NBC: West Virginia at Penn State (already confirmed) 31) if not CBS, then Fox.ĬBS/Fox: Ohio State at Indiana, Northwestern at Rutgers That leaves CBS to fill one of their seven games allotment with the Huskers.ĬBS: Nebraska at Minnesota (Thursday, Aug. The other major Thursday night college football game is Florida at Utah, which will end up on ABC, ESPN or Fox, and I think Fox takes the Pac-12/SEC battle. I’m calling my shot here: The Huskers’ season opener against Minnesota will be on an over-the-air television network. Don’t use this list in the fall to plan your Saturday!!! Week 1: Aug. If Fox decides to put Wagner/Rutgers on Big Noon, that’s on them. And everything is subject to change if a presumed marquee team starts trying to match Nebraska’s futility on the field.or if another team goes on a 2020-style Indiana run. I’ve presumed that BTN will continue to pick up the games that the other networks don’t want. So I’ve taken the composite Big Ten football schedule and penciled in which games appear to be destined for specific networks. You may as well plan to subscribe at some point, because Peacock will be picking up many of the basketball games that ESPN used to carry on their platforms. NBC’s Peacock streaming service will also have eight games this season. I also expect CBS to utilize other non-Saturday timeslots when available, which should be of interest to Husker fans since Nebraska will have two Friday games and a Thursday night season opener. I expect CBS and Fox to swap 11 am rights a couple of times, as Fox still has the rights to show Big XII games in the early window in 2023. That legacy contract doesn’t include the first two weeks of the season, as CBS still had the rights to the US Open tennis tournament in early September when the CBS/SEC deal was originally signed. CBS is the odd member of this arrangement in 2023, as it’s the final year of their contract for late afternoon SEC games.įor 2023, CBS will only carry seven Big Ten games that will be scheduled around their legacy SEC commitment. Fox is planning to transition their “Big Noon” game into “B1G Noon”, while NBC will have a weekly Saturday night Big Ten game to counteract ABC’s Saturday night broadcasts. This season will be the Big Ten’s first without ABC or ESPN, as those rights are now being split by CBS, Fox and NBC. In the coming days or weeks, the Big Ten should start announcing some kickoff times and television broadcasts for the upcoming 2023 football season.
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