[NU Sports] Big 10 Network

[Jonathan Hodges]

I found this site with a matrix of all games and starting times for college
football 2007:

http://www.strangestbrew.com/cfb_sched/cfb.html

Apparently they have all of NU's starting times listed (despite the fact
that NU athletics has only confirmed 6 of them).  Here is the list (*
denotes NU confirmation):

NU vs. Northeastern - 11AM*
NU vs. Nevada - 11AM*
NU vs. Duke - 7PM*
NU @ OSU - 2:30PM
NU vs. Michigan - 12PM
NU @ MSU - 11AM
NU vs. Minnesota - 11AM*
NU @ EMU - 6PM (Fri)*
NU @ Purdue - 11AM*
NU vs. Iowa - 11AM
NU vs. Indiana - 11AM
NU @ Illinois - 7PM

This is an interesting revelation as game times are typically announced
after TV network/time selection (2 weeks in advance of game) except for
pre-announced night games and homecoming games.  Interesting game times to
note: 2:30 @ OSU - probably an ABC game.  12PM @ UM - unknown, but an
unusual start time.  7PM @ Illinois - interesting night game choice;
probably a BTN Game as I'm sure ESPN wouldn't select that for a night game
as of now.

Of course I have no idea where these game times came from so they could very
well be wrong, but it is interesting that they are already filled in.

In terms of the BTN, it will probably be a wait and see if you get the games
type thing, and I wouldn't doubt fans getting left in the dark again - even
those who switched to BTN.  Imagine how angry fans will get if they went
through the hassle of switching to DTV only to find out their game of choice
isn't being broadcast live?  If that happens (since the BTN has already
promised simulcasting games) then the BTN will be on the quick road to
failure.

Jonathan


On 8/26/07, Michael Vance <michael.vance at att.net> wrote:
>
> Has anyone heard what the schedule will be?  I figure that it won't be
> that difficult to show every conference game live most Saturdays *if* --
> and I realize that this is a big if -- they have two 3:30 (Eastern)
> games and a night game each week.  You simply have a 12:00 ESPN game, a
> 3:30 ABC game, and games in each of those timeslots on BTN, then a night
> game at 8:00 on either ABC or BTN, whichever picks it up.
>
> The team that has their conference off-week, which everyone has filled
> with their 12th game, would be the odd man out.  I haven't checked to
> see how many of those look to be good games.  I doubt very many since
> they were mostly relatively last-minute fills when the 12th game was
> permitted.
>
> If anyone has seen or heard details on kickoff times, I'd love to hear
> them.
>
> BTW, my wife and I ditched Insight Cable and switched to DirecTV for BTN
> and because we got $300 off a new HDTV at Best Buy (Circuit City and
> others have the same offer) when you sign up for DirecTV when you buy
> the TV.  DirecTV also has a deal going where you can get their top
> channel lineup free for four months if you buy NFL Sunday Ticket.  It
> ends up costing about the same as the mid-level channel lineup and you
> get football out the wazoo!  The only downside is that it's not the HD
> version of Sunday Ticket and you have to remember to downgrade your
> channel lineup at the end of the offer or you end up having to pay full
> price for it.
>
> -Michael
>
> Clark Zahn wrote:
> > Dennis W. Brandt wrote:
> >> I got a clarification from Directv today.  They actually called me on
> >> a Sunday in response to an e-mail question.  There will only be
> >> channel 220, no alternate channels, no multiple simultaneous
> >> broadcasts.  That means whatever one game the Big 10 Network decides
> >> to show is what you get, although there may be taped delays.
> >> Directv, unlike my local cable, will not permit one weekend of
> >> ESPN+.  It's all season or nothing.  It's not looking good for NU
> >> football on TV this season.
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>
> >
> > That sounds strange!  In the past Directv has never had the offering
> > on a particular channel vary from area to area.  Some games were
> > blacked out but they were still there.  Since all of the BIg10 home
> > games will be televised that means they would have to invent a new
> > technology that hasn't been used before to show all of the games live
> > yet use only one channel.  Either that or only one game would be shown
> > live and all the rest would be tape delayed.  I can't imagine that
> > happening.  We'll have to wait and see what happens.
> >
> > Clark Zahn
> >
> >
> >
> >
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