A reason Iowa has sold so many tickets...

by GTwill on Dec 18, 2009 2:05 PM EST

"DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)—While the Iowa Hawkeyes prepare for their biggest bowl game in years, thousands of their fans back home may be scrambling to find a TV to watch them.

Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s demand that cable company Mediacom Communications Corp. pay more to carry its stations could leave 700,000 cable subscribers in 11 states without some local channels on Jan. 1. That includes about 400,000 subscribers in Iowa, most of whom will lose the channel televising the Jan. 5 Orange Bowl between Iowa and Georgia Tech."

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-cabletvdispute&prov=ap&type=lgns

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Dang, that sucks

But it’s one great reason to go to the game.

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by Jesse28 on Dec 18, 2009 3:17 PM EST reply actions

Sinclair is notorious for this crap..

…it’s not the first time that they’ve pulled a stunt like this.

by hawkeyeguy85 on Dec 18, 2009 3:50 PM EST reply actions

Direct TV is going to have a happy and busy

start to the new year

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 18, 2009 8:30 PM EST up reply actions

Iowa gets screwed by Sinclair all the time

But they’re evil, so its expected.
The reason why Iowa has sold so many more tickets is because that is what we always do.

by vahawk on Dec 18, 2009 11:02 PM EST reply actions

We sell so many tickets because we're one of the best traveling fanbases

Shit like this just assures that DirecTV and bars throughout Iowa will have a happy new year.

One man (me). 34 bowl games. 20 days. 34 in 20.

by Tmo87 on Dec 19, 2009 3:13 PM EST reply actions

we've sold so many tickets because...

There’s 2 goddamn feet of snow on the ground! Once the happy happy joy joy wears off from the initial quarter of an inch, snow is just a massive pain in the ass.

Is there still a massive drought every summer across the south? I think we’ve got a foot or two we can lend you.

Keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that aint legal either, Dude.

by AcrimoniousAngerererer on Dec 21, 2009 9:42 AM EST reply actions

Drought gone now...just had a monsoon come through

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by Jaxon on Dec 22, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions

Why do people question why people from Iowa

would want to go to Miami? Who wouldn’t like an excuse to go? Exscape the snow for 70 degree weather? Its a no brainer. If I had a ride and ticket I would go! ;)

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by Jaxon on Dec 22, 2009 10:57 PM EST up reply actions