Friday Night B1G Football in 2017
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-big-ten-friday-night-ga…
Delany said the league is reluctant to ask schools with giant seating capacities to host Friday night games, so don’t expect games to be played at Ohio State or Penn State.
And Michigan is flat-out saying no to Friday night games, both home and road. Delany said he believes the school simply prefers Saturday games for “consistency of presentation.”
Delany said there will be three conference games and three non-league games in September and October. No team will play more than twice.
When is this clown retiring?
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:09 PM ^
I think with the new TV deal Fox & ESPN get 25 games a piece and I'm pretty sure the BTN picks up the remainder of those games. So I don't think moving some games to Friday will affect the number of games the BTN will cover in 2017 anyways.
November 2nd, 2016 at 6:08 PM ^
Sure, but that's more games than non-BTN networks have now, and you can take it to the bank that moving some games to Fridays was part of those deal discussions in the first place.
November 2nd, 2016 at 7:38 PM ^
Not sure I follow your concerns. IMO, it is a classless move on Delany. Moves like this are going to take money out of high school athletic department's pockets. The B1G doesn't need more exposure. For crying out loud, the schools are projected to earn like 45 million from the TV contract. Now, they're going to go one step further and hurt the high schools of the fans that support the B1G teams, hindering them from making money. I hope this move bites them in the ass. I want to see low attendance and terrible ratings.
November 3rd, 2016 at 9:38 AM ^
Well, don't get me wrong, I think it's a classless, money-grubbing bullshit thing to do. But I would also add self-destructive to that list. Not unlike the unholy marriage of corn and Great Lakes with Jersey Shore.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^
Delany can go off to a nice pasture at any time now
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
an ice floe.
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:02 PM ^
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:06 PM ^
The idea of over-saturating the market with more college football is just terrible. The NCAA needs to take a look at the NFL and recognize that a large part of the decline in viewership is a direct result of the fact that there are just too many crappy games on TV. Obviously, there are other contributing factors (in particular, the lack of dominant teams other than the Pats, the retirement of several brand name players such as Megatron and Peyton, and potentially even the off the field issues of so many players), but does anyone doubt that televising so many games that include teams that NOBODY cares about in prime time slots is hurting the league?
Even if the goal is to increase viewership and expand the league's TV footprint, does Delaney really think that having Purdue-Rutgers playing on Friday night will accomplish this? Not a single person other than the same Purdue and Rutgers fans who would have tuned into the BigTen Network rollover channels on Saturday anyway is going to watch this. And worse, for those who do watch, they will only come away with a worse opinion of our conference.
I do understand why the MAC and WAC type of teams would play on Thursday and Friday. It gets their BETTER teams a chance to get on national TV when they would otherwise be relegated to some spill-over channel, or worse, ESPN3. But, the bottom-feaders of the Big Ten already get nationally televised when they play schools such as us, OSU, PSU, Nebraska and even Sparty in recent years.
Such a stupid idea on so many levels, and I am really happy that Michigan gave a firm STFU-GTFO response.
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:45 PM ^
part of the reason I don't watch as much NFL is precisely because I'm sick of watching the pats and listening to the broadcasters drool over brady and belichick. worse yet ....a Jacksonville game.
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:11 PM ^
So I take it ESPN U had some Friday night slots they needed filled?
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:17 PM ^
Nothing screams mediocre like Friday night football.
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:17 PM ^
Fuck you, Delaney.
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November 2nd, 2016 at 4:22 PM ^
Let Buttgers play on Friday nights
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:24 PM ^
Friday night football is for the MAC and lower tier leagues. Not the Big Ten.
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:29 PM ^
So does Pioneer have football games on Friday night?
Because I think a Friday night game at the Big House could hurt Pioneer attendance just a little bit . . .
Might even hurt Huron too.
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:50 PM ^
Skyline...?
lol
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:30 PM ^
Add me to the chorus.
This is just awful. Friday night is for high schools.
November 2nd, 2016 at 5:20 PM ^
Let the little guys eat something I say.
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:31 PM ^
I'd also like to take this opportunity to mention that Warde has been on the job for going on 10 months now with nary a peep in the media. So refreshing to not have the AD constantly in the papers promoting himself or being exposed as a clown.
Great job, Warde!
November 2nd, 2016 at 5:09 PM ^
People who have read Endzone from JUB will really appreciate this statement
November 2nd, 2016 at 5:00 PM ^
Stinks for HS kids. Stinks for anyone who has to travel to the game. Money is great, but the pursuit of every last dime ruins everything. (See David Brandon)
November 2nd, 2016 at 5:46 PM ^
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November 2nd, 2016 at 5:28 PM ^
Since the biggest schools won't have to play these silly Friday games, I guess this is a nice way of telling Rutgers to leave the Big Ten?
November 2nd, 2016 at 6:49 PM ^
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November 3rd, 2016 at 7:39 AM ^
This is a bad move. Delany should feel bad. This shouldn't be a Delany decision, it shoudl be in full control of the host school. If they want a Friday game then they will have a discussion with teh opposing school's AD. Coming to an agreement they can then notify the B1G that they will be playing on Friday. I can't speak for schools that make less money than Michigan does, but maybe they can use the extra exposure and TV money.
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