In February, I waited anxiously. Maybe because some of it was my own ego, but ultimately, I was waiting to see a quality-produced wrestling highlight show.
Wrestling 411’s delay came at an interesting time, with CSTV basically cleaning house and CBS rebranding it “CBS College Sports.”
I think something like 50 shows (I could be wrong) were pulled off the air and CBS tried to clean up the programming on its college network, likely trying to keep up with ESPNU. Only difference is, I don’t get ESPNU, so I’m exposed more to the content of what was then CSTV, since I purchased the Sports Pack add-on from (evil) Comcast. Sadly, ESPNU isn’t on my sports pack (at least not yet).
Well, that last paragraph was simply to preface this. CBS College Sports has a nighly highlight show … and it’s pretty good. It’s trying to cover college sports like baseball, softball and lacrosse right now and it’s getting highlights from around the country. This would be something perfect once Wrestling 411 takes shape under the new umbrella of CBSCS.
I’ve already watched tons of college hockey and lacrosse games, but with this type of packaging, I can really see the wrestling highlight show taking off.
If you haven’t seen it on CBS College Sports, give it a look. No, we’re not (yet) going to be on SportsCenter, but this type of college format, with wrestling, could be a real success.
Just thinking out loud.
Anyone watch UFC 83?
I didn’t, but I did see a hacked up highlight this morning on ESPN — in between Danica Patrick’s win and one great hockey game between the Habs and the Bruins. SportsCenter anchors don’t need to write UFC highlights, they come off sounding dumb. Which is why I wondered who won the fight, because what was being shown on the screen wasn’t what the guy said, and I’m too lazy to go over to Sherdog.com and actually find out.
I was going to go check it out, but the card was relatively uneventful. On a somewhat related note, former three-time NCAA Division I & II heavyweight champion Carlton Haselrig won his MMA debut.
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April 21, 2008 at 11:17 pm
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