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<blockquote data-quote="Fighter of the Nightman" data-source="post: 2085545" data-attributes="member: 590800"><p>FWIW, these are some of the other high profile Big Ten games the weeks that I think we have the best shot at a "good" TV/time slot. I roughly ranked them in order of how attractive I think they are to the networks, and I only included ones that I think are as good or better than our matchup for TV purposes.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)">Saturday 9/7 vs. Kansas</span></strong></p><p>Texas at Michigan - confirmed for 11:00 am on FOX (Big Noon Kickoff)</p><p>Colorado at Nebraska - confirmed for 6:30 pm on NBC</p><p>Iowa State at Iowa</p><p>Boise State at Oregon</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">Saturday 9/21 at Nebraska</span></strong></p><p>USC at Michigan - confirmed for 2:30 pm on CBS</p><p>UCLA at LSU</p><p>Iowa at Minnesota</p><p>Purdue at Oregon State - confirmed for 7:30 pm on The CW</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)"><strong>Saturday 9/28 at Penn State</strong></span></p><p>Ohio State at Michigan State</p><p>Wisconsin at USC</p><p>Oregon at UCLA</p><p>Minnesota at Michigan</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)">Saturday 10/19 vs. Michigan</span></strong></p><p>Iowa at Michigan State</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">Saturday 10/26 at Oregon</span></strong></p><p>Michigan State at Michigan</p><p>Nebraska at Ohio State</p><p>Penn State at Wisconsin</p><p></p><p>I would be very surprised if the Michigan game is not on a really good network. Michigan is an absolute home run draw no matter what (averaged over 5.6 million viewers per game last year <em>before</em> either CFP game...), and we are one of those teams that will not carry a BTN/FS1 slot by ourselves, but we actually draw quite well when we are put in a good slot (we drew over 3.2 million for the PSU game last year and nearly 5.5 million for our game against Michigan last year). Throw in the backstory of the anniversary and it being Michigan that we played all of those years ago, and it's sort of a no-brainer, IMO ... especially considering the other games that week are not amazing.</p><p></p><p>If we can beat Kansas and sport a 4-2 or better record when Michigan comes to town, we will get more than one great TV/time slot, that is for sure!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fighter of the Nightman, post: 2085545, member: 590800"] FWIW, these are some of the other high profile Big Ten games the weeks that I think we have the best shot at a "good" TV/time slot. I roughly ranked them in order of how attractive I think they are to the networks, and I only included ones that I think are as good or better than our matchup for TV purposes. [B][COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Saturday 9/7 vs. Kansas[/COLOR][/B] Texas at Michigan - confirmed for 11:00 am on FOX (Big Noon Kickoff) Colorado at Nebraska - confirmed for 6:30 pm on NBC Iowa State at Iowa Boise State at Oregon [B][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]Saturday 9/21 at Nebraska[/COLOR][/B] USC at Michigan - confirmed for 2:30 pm on CBS UCLA at LSU Iowa at Minnesota Purdue at Oregon State - confirmed for 7:30 pm on The CW [COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][B]Saturday 9/28 at Penn State[/B][/COLOR] Ohio State at Michigan State Wisconsin at USC Oregon at UCLA Minnesota at Michigan [B][COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Saturday 10/19 vs. Michigan[/COLOR][/B] Iowa at Michigan State [B][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]Saturday 10/26 at Oregon[/COLOR][/B] Michigan State at Michigan Nebraska at Ohio State Penn State at Wisconsin I would be very surprised if the Michigan game is not on a really good network. Michigan is an absolute home run draw no matter what (averaged over 5.6 million viewers per game last year [I]before[/I] either CFP game...), and we are one of those teams that will not carry a BTN/FS1 slot by ourselves, but we actually draw quite well when we are put in a good slot (we drew over 3.2 million for the PSU game last year and nearly 5.5 million for our game against Michigan last year). Throw in the backstory of the anniversary and it being Michigan that we played all of those years ago, and it's sort of a no-brainer, IMO ... especially considering the other games that week are not amazing. If we can beat Kansas and sport a 4-2 or better record when Michigan comes to town, we will get more than one great TV/time slot, that is for sure! [/QUOTE]
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