Tuesday, April 26, 2016

TV Guesses for '16 Big 12, Pac-12 & C-USA (??) Weeknight FB Games

Last year, I tried placing the outlets of the weeknight games hosted by the Big 12, C-USA and the Pac-12.  C-USA's rightholders for '16 aren't yet known, but I'm going to lump them in here and assume they're still going to end up with American Sports Network, FOX Sports & CBS Sports Network, though there's a real chance that one or more of those outlets will be on the outside looking in (more on that later).

Here are the games.  Apologies for the font change.  Needed to fit everything in.

Game Date  Options
Southern Utah at Utah 9/1/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Indiana at FIU 9/1/2016  FOX Sports, ASN or CBS Sports Network
Rice at Western Kentucky 9/1/2016  FOX Sports, ASN or CBS Sports Network
Kansas St. at Stanford 9/2/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Colorado St. vs. Colorado 9/2/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Maryland at FIU 9/9/2016  FOX Sports, ASN or CBS Sports Network
Arizona St. at UTSA 9/16/2016  FOX Sports, ASN or CBS Sports Network
USC at Utah 9/23/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Kansas at Texas Tech 9/29/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or FSN
Stanford at Washington 9/30/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Western Kentucky at Louisiana Tech 10/6/2016  FOX Sports, ASN or CBS Sports Network
Oregon at California 10/21/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
California at USC 10/27/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Oklahoma at Iowa St. 11/3/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or FSN
UCLA at Colorado 11/3/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Utah at Arizona St. 11/10/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Baylor vs. Texas Tech 11/25/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or FSN
TCU at Texas 11/25/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or FSN
Washington at Washington St. 11/25/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Arizona St. at Arizona 11/25/2016  ESPN Networks, FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss 11/25/2016  FOX Sports, ASN or CBS Sports Network



Here's where I think the games are going to air, alongside any conflicts that would preclude another network.  At the moment, I don't think any games will air on FS2 from C-USA or the Big 12:





Game My TV Option Guess  Notes
Southern Utah at Utah Pac-12 Networks  Low game on the totem pole for that night
Indiana at FIU FS1  First C-USA controlled game to change date
Rice at Western Kentucky CBSSN  Moved later by 2nd (??) TV partner
Kansas St. at Stanford ESPN  If ESPN or FS1 bids to show USMNT road WC qualifer (unlikely), could air on P12 Nets
Colorado St. vs. Colorado FS1  See above
Maryland at FIU FS1  2nd C-USA game moved to weeknight
Arizona St. at UTSA CBSSN  FS1 is scheduled for a NASCAR Trucks race on Friday night
USC at Utah FS1  ESPN has TCU-SMU, airs after ARCA racing
Kansas at Texas Tech FS1  ESPN has UConn-UH
Stanford at Washington ESPN  If Toledo at BYU on ESPN, could air on FS1 or Pac-12 Networks
Western Kentucky at Louisiana Tech CBSSN  Moved later by 2nd (??) TV partner, potential MLB NLDS conflict with FS1
Oregon at California FS1  Could air on ESPN as doubleheader w/USF-Temple if MLB NLCS  conflict
California at USC FS1  FS1 has aired game on WS off day 2 of last 3 yrs (if its an off day)
Oklahoma at Iowa St. FS1  FS1 has aired game on post WS Thursday 2 of last 3 yrs
UCLA at Colorado ESPN  CU will probably insist on start time no later than 7pm local time
Utah at Arizona St. FS1  After DST ends.  ESPN has UNC-Duke
Baylor vs. Texas Tech ABC/ESPN  Could be a 12 day decision
TCU at Texas FOX/FS1  Could be a 12 day decision, doubleheader w/Pac-12 on FS1 or FOX
Washington at Washington St. FOX/FS1  One on FS1, the other on FOX
Arizona St. at Arizona FOX/FS1  One on FS1, the other on FOX
Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss CBSSN  Doubleheader (??) with a MAC or MW game. Could be ASN or FS1 too.

Because there has also been chatter that ESPN may be in the mix for C-USA rights (how true that is, I honestly don't know), it should be noted that ESPNU is currently open on 9/1, 9/9, 9/16 and 10/6.  ESPN is also open on 9/16 at the moment.  ESPN2 could be open on both 9/16 and 10/6 too, but should be unavailable due to other events on the other September dates (US Open tennis on both dates and Louisville at Syracuse on 9/9), though ESPN occasionally tacks on MLB games late in the season on Friday nights.  ESPNU is potentially open on 11/25 too, but there may be other football games that day in addition to men's basketball events such as the NIT Tip Off and ESPN owned events from Anaheim and Orlando.

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