Underplayed Gems

College Football on TBS (1982)

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The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This series covers live college football games broadcast on TBS and TruTV. It features teams from conferences like the SEC, Pac-10, Big 12, and Mountain West, along with selected bowl games and College Football Playoff matchups.

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What happens

TNT Sports (formerly Turner Sports) has occasionally televised college football games on its networks since 1982; that year, under an agreement with the NCAA, TBS became the first broadcaster to nationally televise college football on cable. After the NCAA broadcasting package was dismantled in 1984 following a Supreme Court ruling, TBS would broadcast SEC football from 1984 to 1992, along with selected bowl games through 2000. Regular-season college football returned to TBS in 2002 as part of a sub-licensing agreement with Fox Sports Net, broadcasting a package of Pac-10 and Big 12 games through 2006. In 2024, ESPN announced that it had reached an agreement with TNT Sports to televise College Football Playoff games on TNT beginning that season; the games are produced by ESPN as part of its college football coverage. This was followed by its acquisition of a Mountain West Conference package on TruTV for the 2024 season, and a Big 12 package that premiered in 2025 as part of a sub-licensing agreement with ESPN. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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