Big 10 TV deal taking shape

[LoudHogRider]

there's also this

Could be a big nothing burger, but it has potential to be fascinating with respect to how this is going to play out. My sense: the Irish stay independent.

 

[Cash68847]

Why? They are eligible for the playoffs and it’s highly unlikely that will change; especially considering the playoff expansion talk. They are looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 million per year from NBC and don’t have to deal with conference scheduling or their rules. They have 5 games required against ACC teams and can schedule whomever they want for the other 7.

As these super conferences like the sec and BiG keep growing who is Notre Dame going to schedule to have a decent strength of schedule? It seems like these conferences will just be playing all conference games at some point.

 

[Irv]

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Notre Dame football audience on NBC
SEASON	GAMES	VIEWERS (000)
2021	6	2,502
2020*	5	4,802
2019	7	2,138
2018	7	3,443
2017^	6	2,742

Those numbers are better than I would expect for the upcoming slate, so I suppose that explains why they have been able to stay independent so far.

 

[Huskersballz]

I would do some nasty things for them to get rid of the big noon kickoff.

 

[DONU]

If Fox, having the the Big Noon game, always gets first choice, you’d have to assume they disproportionately choose Ohio State and Michigan games for top ratings. One would think that lines up well for us, in the next tier of viewership, to be picked frequently in the CBS and NBC slots, meaning fewer morning games. Count me as a fan of avoiding the 11:00am kickoffs.

 

[herbsinator]

Building a time machine to go back in time and kill whoever invented big noon Saturday

 

[Bootleg11]

I actually like Big Noon Saturday.

 

[Goskers07]

I actually like Big Noon Saturday.

I agree. I feel like they do well in the lead ups to it and it's kind of nice to have a featured game early in the day then more in the prime time slots.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

If Fox, having the the Big Noon game, always gets first choice, you’d have to assume they disproportionately choose Ohio State and Michigan games for top ratings. One would think that lines up well for us, in the next tier of viewership, to be picked frequently in the CBS and NBC slots, meaning fewer morning games. Count me as a fan of avoiding the 11:00am kickoffs.

I'm also down to avoid 11am kickoffs, which is 10am and even worse here in CO

 

[Kaladin]

I'm also down to avoid 11am kickoffs, which is 10am and even worse here in CO

That sounds horrible.

Does it just suck living in Colorado or what

Plus all the hippies

 

[HuskerGarrett]

That sounds horrible.

Does it just suck living in Colorado or what

Plus all the hippies

Yeah but besides all of the hippies, traffic, cost of living, drug addicts, and 10 am kickoffs its a pretty nice place to live

 

[Eaton Beaver]

If Fox, having the the Big Noon game, always gets first choice, you’d have to assume they disproportionately choose Ohio State and Michigan games for top ratings. One would think that lines up well for us, in the next tier of viewership, to be picked frequently in the CBS and NBC slots, meaning fewer morning games. Count me as a fan of avoiding the 11:00am kickoffs.

Yessir

 

[BIGSTICK67]

I'm also down to avoid 11am kickoffs, which is 10am and even worse here in CO

So do you drink for 16 hours on those days? If so, when do the shots start? GBR

 

[Kaladin]

Yeah but besides all of the hippies, traffic, cost of living, drug addicts, and 10 am kickoffs its a pretty nice place to live

Ya I’d consider living there even with all those fucking hippies

 

[HuskerGarrett]

Ya I’d consider living there even with all those fucking hippies

Just stay away from Boulder and you’re golden

 

[BorWhiskey]

I’m very excited for seeing games on CBS. Less so on NBC.

Curious what Amazon and Apples offers were. If they weren’t matching the dollars, typically tech tries to make up the delta with innovative concepts that traditional can’t match. So I wonder if they were trying to counter the money with fan experiences. I could see Amazon offering an integrated fan experience with Amazon stores and a good cut of those proceeds. I really don’t know what Apple could offer. Maybe something to do with building the app and improved performance or integration with the Apple apps. Anyway, would be curious what we are passing up for more cash.

 

[kchusker1423]

There's a simple way to avoid 11 am games on BTN. Win football games. When you're 3-8 you don't really get that option.

 

[Irv]

Lot of boomers freaking out in the comments, thinking they have to buy 4 apple devices and 5 common shares of AAPL to stream Illinois vs Maryland on a Friday in October.

 

[David Webb]

Lot of boomers freaking out in the comments, thinking they have to buy 4 apple devices and 5 common shares of AAPL to stream Illinois vs Maryland on a Friday in October.

There’s going to be a lot of Nebraska fans everywhere that are going to bitch when Nebraska is scheduled for one these games and they have to know how to subscribe and pay for an Apple TV subscription, download the app and log in to view it. Think of how many people can’t even post a pic/gif in a message board post.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

There’s going to be a lot of Nebraska fans everywhere that are going to bitch when Nebraska is scheduled for one these games and they have to know how to subscribe and pay for an Apple TV subscription, download the app and log in to view it. Think of how many people can’t even post a pic/gif in a message board post.

And even more don’t even know what a message board is