Pete, it was not just you. My guess is somehow this was an STO problem. Shame. I watched it via DirectV..
Unfortunately, I cannot share the enthusiasm of some. I found very little new info here, and not that much of an "inside" look. A bit too much on the last two years. Too many sit down interviews...not enough unfiltered sound, where the viewer is just kind of dropped in and allowed to eavesdrop....this was more of a glorified highlight film.
I'm glad they're doing it but this show was obviously shot with a limited budget and limited imagination. About what you would expect from a MAC school.
How about miking up Groce and shooting him for a game? What about placing a mike on Offutt and following him around for a day? There;s a lot of imaginative stuff that can be done and it doesn't have to be faked, either.
For us old farts, did anyone notice shots of a handsome young Jim Snyder on the bench during his playing days? Was about a minute into the show....
You have to remember that this show isn't just about you or the passionate OHIO Basketball fan. It is about recruits and attracting new fans. In order to do that, you need to share some background on the program and its successes. The first episode was just away of educating a less engaged or complete non-fan about the program. Also, this is an inside look at the program not at just this season, so the background was completely necessary to set the table.
With that said...your post really angers me. How can you go from this is so awesome to being so ungrateful? The fact that OHIO is able to produce this at any level of quality is a miracle given their budget and resources. You say this is about what you would expect from a MAC school? There isn't a MAC school out there that is doing anything close to the quality of Evan's pre-game intro videos let alone a television series. I haven't seen a Big Ten, SEC, Big East, PAC 12, Big 12 or ACC school produce anything like this themselves. The Big Ten network or ESPN or CBS might do it on a handful of programs, but I have seen those and they give nowhere near as close a look at the program.
Talk about a sense of entitlement! I hope the next episode forces a size 30 foot into your mouth!