[NU Sports] NU vs Michigan State on ESPN2

[Michael Vance]

I agree.  It used to be that national cable had a smaller potential 
audience than a regional over-the-air broadcast, but I highly doubt that's 
true anymore.  I'm not sure how much of an audience the 11:00 CT games get 
in the Pacific time zone, but the 70% of the population of the country that 
lives in Eastern or Central sure seem to tune in to them.

The late ABC game still has a bit of glamor to it, but that's faded 
somewhat since Keith Jackson stopped doing anything but west coast 
games.  One of my big regrets from 1995 is that I missed PSU at NU on ABC 
because we were in East Lansing for Michigan at MSU.

-Michael

At 10/18/2005 08:57 PM, Mike Nolan wrote:
> > Well, if they like us, then the ABC/ESPN family likes
> > Purdue even more. TWO straight 2:30 kickoffs for a
> > team that hasn't won a Big Ten game yet? Sheesh! They
> > can't fill their stadium and don't have a big fan base
> > either. Ugh.
>
>If the choice is between a regional ABC telecast at 2:30 and a national
>telecast on ESPN2 at 11 (central), I think the Cats got the better deal!
>--
>Mike Nolan