A truck race pre-empted the start of Washington-Stanford and fans were quite unhappy
Three red flags for accidents late in Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series race moved the start of No. 9 Washington’s game at Stanford from Fox Sports 1 to Fox Sports 2.
And fans were displeased.
The college football game was set to kick off at 10:30 p.m., after the conclusion of the 150-mile truck race of course. But a flurry of late wrecks — and long cleanups for them — meant the race kept going and going and going.
The game was moved to Fox Sports 2. But FS2 is available in far fewer homes than Fox Sports 1. That turned out to be a problem for many folks.
I swear to God if there's another wreck in this truck race…SWOW THE DAM HUSKY GAME @FS1 #UWvsSTAN
— Drew Beckman (@bdrew50) November 11, 2017
@FS1 get the truck crash race off the air and switch to the football game. #horrible
— Larry Cheshier (@LarryCheshier) November 11, 2017
@FS1 Truck racing instead of top 10 Football? Your network is a pathetic joke.
— Yoke (@yokester74) November 11, 2017
Thanks @FS1 for the train wreck of truck wrecks #PAC12AfterDarkAfterTrucks
— Geordie Romer (@geordieromer) November 11, 2017
@FS1 @comcast Hey another wreck! The only thing worse than the driving in this crap fest is your decision making. Put on the football game!
— Spencer Palmer (@spalmer3030) November 11, 2017
OK, you get the idea. While we understand college football fans’ frustration, the game was available on the Fox Sports Go app. And no network makes the decision to leave a sporting event with the outcome in doubt to go to the beginning of another event. That simply doesn’t happen. Fox made the right call sticking with the truck race, even if many Pac-12 fans were unhappy.
Johnny Sauter won the race in case you were wondering.
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Nick Bromberg is the editor of Dr. Saturday and From the Marbles on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!
