THURSDAY AUGUST 31
Nebraska at Minnesota - 8 PM, Fox
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1
Central Michigan at Michigan State - 7 PM, FS1
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2
Utah State at Iowa - 12 PM, FS1
Fresno State at Purdue - 12 PM, BTN
East Carolina at Michigan - 12 PM, Peacock
Ohio State at Indiana - 3:30 PM, CBS/Paramount+
Buffalo at Wisconsin - 3:30 PM, FS1
Towson at Maryland - 3:30 PM, BTN
West Virginia at Penn State - 7:30 PM, NBC/Peacock
Toledo at Illinois - 7:30 PM, BTN
SUNDAY SEPTMEBER 3
Northwestern at Rutgers, 12 PM. CBS/Paramount+
ANALYSIS:
1) Minnesota and Michigan State have in recent years had dibs on LDW Thursday and Friday nights respectively. I doubt we will get a crack at either in the foreseeable future.
2) Fox did not deem any of these games worthy of its Big Noon slot. They went with Colorado-TCU instead.
3) NBC jumped on WVU-PSU as its Saturday night prime time opener. Apparently they have a second slot on LDW. It was speculated that they'd use it Sunday night. Instead they went with Michigan as a Saturday noon Peacock exclusive. Get used to it.
4) CBS used its prime 3:30 Saturday slot on OSU-Indiana. CBS is in a transition year, as this is the last year they have SEC rights. Most of their 3:30 games will be SEC. The B1G will be moved around the dial.
5) We are where we are, for better or worse. I think (although I do not know) that when CBS selected us as its #2 game, they could have instead selected one of the Saturday FS1 or BTN games. They chose us. So there's that.
6) If playing a Big Ten conference game on network TV in an exclusive timeslot on LDW Sunday is a problem, it sure as fvck is a first world problem.
Nebraska at Minnesota - 8 PM, Fox
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1
Central Michigan at Michigan State - 7 PM, FS1
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2
Utah State at Iowa - 12 PM, FS1
Fresno State at Purdue - 12 PM, BTN
East Carolina at Michigan - 12 PM, Peacock
Ohio State at Indiana - 3:30 PM, CBS/Paramount+
Buffalo at Wisconsin - 3:30 PM, FS1
Towson at Maryland - 3:30 PM, BTN
West Virginia at Penn State - 7:30 PM, NBC/Peacock
Toledo at Illinois - 7:30 PM, BTN
SUNDAY SEPTMEBER 3
Northwestern at Rutgers, 12 PM. CBS/Paramount+
ANALYSIS:
1) Minnesota and Michigan State have in recent years had dibs on LDW Thursday and Friday nights respectively. I doubt we will get a crack at either in the foreseeable future.
2) Fox did not deem any of these games worthy of its Big Noon slot. They went with Colorado-TCU instead.
3) NBC jumped on WVU-PSU as its Saturday night prime time opener. Apparently they have a second slot on LDW. It was speculated that they'd use it Sunday night. Instead they went with Michigan as a Saturday noon Peacock exclusive. Get used to it.
4) CBS used its prime 3:30 Saturday slot on OSU-Indiana. CBS is in a transition year, as this is the last year they have SEC rights. Most of their 3:30 games will be SEC. The B1G will be moved around the dial.
5) We are where we are, for better or worse. I think (although I do not know) that when CBS selected us as its #2 game, they could have instead selected one of the Saturday FS1 or BTN games. They chose us. So there's that.
6) If playing a Big Ten conference game on network TV in an exclusive timeslot on LDW Sunday is a problem, it sure as fvck is a first world problem.