in three different markets....the Athens/main campus market feature the TVC and SEOAL, the Zanesville branch campus feature the MVL and West Virginia schools, and the Lancaster branch campus feature the MSL (mainly Liberty Union, Fisher Catholic, Fairfield Union, Amanda Clearcreek, Berne Union) and OCC (mainly Lancaster and Pickerington). Just an idea.
Frozenrope9 - It is not just you. Frankly, I made a very pointed, critical comment about this two years ago when Matt Barnes was hosting the show (in my opinion, he was the best host that they've had in the history of the show) and every kid that works on the show got on here and whined about what I said.
An hour show would be great, but $ and the kid's time is the issue. WOUB is facing major funding issues with reductions in state funding, so I've been told that expanding to an hour is not a viable option.
Your point is spot on, though. Very little coverage of Athens county teams, where you have the bulk of OU employees residing, and ALOT of OU students who are alumni of the five Athens county high schools. Last night was the first time this season that I have watched an entire episode of Gridiron Glory, and yes, I was extremely disappointed in the coverage. Seems like they spent as much time in the Zanesville studio as they did in the Athens studio.
The only thing that I liked last night was that they did give some coverage to the Miller/Southern game. First time I can remember them sending anyone to Hemlock to shoot some footage. Those kids from Miller get so little coverage from the print media, it was nice to see them on TV.
IMO, this could be a really great show with the focus on Athens/Meigs/Hocking/Washington/Gallia/Jackson/Vinton/Lawrence county teams. They are trying to be all things to all people with their current format, and in my opinion, this just is not working.