ESPN: BTN to televise 12 B1G games in prime time (Gophers only game is UNLV game)

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Here's the full prime-time slate from BTN:

Aug. 29


UNLV at Minnesota, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana State at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET

Aug. 30

Western Michigan at Michigan State, 8 p.m. ET

Aug. 31

Wyoming at Nebraska, 8 p.m. ET

Sept. 7

Syracuse at Northwestern, 6 p.m. ET
Southern Miss at Nebraska, 6 p.m. ET
Navy at Indiana, 6 p.m. ET

Sept. 14

UCF at Penn State, 6 p.m. ET
Washington vs. Illinois (at Soldier Field, Chicago), 6 p.m. ET
Western Michigan at Northwestern, 9 p.m. ET

Sept. 21

Missouri at Indiana, 8 p.m. ET

Oct. 19

Wisconsin at Illinois, 8 p.m. ET

Last week, ESPN/ABC announced its six picks for prime-time games featuring Big Ten teams. In case you missed 'em, here they are ...

Sept. 7

Notre Dame at Michigan, 8 p.m. ET, ABC or ESPN or ESPN2

Sept. 14

Notre Dame at Purdue, 8 p.m. ET, ABC or ESPN or ESPN2

Sept. 28

Wisconsin at Ohio State, 8 p.m. ET, ABC or ESPN or ESPN2

Oct. 5

Ohio State at Northwestern, 8 p.m. ET, ABC or ESPN or ESPN2

Oct. 12

Michigan at Penn State, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2

Oct. 26

Penn State at Ohio State, 8 p.m. ET, ABC or ESPN or ESPN2

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/76180/btn-to-televise-12-b1g-games-in-prime-time

Go Gophers!!
 


Not a bad time to be on TV. Only one other game being shown nationally at the time on ESPN.
 

Initial thoughts:

(1) How does Western Michigan end up with more prime time games on Big Ten Network than Minnesota and Iowa combined?

(2) How does Indiana end up in prime time for three games in the first four weeks of the season?

(3) Does this mean our Sept 21 game against SJSU will be at 11 a.m.? If so, tough break for a California team. Don't think it makes a huge difference but whatever difference that may exist would favor the Gophers.
 

Having Big Ten night games in November is stupid.
 


station19 said:
Having Big Ten night games in November is stupid.
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I disagree. Having Big Ten night games in November is perfect for those of us that hunt during the day, come home to a hot shower and cold beer and watch a Big Ten Game. The hell with the weather, play the games at a good time convenient for me. :)
 

Dr.Don said:
I disagree. Having Big Ten night games in November is perfect for those of us that hunt during the day, come home to a hot shower and cold beer and watch a Big Ten Game. The hell with the weather, play the games at a good time convenient for me. :)
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There's nothing left to hunt Doc. I quit years ago. If I can't shoot 10-15 Mallards per hour it's not worth the time.
 

I love how the article shows all of the executives saying "noon, noon, afternoon! noon! the noon hour!" forgetting that a huge chunk of the conference is located in the Central Time Zone.

The Big Ten needs to address this as attendance continues to fall conference wide.
 

parkinglotgopher said:
Initial thoughts:

(3) Does this mean our Sept 21 game against SJSU will be at 11 a.m.? If so, tough break for a California team. Don't think it makes a huge difference but whatever difference that may exist would favor the Gophers.
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An 11am Central Time start (9am West Coast time) would seem to put the west coast team at a significant disadvantage, imho.
 



NateDawgUM said:
I love how the article shows all of the executives saying "noon, noon, afternoon! noon! the noon hour!" forgetting that a huge chunk of the conference is located in the Central Time Zone.

The Big Ten needs to address this as attendance continues to fall conference wide.
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They are far more concerned with creating a television package that makes them optimal dollars than they are with attendance. When the U is selling tickets for $10, whether they fill those last 5-10k seats isn't nearly as big of a deal financially as to whether ESPN2 or BTN will be able to fill that noon (et) television spot with a BCS program.

When each Big Ten program is getting 26 million dollars annually in TV revenue, this is the price that fans pay for that.
 

Any chance Iowa-Minnesota gets a evening start? BTN has nothing that day and they have other dates that go head to head with the ESPN games.
 

Gopherprof said:
They are far more concerned with creating a television package that makes them optimal dollars than they are with attendance. When the U is selling tickets for $10, whether they fill those last 5-10k seats isn't nearly as big of a deal financially as to whether ESPN2 or BTN will be able to fill that noon (et) television spot with a BCS program.

When each Big Ten program is getting 26 million dollars annually in TV revenue, this is the price that fans pay for that.
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The entire 26 million isn't from tv revenue. It's closer to 18 million.

Having good attendance at games is integral to the product, and an early start time isn't more lucrative for television advertising. None of the west coast markets are getting up early to watch Minnesota vs. Purdue. My point was to keep the noon games in the Eastern Time Zone.

I also have no idea why there has to be a break in the evening. For some reason we've been stuck on this 11, 2:30, 7 trio of times for the past 20 years. Would 12, 3:30 and 7 be so awful? Or does Mark May REALLY need an hour to spew his nonsense in the evening hour?
 

Winnipegopher said:
Any chance Iowa-Minnesota gets a evening start? BTN has nothing that day and they have other dates that go head to head with the ESPN games.
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No. All the BTN night games were announced above, there will be no others. This game will be most likely 2:30 considering OSU/WI is a prime time game, and the other two games are crappy non-conference games.
 




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