Recently I tipped you guys off to the fact that the ACC Network was devoting two weeks to giving each ACC school its own full day of rebroadcasting some of their more classic games. The schools took turns alphabetically, so today (25th) was UVa's day. Since I had looked forward to that, I DVRed several games and spent most of the day watching them.
Well it turned out to be more annoying than fun because of the strange way they edited the games. For example, they did not allow more than 1 1/2 hours for any basketball game and in one case (a 2007 win over Duke) the game went into overtime, which means it would have taken about 2 1/2 hours to play in real time. They skipped as much as five to eight minutes two or three times. Singletary won it 68-66 with a baseline jumper with 1 second left by the way.
The craziest cutting job of all was the 1998 football win at Virginia Tech, which I believe was the last time the Cavaliers won in Blacksburg, most likely the reason it was chosen for airing. The Wahoos trailed 29-7 at halftime but came back to win it 36-32. However you would not BELIEVE the way they edited this game.
We saw Tech kick a field goal early to go up 3-0 and shortly after that, the Hoos missed a kick. We went to a commercial and when the game resumed, Tech was ahead 17-7 early in the second quarter! They then kicked another field goal to go up 20-7. The game then shot ahead again to a point when the Hokies led 26-7. So if you are following me, the teams combined to score four touchdowns in the first half, but NONE of those scoring plays were shown in this re-broadcast. We only got to see three Tech field goals scored.
The second half was a little better as they showed all four of UVa's comeback touchdowns plus Tech's lone field goal. As a final insult, when the Wahoos scored the winning TD, there was 2:01 left in the game at that point, but the broadcast simply ended, leaving us with no idea whatsoever of how close Tech might have come to pulling off a comeback of its own.
I suppose the idea for all this editing was to squeeze in as many different events as possible into the 24 hours, since it included a variety of sports and of course some women's games. But I give you Virginia Tech and Wake Forest fans fair warning..........on your days (the 26th and 27th) be prepared to enjoy some of those big wins a little bit less than you might be expecting to.
Well it turned out to be more annoying than fun because of the strange way they edited the games. For example, they did not allow more than 1 1/2 hours for any basketball game and in one case (a 2007 win over Duke) the game went into overtime, which means it would have taken about 2 1/2 hours to play in real time. They skipped as much as five to eight minutes two or three times. Singletary won it 68-66 with a baseline jumper with 1 second left by the way.
The craziest cutting job of all was the 1998 football win at Virginia Tech, which I believe was the last time the Cavaliers won in Blacksburg, most likely the reason it was chosen for airing. The Wahoos trailed 29-7 at halftime but came back to win it 36-32. However you would not BELIEVE the way they edited this game.
We saw Tech kick a field goal early to go up 3-0 and shortly after that, the Hoos missed a kick. We went to a commercial and when the game resumed, Tech was ahead 17-7 early in the second quarter! They then kicked another field goal to go up 20-7. The game then shot ahead again to a point when the Hokies led 26-7. So if you are following me, the teams combined to score four touchdowns in the first half, but NONE of those scoring plays were shown in this re-broadcast. We only got to see three Tech field goals scored.
The second half was a little better as they showed all four of UVa's comeback touchdowns plus Tech's lone field goal. As a final insult, when the Wahoos scored the winning TD, there was 2:01 left in the game at that point, but the broadcast simply ended, leaving us with no idea whatsoever of how close Tech might have come to pulling off a comeback of its own.
I suppose the idea for all this editing was to squeeze in as many different events as possible into the 24 hours, since it included a variety of sports and of course some women's games. But I give you Virginia Tech and Wake Forest fans fair warning..........on your days (the 26th and 27th) be prepared to enjoy some of those big wins a little bit less than you might be expecting to.
