As you probably noticed, this past weekend’s Syracuse Orange football game was on ACC Network Extra — basically the WatchESPN of years’ past, but with a higher-quality broadcast than what we remember from the old ACC Network games.
The mostly standard-definition games that ended up on a mix of RSNs and WatchESPN were always frustrating to watch, completely bereft of knowledge about the Orange, and full of all the #BRANDS Syracuse fans knew nothing about. Though the quality was debatable, the fact that the games were available on television was key. Even for connected fans, being able to flip a channel to the broadcast was and still is preferred.