UCLA/PSU is noon on FOX
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So a below average LA team has to fly cross-country to play what for them is a 9:00 a.m. game. Bad for them but good for PSU.
Don't know why the link died, but here is an updated one I think:
I'll be coming from Pasadena for the game and had always assumed it would be a 7, 7:30, or 3:30 time game so definitely a surprise that they'd do that given they could have easily shuffled around the games and made Iowa-OSU a big noon saturday game, shifted Indy-NW to noon, or even swapped Rutgers-Neb 4pm with us. Heck, USC-Minnesota really need to be a 7:30 game?
I'll be at the USC-PSU game the very next Saturday (much easier travel even with the LA traffic) and thinking that's got to be a 3:30 or 7:30p (EST) game.
I'll be at the USC-PSU game the very next Saturday (much easier travel even with the LA traffic) and thinking that's got to be a 3:30 or 7:30p (EST) game.
The networks have a pecking order to choose these games, anyone know exactly what the order is? Thanks
The networks pick games in a determined order and games get placed into the slots corresponding to the individual network windows: FOX at noon, CBS at 3:30 PM, NBC at 7:30 PM. Games played on the west coast can't be in the noon ET slot but other than that there are no restrictions.
No idea what the pecking order was this week. Probably NBC first as Michigan/Washington seems like the "best" choice, but no surprise as to the three games that made it to the network channels.
FOX is probably happy that they have a different location to travel to for their Big Noon show.
As for USC/Minnesota at night, the BTN has three windows and has a separate game in each of them. Since that is the only BTN game with a west coast team, why wouldn't it be the last window? Would it have made more sense to put Indiana/NW or Purdue/Wisconsin at night?
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This is a perplexing choice because I can't imagine that Fox is going to get a big rating on the West Coast for a below average UCLA at 9:00 a.m.
I'd guess the picking order this week was likely NBC (took Michigan/Washington) then CBS (took tOSU/Iowa) then FOX (took UCLA/PSU).
Realistically, UCLA isn't going to help much with ratings no matter which timeslot they were in - they just don't have a very big fanbase for football compared to most Big Ten schools.
will be good games: Rutgers/Nebraska, UM/Washington, Iowa/tOSU
I work with some UCLA alumni and they make a point to watch whenever they are on though the PAC-12 channel visibility was an issue even for those of us in Pac-12 territory. As one of my co-workers noted, it'll be easier to watch them now that they are in the B10.
Outside of the alumni, I've been in Pasadena for 14 years and the non-alumni fans out here are almost exclusively USC fans. SoCal is Lakers-Dodgers-USC with USC as a distant 3rd. Rams are more popular than the Chargers but even the Rams trail the Raiders in popularity. UCLA basketball has at times, garnered more attention but only when they are really good. Obviously, I wasnt here for the glory years of Wooden and when we moved here, Howland was on his way out so he was past his final four runs.
