[Farm93]

[quote author=French Rage link=topic=16270.msg182344#msg182344 date=1481562058]Wait so like the announcers were back in the US and just watching the footage and commentating there?  So basically the universities have to pay to send everyone halfway around the world, but the large sports broadcasting corporation can't spare the dollars?

Apparently!
[/quote]
I wouldn't mind getting the local Aussie types to cover the game.

Australians get NFL games and, like fans in England, have their own studio experts that talk about the game when the Americans are busy watching commercials.  So they have people in Australia that could make it work. 

Those local (national) commentators would be much more excited about the opportunity, would be in the stadium and probably would bother to learn the names of the players and coaches.

Then give those guys votes for the Voldemort since they will have watched 1 more Pac-12 game than most of the voting media in the USA.

[Farm93]

[quote author=French Rage link=topic=16270.msg182344#msg182344 date=1481562058]Wait so like the announcers were back in the US and just watching the footage and commentating there?  So basically the universities have to pay to send everyone halfway around the world, but the large sports broadcasting corporation can't spare the dollars?

Apparently!
[/quote]
I wouldn't mind getting the local Aussie types to cover the game.

Australians get NFL games and, like fans in England, have their own studio experts that talk about the game when the Americans are busy watching commercials.  So they have people in Australia that could make it work. 

Those local (national) commentators would be much more excited about the opportunity, would be in the stadium and probably would bother to learn the names of the players and coaches.

Then give those guys votes for the Voldemort since they will have watched 1 more Pac-12 game than most of the voting media in the USA.