10-04-2018, 10:28 AM
WBB the schedule is out
(10-04-2018, 10:28 AM)BobK Wrote: https://gostanford.com/news/2018/10/2/wo...ision.aspxHave just been going over it and marking my calendar.
The Pac 12 schedule looks favorable this time. We don't have to play the two Oregon Schools on the road, and we play Colorado and Utah on the road but not at home. Can't get a better combination than that.
The preseason does not look nearly so brutal as last year--but it will be challenging. We have Gonzaga at their place, go to Tennessee, and host Baylor and Ohio State. A three game tournament in Hawaii and a smattering of lesser opponents--and none of them strike me off hand as a Western Illinois sleeper (although Western Illinois did not seem worrisome until they beat us!) Tennessee loses Mercedes Russell and Jaime Nared and has a roster of 11, Ohio State loses Kelsey Mitchell and Stephanie Mavunga. Not saying those two will be easy but they will certainly be easier than last year. Baylor will be the toughest opponent--they lose Kristy Wallace (graduation) and Natalie Chou (transfer to UCLA) but have the nucleus of their team back intact with Kalani Brown and Lauren Cox.
Last year we were 6-6 in the preseason. This year I think we can aspire to 10-2, 11-1, or 12-0 if we get fortunate with Baylor at home. That depends on playing at least somewhat better than we finished the season last year, of course, but I am optimistic that we will be both an improved team and an improving team, with young talent that will ramp up during the preseason.
By the way, I peaked at Oregon's schedule. They have Mississippi State at home but otherwise have a very wimpy preseason schedule. They do have to play the SoCal schools and the Arizona schools twice each so their Pac 12 schedule is no easier than ours. And of course they have to play Oregon State twice while we play them just once. With their rapidly shrinking roster, perhaps they won't be as dominant as I had thought last year. Bob--any theory on why three decent players transferred out of Oregon? Is it all about Erin Boley?
Here is a thought about Boley. The last college basketball game she played was against us, when we defeated Notre Dame by a point in the NCAAs spring 2017. She must be very eager to get back at us at the head of an accomplished Oregon team.
(10-04-2018, 10:28 AM)BobK Wrote: https://gostanford.com/news/2018/10/2/wo...ision.aspxHave just been going over it and marking my calendar.
The Pac 12 schedule looks favorable this time. We don't have to play the two Oregon Schools on the road, and we play Colorado and Utah on the road but not at home. Can't get a better combination than that.
The preseason does not look nearly so brutal as last year--but it will be challenging. We have Gonzaga at their place, go to Tennessee, and host Baylor and Ohio State. A three game tournament in Hawaii and a smattering of lesser opponents--and none of them strike me off hand as a Western Illinois sleeper (although Western Illinois did not seem worrisome until they beat us!) Tennessee loses Mercedes Russell and Jaime Nared and has a roster of 11, Ohio State loses Kelsey Mitchell and Stephanie Mavunga. Not saying those two will be easy but they will certainly be easier than last year. Baylor will be the toughest opponent--they lose Kristy Wallace (graduation) and Natalie Chou (transfer to UCLA) but have the nucleus of their team back intact with Kalani Brown and Lauren Cox.
Last year we were 6-6 in the preseason. This year I think we can aspire to 10-2, 11-1, or 12-0 if we get fortunate with Baylor at home. That depends on playing at least somewhat better than we finished the season last year, of course, but I am optimistic that we will be both an improved team and an improving team, with young talent that will ramp up during the preseason.
By the way, I peaked at Oregon's schedule. They have Mississippi State at home but otherwise have a very wimpy preseason schedule. They do have to play the SoCal schools and the Arizona schools twice each so their Pac 12 schedule is no easier than ours. And of course they have to play Oregon State twice while we play them just once. With their rapidly shrinking roster, perhaps they won't be as dominant as I had thought last year. Bob--any theory on why three decent players transferred out of Oregon? Is it all about Erin Boley?
Here is a thought about Boley. The last college basketball game she played was against us, when we defeated Notre Dame by a point in the NCAAs spring 2017. She must be very eager to get back at us at the head of an accomplished Oregon team.
10-05-2018, 02:26 PM
TV schedule looks MAYBE ok (and potentially terrible) if you live near Stanford, acceptable if you buy all the PAC-12 channels, terrible otherwise.
I originally misinterpreted "P12N" in this schedule as Pac-12 National channel (in which case, coverage is good near Stanford), but then I looked at PAC-12.com. They do NOT say that these games are on the Pac-12 national channel, but instead only list them as on the PAC-12 networks.
Only one game (Oregon at Stanford) is listed as on a national (allegedly non-conference) network.
The Tennessee game is only on SECN.
Those are the only Stanford games that might be seen by most of the nation's audience.
Only 3 of 12 pre-season games have TV coverage (including the SECN coverage). Two conference games have no TV coverage. For those of us that can go to the home games and IF ALL THE P12N coverage is on PAC-12 National, that leaves us dependent on radio for 6 games (*IF* there is radio coverage).
FYI, Xfinity/Comcast TV packages in my area (near Stanford) include these channels (additional at each level)
Note that no level includes any regional PAC-12 Network channel, including PAC-12 Bay Area. I believe the PAC-12 Bay Area may be available as a standard definition channel if you pay for an extra package (but not the other regional channels). All the PAC-12 networks are available online via Xfinity if you get at least one in your TV package. So one can watch them online (I believe without the ability to record them which means no ability to review a play easily or watch it in slow motion or watch it after work, etc.)
AT THE WORST, those Comcast (L)users near Stanford may see as few as 1 (at most 9, including the SECN coverage) Stanford non-home WBB games on TV without paying for premium sports channels.
My Bay-Area Comcast TV package will carry (only counting regular season games)
I originally misinterpreted "P12N" in this schedule as Pac-12 National channel (in which case, coverage is good near Stanford), but then I looked at PAC-12.com. They do NOT say that these games are on the Pac-12 national channel, but instead only list them as on the PAC-12 networks.
Only one game (Oregon at Stanford) is listed as on a national (allegedly non-conference) network.
The Tennessee game is only on SECN.
Those are the only Stanford games that might be seen by most of the nation's audience.
Only 3 of 12 pre-season games have TV coverage (including the SECN coverage). Two conference games have no TV coverage. For those of us that can go to the home games and IF ALL THE P12N coverage is on PAC-12 National, that leaves us dependent on radio for 6 games (*IF* there is radio coverage).
FYI, Xfinity/Comcast TV packages in my area (near Stanford) include these channels (additional at each level)
- Limited (10+): None
- Economy (100+): Fox Sports 1
- Starter (140+): PAC12-National, ESPN, ESPN2, NBC-BA, NBC-BA2, NBCSN, Tennis Channel, Golf Channel
- Preferred (220+): CBSN, ESPN-Deportes, ESPNU, Fox-Deportes, MLB, NBA TV, NFLN, NHLN, SE
- Preferred Plus (230+): None
- Premier: None
Note that no level includes any regional PAC-12 Network channel, including PAC-12 Bay Area. I believe the PAC-12 Bay Area may be available as a standard definition channel if you pay for an extra package (but not the other regional channels). All the PAC-12 networks are available online via Xfinity if you get at least one in your TV package. So one can watch them online (I believe without the ability to record them which means no ability to review a play easily or watch it in slow motion or watch it after work, etc.)
AT THE WORST, those Comcast (L)users near Stanford may see as few as 1 (at most 9, including the SECN coverage) Stanford non-home WBB games on TV without paying for premium sports channels.
My Bay-Area Comcast TV package will carry (only counting regular season games)
- 2 to 19 Stanford WBB games (total of 19 online). 1 to 9 away games. Missing 11 non-covered games (6 away games).
- UConn: 12(+15 ESPN3 online, missing 4 games) games (I presume its "P12N" game will be on the PAC-12 national),
- Notre Dame: 8 (missing 16 TV games not carried, plus 5 games) games
- South Carolina: 15(+4 SECN+ online, missing 10 games) games
- Tenn: 15(+12 SECN+ online, missing 3 online and 1 non-covered game) games.
- Texas: 5 (6?) games (their regional TV coverage apparently is not announced yet)
TV schedule looks MAYBE ok (and potentially terrible) if you live near Stanford, acceptable if you buy all the PAC-12 channels, terrible otherwise.
I originally misinterpreted "P12N" in this schedule as Pac-12 National channel (in which case, coverage is good near Stanford), but then I looked at PAC-12.com. They do NOT say that these games are on the Pac-12 national channel, but instead only list them as on the PAC-12 networks.
Only one game (Oregon at Stanford) is listed as on a national (allegedly non-conference) network.
The Tennessee game is only on SECN.
Those are the only Stanford games that might be seen by most of the nation's audience.
Only 3 of 12 pre-season games have TV coverage (including the SECN coverage). Two conference games have no TV coverage. For those of us that can go to the home games and IF ALL THE P12N coverage is on PAC-12 National, that leaves us dependent on radio for 6 games (*IF* there is radio coverage).
FYI, Xfinity/Comcast TV packages in my area (near Stanford) include these channels (additional at each level)
Note that no level includes any regional PAC-12 Network channel, including PAC-12 Bay Area. I believe the PAC-12 Bay Area may be available as a standard definition channel if you pay for an extra package (but not the other regional channels). All the PAC-12 networks are available online via Xfinity if you get at least one in your TV package. So one can watch them online (I believe without the ability to record them which means no ability to review a play easily or watch it in slow motion or watch it after work, etc.)
AT THE WORST, those Comcast (L)users near Stanford may see as few as 1 (at most 9, including the SECN coverage) Stanford non-home WBB games on TV without paying for premium sports channels.
My Bay-Area Comcast TV package will carry (only counting regular season games)
I originally misinterpreted "P12N" in this schedule as Pac-12 National channel (in which case, coverage is good near Stanford), but then I looked at PAC-12.com. They do NOT say that these games are on the Pac-12 national channel, but instead only list them as on the PAC-12 networks.
Only one game (Oregon at Stanford) is listed as on a national (allegedly non-conference) network.
The Tennessee game is only on SECN.
Those are the only Stanford games that might be seen by most of the nation's audience.
Only 3 of 12 pre-season games have TV coverage (including the SECN coverage). Two conference games have no TV coverage. For those of us that can go to the home games and IF ALL THE P12N coverage is on PAC-12 National, that leaves us dependent on radio for 6 games (*IF* there is radio coverage).
FYI, Xfinity/Comcast TV packages in my area (near Stanford) include these channels (additional at each level)
- Limited (10+): None
- Economy (100+): Fox Sports 1
- Starter (140+): PAC12-National, ESPN, ESPN2, NBC-BA, NBC-BA2, NBCSN, Tennis Channel, Golf Channel
- Preferred (220+): CBSN, ESPN-Deportes, ESPNU, Fox-Deportes, MLB, NBA TV, NFLN, NHLN, SE
- Preferred Plus (230+): None
- Premier: None
Note that no level includes any regional PAC-12 Network channel, including PAC-12 Bay Area. I believe the PAC-12 Bay Area may be available as a standard definition channel if you pay for an extra package (but not the other regional channels). All the PAC-12 networks are available online via Xfinity if you get at least one in your TV package. So one can watch them online (I believe without the ability to record them which means no ability to review a play easily or watch it in slow motion or watch it after work, etc.)
AT THE WORST, those Comcast (L)users near Stanford may see as few as 1 (at most 9, including the SECN coverage) Stanford non-home WBB games on TV without paying for premium sports channels.
My Bay-Area Comcast TV package will carry (only counting regular season games)
- 2 to 19 Stanford WBB games (total of 19 online). 1 to 9 away games. Missing 11 non-covered games (6 away games).
- UConn: 12(+15 ESPN3 online, missing 4 games) games (I presume its "P12N" game will be on the PAC-12 national),
- Notre Dame: 8 (missing 16 TV games not carried, plus 5 games) games
- South Carolina: 15(+4 SECN+ online, missing 10 games) games
- Tenn: 15(+12 SECN+ online, missing 3 online and 1 non-covered game) games.
- Texas: 5 (6?) games (their regional TV coverage apparently is not announced yet)
Time for my semi-annual shout-out to Sling.com - streaming TV including all the ESPNs (via Sling Orange) for $25 per month, then another $5 for ALL of the Pac-12 channels (great for catching the random games only aired live when we're away on the home team's PAC-12 network). If you want DVR capabilities (great on the East Coast since a lot of games start around my bedtime), another $5. For $35 per month, I get basically all Stanford football and basketball games aired on TV. It's a monthly service, so you can cancel at any time for no cost. I sign up every year in September when football starts, then cancel in April when basketball's over. For around $200 per year, it feeds all my Stanford sports viewing needs. (and you can do Orange + Blue if you want the Fox Sports channels, but few Stanford games seem to end up there.)
Time for my semi-annual shout-out to Sling.com - streaming TV including all the ESPNs (via Sling Orange) for $25 per month, then another $5 for ALL of the Pac-12 channels (great for catching the random games only aired live when we're away on the home team's PAC-12 network). If you want DVR capabilities (great on the East Coast since a lot of games start around my bedtime), another $5. For $35 per month, I get basically all Stanford football and basketball games aired on TV. It's a monthly service, so you can cancel at any time for no cost. I sign up every year in September when football starts, then cancel in April when basketball's over. For around $200 per year, it feeds all my Stanford sports viewing needs. (and you can do Orange + Blue if you want the Fox Sports channels, but few Stanford games seem to end up there.)
10-07-2018, 12:49 PM
(10-06-2018, 08:34 AM)2006alum Wrote: Time for my semi-annual shout-out to Sling.com - streaming TV including all the ESPNs (via Sling Orange) for $25 per month, then another $5 for ALL of the Pac-12 channels (great for catching the random games only aired live when we're away on the home team's PAC-12 network). If you want DVR capabilities (great on the East Coast since a lot of games start around my bedtime), another $5. For $35 per month, I get basically all Stanford football and basketball games aired on TV. It's a monthly service, so you can cancel at any time for no cost. I sign up every year in September when football starts, then cancel in April when basketball's over. For around $200 per year, it feeds all my Stanford sports viewing needs. (and you can do Orange + Blue if you want the Fox Sports channels, but few Stanford games seem to end up there.)
+1 for Sling. And they make it very easy to cancel (none of this "You have to call us between 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Central Time M-F' baloney). it's a pleasure.
My only problem with the schedule is that we play Washington the same night as the Elton John concert in Oakland. I shouldn't complain, though, as my fear since I bought tickets was that it would be the same night as the UCLA game. Happy the games in LA also fit into my schedule (at this point anyway...).
(10-06-2018, 08:34 AM)2006alum Wrote: Time for my semi-annual shout-out to Sling.com - streaming TV including all the ESPNs (via Sling Orange) for $25 per month, then another $5 for ALL of the Pac-12 channels (great for catching the random games only aired live when we're away on the home team's PAC-12 network). If you want DVR capabilities (great on the East Coast since a lot of games start around my bedtime), another $5. For $35 per month, I get basically all Stanford football and basketball games aired on TV. It's a monthly service, so you can cancel at any time for no cost. I sign up every year in September when football starts, then cancel in April when basketball's over. For around $200 per year, it feeds all my Stanford sports viewing needs. (and you can do Orange + Blue if you want the Fox Sports channels, but few Stanford games seem to end up there.)
+1 for Sling. And they make it very easy to cancel (none of this "You have to call us between 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Central Time M-F' baloney). it's a pleasure.
My only problem with the schedule is that we play Washington the same night as the Elton John concert in Oakland. I shouldn't complain, though, as my fear since I bought tickets was that it would be the same night as the UCLA game. Happy the games in LA also fit into my schedule (at this point anyway...).
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