A few things of note on the broadcasting front.
- Nothing to do with the NMSU game, but Comcast is finally picking up BTN2Go this season.
- An Aggies fan Tweeted at me that AggieVision was picked up by ESPN3.com over the past few seasons. At this point, the game isn't on the slate, but could be added later. NMSU was part of the now defunct WAC which had games picked up by the ESPN networks and syndicated by ESPN plus. So there was a relationship there that is now severed which may account for ESPN3.com not having the game so far.
- AggieVision's own site noted that select games were picked up by Fox Sports Arizona and Altitude both of which get clearance on DirecTV. No way to tell if that carries over to this season.
- In my youth, I recall usually getting a game per week on ABC with the few doubleheaders being big deals. The Gophers were lucky to get a game per year on the air at best. However, times and expectations have changed. Every game for every Big XII, Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC team aired on TV last year. Most ACC and Big East games did as well, with a few sneaking on to ESPN3.com. Of those ACC and Big East ESPN3.com games, all but three were non conference mismatches.
I'm not saying anyone has a right to see a particular game on TV, but the days of listening on the radio and thinking of a televised Gopher game as a special event are long over. Putting the Gophers in a position to not make TV in the Twin Cities is a bad showing on the part of the athletic department.
