[Husker] PPV Games

[Bob Beach]

Gary Fead wrote:
> Good Morning:
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> As everyone knows by now the first three games will be available via PPV (and this move absolutely shocked me, I expected one game and maybe two but not all three). Western Michigan will start at 6:00 PM CT, San Jose State at 11:30 AM CT and New Mexico State is TBA for now, but I expect it to be an 11:30 AM start. 
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> Regarding the Virginia Tech game the networks (ABC or ESPN) are not required to announce a start time (but they may do so) on this game until September 15th at the earliest and the 21st at the very latest, so it is possible that NU will have to set a time for the NMSU game before they know what time the Virginia Tech game will start. If this is the case then I would expect an 11:30 start to the NMSU game.  
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> And yes I did say that the only times slots for PPV games are at 11:30 AM CT and 6:00 PM CT. 
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     Thanks Gary.  To me the games on PPV is kind of bitter/sweet.  It 
is sweet in the sense more people will get to see the games even though 
they will have to pay for it or go to a sports bar (at least if your are 
in the state of Nebraska and even then it can get selective).  I doubt 
too many sports bars in other states will pick it up for a lot of 
reasons.   The $30 charge is for residential service, which I am not 
going to pay.  For sports bars it is usually $500 and up.  It is based 
on occupancy.  I will probably go to a  sports bar but doing that for 
PPV is a real zoo because in Lincoln it is a small percentage of bars 
that pick it up and most people have the same idea and motivation I do.


     The bitter side is it it shows the Huskers are not that attractive 
a package right now and are relegated to PPV.  Hopefully that will 
change.  That is pretty much how I am looking at the season.  I am 
feeling hopeful and encouraged but I am not going to set my expectations 
too high.  I would expect 8-4 or 7-5 which honestly would be a huge 
improvement.  If the team gets nine or more wins I'll call Bo a miracle 
worker.  I hope I get that chance.


Bob Beach