[Husker] ABC-TV Plans

[gwfead at cox.net]

Good Morning All:

Well ABC with the loss of the Monday Night Football package has elected to start a new "Saturday Night NCAA Football" package. ABC will show 12 games in primetime on Saturday nights. Kickoff will be at 7:00 PM CT each week. 

Currently Nebraska/USC is on the schedule for September 16th, other NU games that could be selected for this package (12 days prior to the game itself) include the October 4th match up with Iowa State in Lincoln, November 4th vs. Missouri also in Lincoln, and the November 11th match in College Station against Texas A&M. 

NU currently only has two games scheduled for TV, USC on September 16th and Colorado on November 24th. It's not too likely that any other NU non-conference games will make it to TV unless it's via Pay-Per-View. Any televised Big XII games that NU may be involved in will be announced either 6 or 12 days in advance of the game itself. 

Gary Fead
Omaha