AstroCreep Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Going outside the box a bit. Back in 2004, TNA Wrestling aired on Fox Sports Net. It's the only time I can recall a wrestling show having a scorebug in every match. Using the FSN scorebug made it feel like an actual sporting event. It was only limited to the image you see here. Everything else, like a wrestler's name during their entrance, was a custom TNA graphic. WWE SmackDown currently airs on FOX and FS1. Can use imagine the show featuring the current FOX Sports graphics during the matches? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicate Genius Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Gold treatment for The Finals. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruhammydude Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 I'm confused as to what the hell is going on with the Bucks logo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 The best CBS NFL Scorebug of all time 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_YouKnowWhatThatMeans Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 36 minutes ago, Unocal said: The best CBS NFL Scorebug of all time I really liked the music associated with that package too. Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCreep Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 This is frustrating on so many levels. EDIT: I guess it wasn't obvious to everyone else as I thought. The AL are Blue and the NL are Red when it's typically the other way around. Found it mildly annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigFiz21 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 10:34 PM, insert name said: This is frustrating on so many levels. Blue and purple too close from color intensity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old School Fool Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 The Olympics finally have a new graphics package after what felt like an eternity. Here's what we got during Women's Soccer. It's pretty nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnrafael Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I keep looking and trying to reproduce some pieces. The transparency, the kerning and the sizing are kind of strange in some moments, but it's lightyears better than all olympic graphics used before. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCalderwood Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 10:34 PM, insert name said: This is frustrating on so many levels. Maybe I'm missing something really obvious, but can you be more specific about what you think is so "frustrating" about this? I think it looks okay. What am I missing? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCreep Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, SCalderwood said: Maybe I'm missing something really obvious, but can you be more specific about what you think is so "frustrating" about this? I think it looks okay. What am I missing? I was slightly annoyed how the American League were blue and National League were Red when it's normally the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCalderwood Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 10:45 AM, insert name said: I was slightly annoyed how the American League were blue and National League were Red when it's normally the other way around. Ah, ok. Understood. To be fair though, the American league players were decked out in blue from head to toe. Maybe that's why the scorebug people thought it would have looked wrong to have the National League assigned blue on the scorebug, I agree though, I wish the league were more consistent with these league color assignments in general. I wonder how it would have looked with The AL wearing all red and the NL wearing all blue. I mean if they're gonna go monochrome, why not fully embrace those league colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Both MLB and the NFL have been consistent in blue for National and red for American up until this All-Star Game, I believe. 4 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCreep Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 I dig the old-timey scorebug for tonight's Field of Dreams game. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 CBS Super Bowl graphics in College Football. CBS Sports Network. 3 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 On 8/12/2021 at 9:42 PM, insert name said: I dig the old-timey scorebug for tonight's Field of Dreams game. I hope they will be here to stay for future Field of Dreams games. Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSUViking Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 FOX with NFL-style score-bug for college.....but without logos. Just....colors. WTF. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigFiz21 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 17 hours ago, FSUViking said: FOX with NFL-style score-bug for college.....but without logos. Just....colors. WTF. They started this last year. Logos were up for Week 1, but for whatever reason they switched to the college name and AP/ CFP ranking (if necessary) the following week. Not sure what confusion was there when they had the logos on the score bug that led to the change. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshmaster101 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 8/28/2021 at 11:51 AM, TrueYankee26 said: CBS Super Bowl graphics in College Football. CBS Sports Network. oh goodness i forgot about cbs new scorebug they debuted at the super bowl. i thought the one they had was bad but im not looking forward to watching cbs games this year lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parallaxish Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 So... here's a big roundup of college scorebugs that are used right now. A state of the union for college ball, if you will. Fox Sports (also BTN) Basically the same as last year. Curiously, they changed the touchdown pop-up they had before (which was a bit much in the first place) to one that looks like literal wordart from MS Office circa 2012. Overall, the graphics aren't too intrusive, but they're a bit too blocky and industrial for my taste. Team logos aren't on the bug for some reason? It's nothing special. 6/10 CBS Sports This was the big change this season, following the new graphics reveal from the past Super Bowl and matching CBS's overall branding. The scorebug follows most of the same features as the previous one. The new font is nice, but a few things really irk me. First, the play clock looks very very off. The text isn't the same size as the game clock and down/distance text surrounding it, nor is it even aligned with them. The bug in general is very wide; there's acres of space between the team's record and the timeouts/score. The down/distance color matching the team's color is a nice touch that I'm glad they kept. Another feature that held over from the previous scorebug was the stat popouts from the top of the bar. If the stat highlights one team's stats in particular, the other team's part of the bug is greyed out. The problem is that when one team's logo and colors are very dark and feature lots of unsaturated colors, it's hard to tell that it's even happening. Were it not for the team's logo on the statline, I wouldn't know what team they're talking about. The touchdown graphic is nice. It's clean, it's exciting, it has a lot of motion, it matches the entire CBS-eye motif a lot of the other graphics do... it checks every box. Touchdown graphics in general have been trending towards big lower thirds rather than staying inside the bounds of the regular bug. Overall, sleek, modern, and a needed refresh to CBS Sports' look, even if it has a few flaws. 8/10 ESPN/ABC (PAC 12, Big 10, Big 12, SEC, ACC, etc etc) The college football graphics haven't changed on ESPN's side, and for very good reason. They're the best in the business when it comes to this stuff. Graphics are smartly organized, very colorful, and it just screams "college football." I love in particular the use of very subtle textures everywhere. Stats and notes show up next to the team's score and the logo is kept in view. Sometimes the possession indicator is a bit hard to notice, especially when a team's primary/secondary colors are the same or when the team's secondary color is very dark. Interstitials and CG work is absolutely stunning, as well. There's a lot more I could put here, but just know that everything is beautiful. 9.5/10 Pac-12 Network Bootleg old CBS Sports graphics but with Gotham instead of DIN and a few other changes. It works, I guess. Very minimalist, small footprint on the screen (if it weren't for the massive bottom line not seen here because I don't want to put it here). 7/10 NBC (Notre Dame only) They're still using the scorebug SNF used from 2015. Yes, it works, but it's just old and dated at this point. Why can't they just use the new (much better-looking) SNF graphics? 5/10 Bally Sports/Stadium/Sinclair[?] (Mountain West) Apparently Bally Sports graphics for football exist. They're a mess. The timeouts left indicator is very very ugly. Why does the game clock have milliseconds when they don't work? Why can't they center the period in OT? Why do the out of town scores take up 60% of the bug, and why are they just text? It really is just like someone took the hockey or basketball bug and tried to make it usable for a football game in 30 minutes. The down indicator is ugly as all hell here, too. 3/10 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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