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After watching a few times, and cross checking with @pcteeple, I was astonished at the number of teams omitted. Not every team can make it, but there used to be a formula to how they'd do this thing. First minute or so would be devoted to the first-weekend stars, splice in some footage of great individual performances, put in a few big shots, and then focus on the Sweet 16 teams and finally the Final Four.
Instead, this thing was pumped full of people doing their best Scheyer Face impersonations. It seemed like every other shot was of someone making some face of anguish like they were having individual hairs plucked off their head for hours at a time.
I've read a few people complain that player of the year Evan Turner wasn't in the video, but I assure you, he was! Just look at this great final look at him:
See, he's right there ... well, half of him anyway, in about a half-second snippet with a lob being thrown over the top by Tennessee. Oh, and while we're on the subject of the Vols, who is the Tennessee alum in the CBS production crew? If you were in the team picture, you evidently got a place in "One Shining Moment" this season.
We didn't see No. 1 seed Syracuse. We barely saw Kansas with a brief shot of Mario Little in a heap on the floor. Our only look at Kentucky was John Wall clapping. That Xavier-Kansas State double overtime thriller that was absolutely the best played game of the tournament? Wasn't a shiny enough moment. The largest numerical upset -- No. 14 Ohio over No. 3 Georgetown? No room, sorry, but we needed to cram in another shot of Jennifer Hudson in a sterile recording booth, because that is what the NCAA Tournament is about.
What have you done, CBS?
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Join the facebook group to let CBS know that you didn’t like this year’s OSM either:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112321608787407
by breadtree on Apr 6, 2010 11:08 AM EDT reply actions
Fixing the link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112321608787407
by breadtree on Apr 6, 2010 11:43 AM EDT reply actions
I know i am in the minority about this but i could care less about the “One Shining Moment” song. I don’t know what it is about that song but it is just horrible sounding to my ears. I would rather listen to Big Bird sings operas greatest hits with Elmo then to hear that song.
by jdmurph0 on Apr 6, 2010 1:46 PM EDT reply actions
If you want to see the "first blog" on TSN on the topic which went out almost 4 hours earlier than this one (7:07AM vs 10:50AM), just go to this site and look at TageRyche’s blog
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/TageRyche
Mr. Littman, I’ll assume you honestly didn’t know about this.
by Ark_Razor on Apr 6, 2010 2:13 PM EDT reply actions
We’ll try it again
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/TageRyche
by Ark_Razor on Apr 6, 2010 2:14 PM EDT reply actions
Well I can’t get the TSN link to work but paste the following into your browser and look yourself….
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/TageRyche/234863
by Ark_Razor on Apr 6, 2010 2:18 PM EDT reply actions
Just plain bad!
by rockridge on Apr 6, 2010 5:02 PM EDT reply actions
The song wasn’t bad, but only show Jennifer once, maybe twice. Must be the Jenny Craig or whatever weight lost product she is peddling.
Looking at it again, you would have think that Tennessee won the thing, or at least got to the final four. With a tournament with so many late heroics, this was disappointing to say the least.
by bruin86 on Apr 6, 2010 7:08 PM EDT reply actions
Funny you mention Turner, TSN didn’t even bother to run a story about him getting the NPOY award. Too much entertainment to cover to run actual news stories.
by maximize22 on Apr 7, 2010 9:10 AM EDT reply actions
I stayed up for that!!!
by vargo34 on Apr 7, 2010 9:31 AM EDT reply actions
We would not be having this discussion if it was Carrie Underwood performing. If they selected Jessica Simpson the media would have you lining up in front of Walmart to purchase CD titled "Greatest Rendition Ever". If this idiot did not publish this ridiculous story we would not be having this conversation. BLUF: She’s Black and people can’t stand it!!!!!
by bhlraven1916 on Apr 7, 2010 5:56 PM EDT reply actions
bhlraven1916,
I’m Black and didn’t think that. Its not a race issue, but an airtime issue and Jennifer (and Tennessee) just got too much airtime at the expense of some great basketball.
by bruin86 on Apr 8, 2010 6:27 PM EDT reply actions
it was not her version or showing her a few times that was the problem. the showcase of highlights was whack. In years pass, they did a very nice job or starting with the 1st rounds and moving to the final game.
this year, i was slighty confused on what they were trying to achieve with the video. Jennifer did what see was asked and did a fine job of it. CBS editing is to blame for this one, period.
by TheNaptownRef on Apr 8, 2010 7:30 PM EDT reply actions
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