Thoughts on game time?

Should be announced tomorrow if Matt Sarz is right about the number of 6 day holds being zero.

I'm guessing night game, just because.

Another Bear said:

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I'm guessing night game, just because.

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Yeah, I wasn't going to look at the windows until tomorrow, but I just did - ESPN2 has an opening at 730p and FS1 has 8p (Pacific). BYU @ Utah and Az v ASU are both mountain time and Note Dame @ USC is too big of a national draw.

So that leaves Furd @ UCLA and CU @ Cal as the night games by default.

It would be really great if ESPN picked up ND @ USC in the night slot just to talk about how bad USC has been this year for hours.

Well, we'll freeze our asses off, but at least we'll be able to celebrate going to a bowl game.

ColoradoBear said:

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Another Bear said:

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I'm guessing night game, just because.

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Yeah, I wasn't going to look at the windows until tomorrow, but I just did - ESPN2 has an opening at 730p and FS1 has 8p (Pacific). BYU @ Utah and Az v ASU are both mountain time and Note Dame @ USC is too big of a national draw.

So that leaves Furd @ UCLA and CU @ Cal as the night games by default.

It would be really great if ESPN picked up ND @ USC in the night slot just to talk about how bad USC has been this year for hours.

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Doesn't NBC have the broadcast rights to Notre Dame games? If so, doesn't that open up a slot for ESPN et al.?

01Bear said:

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ColoradoBear said:

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Another Bear said:

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I'm guessing night game, just because.

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Yeah, I wasn't going to look at the windows until tomorrow, but I just did - ESPN2 has an opening at 730p and FS1 has 8p (Pacific). BYU @ Utah and Az v ASU are both mountain time and Note Dame @ USC is too big of a national draw.

So that leaves Furd @ UCLA and CU @ Cal as the night games by default.

It would be really great if ESPN picked up ND @ USC in the night slot just to talk about how bad USC has been this year for hours.

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Doesn't NBC have the broadcast rights to Notre Dame games? If so, doesn't that open up a slot for ESPN et al.?

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NBC only has rights to ND home games. This game is @USC and falls under the Pac 12 tv contract.

ColoradoBear said:

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Another Bear said:

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I'm guessing night game, just because.

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Yeah, I wasn't going to look at the windows until tomorrow, but I just did - ESPN2 has an opening at 730p and FS1 has 8p (Pacific). BYU @ Utah and Az v ASU are both mountain time and Note Dame @ USC is too big of a national draw.

So that leaves Furd @ UCLA and CU @ Cal as the night games by default.

It would be really great if ESPN picked up ND @ USC in the night slot just to talk about how bad USC has been this year for hours.

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I knew you'd come thru with your TV time slot breakdown!

It's 4:00 on Pac-12 Network.

Won't have to freeze our asses off! Yay!

Okay then...maybe it rains. We need it.

HighlandDutch said:

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It's 4:00 on Pac-12 Network.

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Interesting. ESPN passed on a night game - Matt Sarz says on his blog that they only used 21 of 22 p12 selections. Wonder what they will show that night?

FS1 moved their late night window so Utah/BYU starts at 8pm MT local, which also required shuffling and shortening the windows for earlier games. The game before will probably run well over 3 hrs...

In the end that looks about how optimal scheduling should go every weekend. Spread out over the day, and only one 7pm Pacific kick.

Also, 4pm is late enough that maybe some students will roll back into town for the game after the holiday. Or is that wishful thinking?

HighlandDutch said:

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It's 4:00 on Pac-12 Network.

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I'll be in London so that means a midnight kickoff, which is doable!

ColoradoBear said:

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HighlandDutch said:

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It's 4:00 on Pac-12 Network.

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Also, 4pm is late enough that maybe some students will roll back into town for the game after the holiday. Or is that wishful thinking?

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Not a chance. Completely wishful thinking.

Does anyone know if this means the game will be broadcast on the regional network only or if it will be broadcast nationally?

01Bear said:

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Does anyone know if this means the game will be broadcast on the regional network only or if it will be broadcast nationally?

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Should be on the national PAC-12 network feed. The only reason it wouldn't be is that there are other games on at the same time. Stanford-UCLA shouldn't run more than 4 hours.

ColoradoBear said:

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Interesting. ESPN passed on a night game - Matt Sarz says on his blog that they only used 21 of 22 p12 selections. Wonder what they will show that night?

FS1 moved their late night window so Utah/BYU starts at 8pm MT local, which also required shuffling and shortening the windows for earlier games. The game before will probably run well over 3 hrs...

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ESPN is airing Sports Center on the main channel at that time, and Mountain West games on ESPN2 and ESPNU. They wouldn't have been able to start a game before 7:30 PT on ESPN, which means the games in Utah and Arizona were off the table. Agreed that FS1 won't have the first 30-60 minutes of BYU-Utah, because they have a Big 12 game that starts at 4 pm PT.

sycasey said:

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01Bear said:

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Does anyone know if this means the game will be broadcast on the regional network only or if it will be broadcast nationally?

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Should be on the national PAC-12 network feed. The only reason it wouldn't be is that there are other games on at the same time. Stanford-UCLA shouldn't run more than 4 hours.

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Thanks!