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Originally Posted by esquire
^ The local TSN in Winnipeg is top-notch with the local content, they don't have Bombers' radio rights but their coverage is really good with plenty of pre-game, post-game and mid-week analysis. Obviously as the Jets' radio rightsholder they have extremely comprehensive Jets coverage.
I don't really listen to their "filler" hours (e.g. weekday afternoons) so I'm not sure what's on then... virtually no one I have ever met in Winnipeg follows NCAA sports closely except for football bowl season, March madness and maybe the hockey finals. Even then it's more about "the event" (brackets, killing time on Boxing Day, that sort of thing) than about rooting for a specific team. That's it. I doubt anyone would be listening to a discussion about random midweek NCAA basketball games involving Baylor vs. Appalachian State or what have you. It's a far cry from my family in North Carolina that lives and dies with UNC basketball... my 96 year old aunt still puts on her blue scarf and pours a stiff shot of Jim Beam on ice and settles in to watch Tar Heels basketball on TV every Saturday. I have never heard of anything like this in Winnipeg.
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I know one guy with huge basement/bar that is a total shrine to Ohio State. It's actually very impressive. Multiple TV screens and a giant HD projector, tons of memorbilia on the walls. But yeah, not really common to find die-hards like that in Winnipeg by any means.