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aggiesal

(10,915 posts) Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:15 PM Sep 2025

Today is the 1st big test in Boycotting ABC. ESPN & ABC are flush with big time ranked college football games today ...

How many will watch?

Boycott ESPN & ABC by not watching any of the football games broadcasted, including Monday Night 🏈!

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Today is the 1st big test in Boycotting ABC. ESPN & ABC are flush with big time ranked college football games today ... (Original Post) aggiesal Sep 2025 OP

Resist! SheltieLover Sep 2025 #1

At least I can see the Badgers lose on NBC, Just hope the Irish☘️ Can win also on NBC. a kennedy Sep 2025 #2

Sports fans tend to prioritize that over most everything else SamuelTheThird Sep 2025 #3

Not everyone. hlthe2b Sep 2025 #5

As I posted earlier, the brand new streaming service from ESPN started last month so... hlthe2b Sep 2025 #4

That is why I am skeptical of many of the headlines. Action not words is what counts. lostincalifornia Sep 2025 #6

I'm watching Southwestern (2-0) vs. Texas Lutheran (0-2) online tonight at the VYPE network. TexasTowelie Sep 2025 #7

It's actually not a big weekend for college ball underpants Sep 2025 #8

Eternal boyhood is the dream of a depressing percentage of American males Ping Tung Sep 2025 #9

SheltieLover

(81,725 posts)

1. Resist!

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:17 PM

Sep 2025

Admittedly not a football fan, but you can live without it.

a kennedy

(36,352 posts)

2. At least I can see the Badgers lose on NBC, Just hope the Irish☘️ Can win also on NBC.

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:18 PM

Sep 2025

SamuelTheThird

(1,258 posts)

3. Sports fans tend to prioritize that over most everything else

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:19 PM

Sep 2025

Personally I think it's a kind of sickness

hlthe2b

(114,697 posts)

5. Not everyone.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:26 PM

Sep 2025

hlthe2b

(114,697 posts)

4. As I posted earlier, the brand new streaming service from ESPN started last month so...

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:25 PM

Sep 2025

Even if people (like me) are cancelling, they will still likely have a few days or so of prepaid access. So, look at cancellation numbers and, less so, streaming numbers to access impact.

lostincalifornia

(5,538 posts)

6. That is why I am skeptical of many of the headlines. Action not words is what counts.

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:28 PM

Sep 2025

TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)

7. I'm watching Southwestern (2-0) vs. Texas Lutheran (0-2) online tonight at the VYPE network.

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:33 PM

Sep 2025

It's a rivalry non-conference game that Texas Lutheran won in overtime 17-10 last year and it was also the final game of the season for Southwestern, so they will have revenge will be on their minds. The game is in Georgetown this year which will also make a difference.

Other than the Jimmy Kimmel show and ABC News content that I post online at DU, the only thing that I watch on ABC is the occasional sports event so it won't be difficult to alter my viewing patterns.

underpants

(197,191 posts)

8. It's actually not a big weekend for college ball

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:40 PM

Sep 2025

There are only 3 games between ranked teams

22 Auburn at 11 Oklahoma 3:30 ABC
9 Illinois at 19 Indiana 7:30 NBC not exactly big traditional powers
#17 Texas Tech 10 at #16 Utah 3rd quarter now in Fox

Unranked Florida at #4 Miami 7:30 ABC. Big rivalry but probably a blow out.

Ping Tung

(4,370 posts)

9. Eternal boyhood is the dream of a depressing percentage of American males

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:41 PM

Sep 2025

Eternal boyhood is the dream of a depressing percentage of American males, and the locker room is the temple where they worship arrested development. Russell Baker

Note: I was on the track team in HS but gave it up when the coach told me that I had to quit smoking.

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