The Big Ten should truly be embarrassed for last night.

[kaz36]

Last night should have been a huge showcase for the Big Ten having 2 top 5 teams playing within the conference, but instead, it fell flat on its face. I realize that they don't have the ability to "flex" games and at the beginning of the season, this game had no indications that it would be as big as it was, but there is no way in hell that this game should have been on Peacock, where you have to either have YouTubeTV to watch or have to pay for a subscription. In the past, I haven't had a huge issue with the production of the Peacock games, but last night was an embarrassment. I think that the BTN+ student broadcasts have put together a better production than what we saw last night. I seriously thought this was a Michigan home game production. Not only were the broadcasters overtly homerish, they were ill prepared. It was like they called Nik Stauskas an hour before the game and said, "hey, we need you to come do the broadcast for this thing we have going on tonight." I thought it was odd that he would be on TV and compare Pryce Sandfort to himself. Any time Michigan took a 3 pointer when they were down three late, I thought Burmeister was going to bust a nut hoping that it would go in. The camera angles and production value were terrible. They were slow to show replays of calls, if at all. They thought that They thought that Leo Curtis was Reink Mast.

Then on top of that, you put a middle of the road referee crew to do a top 5 game. I didn't have a huge issue with the free throw advantage as I know that can happen sometimes when another team is more physical or aggressive than others, but that no call charge at the end of the game was horrendous. Hell, I would probably be less pissed if they would have called Hoiberg for a block, even thought it was an obvious charge. How you can have that much contact and not call anything is incredible. I just thought the refs were inconsistent all night.

Just a huge miss for the Big Ten last night, IMO.

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

My buddy Baz said it best:

 

[Cornicator]

Peacock 🦚 not securing their top broadcast crew and a studio show for last night was inexcusable. Once the calendar turned to 2026, that game was clearly identified on the schedule.

 

[kaz36]

When your color analyst is basically putting a Michigan M in his tweet to promote the game, you know he is going to be less than partial.


Lack of self awareness.

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

When your color analyst is basically putting a Michigan M in his tweet to promote the game, you know he is going to be less than partial.


Lack of self awareness.

He's gotta know the broadcast was abysmal and has been getting hammered for it from all angles.

 

[king_kong_]

Cock and Fox are third rate sports media partners (at best)

 

[HuskerHusaria]

That homer is a huge douche. Makes Kugler look like a broadcast legend.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

When the color guy openly sets the "tone" for his delivery of what he's viewing - it has to be obvious to the networks and conference. But again, it will be business as usual and they'll continue to stick Michigan grad after Michigan grad in the broadcast booth as if they need to meet a hiring quota of Michigan alums. I think Nik might've been the only one worse than Desmond Howard.

They should have something written in media contracts to swap games out of networks that require an extra fee outside most packages. Maybe you can swap out 3 games annually in basketball and 2 in football and all parties know that going in.

What frustrates me the most is that all I want is a fairly called game from officials - both ways. That's why replay is so valuable to getting things right. I watched Penn State games back when they joined the B1G and they were getting shafted left and right....and it became such a thing that I decided to watch more of their games so I could see for myself. Sure enough, the B1G seemed to want th old guard to prevail. Really frustrating to watch other games and see teams receive inconsistent calls. There are people's jobs and careers that are at stake in some scenarios where a coaching staff could be fighting for their job. Life isn't fair as they say.

It has to make it tough to attract and retain referees with all the complaining. But many of them bring it on themselves. It almost seems as if teams that play at home get the benefit of the doubt - including us at times. It shouldn't be that way, but that seems to be the reality.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

When the color guy openly sets the "tone" for his delivery of what he's viewing - it has to be obvious to the networks and conference. But again, it will be business as usual and they'll continue to stick Michigan grad after Michigan grad in the broadcast booth as if they need to meet a hiring quota of Michigan alums. I think Nik might've been the only one worse than Desmond Howard.

They should have something written in media contracts to swap games out of networks that require an extra fee outside most packages. Maybe you can swap out 3 games annually in basketball and 2 in football and all parties know that going in.

What frustrates me the most is that all I want is a fairly called game from officials - both ways. That's why replay is so valuable to getting things right. I watched Penn State games back when they joined the B1G and they were getting shafted left and right....and it became such a thing that I decided to watch more of their games so I could see for myself. Sure enough, the B1G seemed to want th old guard to prevail. Really frustrating to watch other games and see teams receive inconsistent calls. There are people's jobs and careers that are at stake in some scenarios where a coaching staff could be fighting for their job. Life isn't fair as they say.

It has to make it tough to attract and retain referees with all the complaining. But many of them bring it on themselves. It almost seems as if teams that play at home get the benefit of the doubt - including us at times. It shouldn't be that way, but that seems to be the reality.

A big reason why a B1G team hasn’t won a basketball championship in over 25 years

 

[kaz36]

When the color guy openly sets the "tone" for his delivery of what he's viewing - it has to be obvious to the networks and conference. But again, it will be business as usual and they'll continue to stick Michigan grad after Michigan grad in the broadcast booth as if they need to meet a hiring quota of Michigan alums. I think Nik might've been the only one worse than Desmond Howard.

He basically openly cheered when Michigan made their first three pointer. Basically said something to the effect of "THERE YOU GO" when it went in. On top of being complete homers, I felt they were very unprepared. They really knew nothing about Nebraska and not only was Stauskas really dry, but he didn't really add any insight as to what teams were doing offensively and defensively.

They are taking a beating on social media for the broadcast last night.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

A big reason why a B1G team hasn’t won a basketball championship in over 25 years

Very true. They do it to themselves.

I'm moving beyond it and glad that Fred and the team didn't use it as an excuse, but someone has to say something. I'm thankful that Fred's messaging to the team is different than the fan base...or maybe he did drop a few F bombs in the locker room. LOL

 

[Scott Hall]

He basically openly cheered when Michigan made their first three pointer. Basically said something to the effect of "THERE YOU GO" when it went in. On top of being complete homers, I felt they were very unprepared. They really knew nothing about Nebraska and not only was Stauskas really dry, but he didn't really add any insight as to what teams were doing offensively and defensively.

They are taking a beating on social media for the broadcast last night.

My buddy isnt a Nebraska fan but watched last night texted me asking why is Mast on the bench risking infecting everyone

 

[Huskers12392]

On the flipside here; makes you appreciate how good on a presentation BTN does night in and night out.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

On the flipside here; makes you appreciate how good on a presentation BTN does night in and night out.

Yeah FS1 and Peacock are awful. Keep us on BTN please

 

[Stan Raymond]

He basically openly cheered when Michigan made their first three pointer. Basically said something to the effect of "THERE YOU GO" when it went in. On top of being complete homers, I felt they were very unprepared. They really knew nothing about Nebraska and not only was Stauskas really dry, but he didn't really add any insight as to what teams were doing offensively and defensively.

They are taking a beating on social media for the broadcast last night.

That was pretty bad. And they did it several times. They should know what Mast looks like.

 

[1HuskerDad]

He basically openly cheered when Michigan made their first three pointer. Basically said something to the effect of "THERE YOU GO" when it went in. On top of being complete homers, I felt they were very unprepared. They really knew nothing about Nebraska and not only was Stauskas really dry, but he didn't really add any insight as to what teams were doing offensively and defensively.

They are taking a beating on social media for the broadcast last night.

Hey in defense of Peacock, all
of those tall white people look alike😂

 

[nja13]

The audio for Peacock never did work for me last night. Seems like it happend to others, too, though clearly not everyone. So I guess I missed all the announcers BS you guys are talking about. Synched it up with Kent's call instead.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

I don’t think B1G is capable of feeling embarrassed

 

[TampaBaySkers]

The audio for Peacock never did work for me last night. Seems like it happend to others, too, though clearly not everyone. So I guess I missed all the announcers BS you guys are talking about. Synched it up with Kent's call instead.

My sound was about five seconds behind. Like Mich would hit a three and then you would hear the crowd cheer 4-5 seconds later. My wife asked if everyone in Michigan is retarded or something and I told her yes - yes, they are.

 

[DuckSker]

Yeah FS1 and Peacock are awful. Keep us on BTN please

I’ve hated ESPN for years… but that game being on ESPN last night, in primetime, on Big Tuesday with real announcers and SVP after would have been so fucking cool.