Saunders Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Big Ten schools announced football games to be televised in Friday primetime during the 2017 season. The games, which will be televised by ESPN and FOX, are as follows: Fri., Sept. 1 Washington at RutgersFri., Sept. 1 Utah State at WisconsinFri., Sept. 8 Ohio at Purdue Fri., Sept. 29 Nebraska at IllinoisFri., Oct. 13 Northwestern at MarylandFri., Oct. 27 Michigan State at Northwestern http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110816aab.html 1 Quote Link to comment
bugeater17 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Big Ten schools announced football games to be televised in Friday primetime during the 2017 season. The games, which will be televised by ESPN and FOX, are as follows: Fri., Sept. 1 Washington at Rutgers Fri., Sept. 1 Utah State at Wisconsin Fri., Sept. 8 Ohio at Purdue Fri., Sept. 29 Nebraska at Illinois Fri., Oct. 13 Northwestern at Maryland Fri., Oct. 27 Michigan State at Northwestern http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110816aab.html If we have to play in a Friday night game I am pretty happy with it being away and the opponent (Illinois). 1 Quote Link to comment
GBRHouston Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I'm glad that they're pinning the bad games on Fridays instead of doing what the Pac-12 does and try to put good games in non-Saturday timeslots. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 As someone not in Nebraska, I am excited for a different night to watch the 'Skers. GBR. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Absolutely pathetic move by the conference. The only fractionally close saving grace on this is that it's an away game so we wouldn't be trying to get recruits here that weekend. 3 Quote Link to comment
cornstar Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Absolutely pathetic move by the conference. The only fractionally close saving grace on this is that it's an away game so we wouldn't be trying to get recruits here that weekend. I pretty much agree. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 How many Husker fans were at Illinois last year? Probably not as many next year but perhaps the novelty draws some to counter. Not nearly as big of a deal as some are trying to make it out to be. Not ideal but not terrible either. And we have it out of the way until at least 2020. 2 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 How many Husker fans were at Illinois last year? Probably not as many next year but perhaps the novelty draws some to counter. Not nearly as big of a deal as some are trying to make it out to be. Not ideal but not terrible either. And we have it out of the way until at least 2020. Is the B1G mandate to play in a Friday game once every 3 years, or to host a Friday game once every 3 years. EDIT: According to the OWH release last week, it says "Nebraska will host one of these Friday night games every three years. The 2017 Friday night schedule is expected to be announced within the next week, but Nebraska has received no indication that it will play a Friday night home game next season" 1 Quote Link to comment
TAKODA Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Absolutely pathetic move by the conference. The only fractionally close saving grace on this is that it's an away game so we wouldn't be trying to get recruits here that weekend. Agree, +1 For the almighty $. There will be a time in the future that the market will be overly saturated and the value will be lost. Book it! Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 i love the big tens' release. Saying how much they care about high school football and how they know how important it is.. buttttt..........we're gonna put games on friday anyway. easy solution. JUST DONT DO IT. 2 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 There is absolutely NO REASON for this. None. Absolutely NONE!!!!! Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Well hopefully we will be atteactive enough to recruits that they will still want to visit a different weekend if we end up playing a Friday home game. Sky isn't falling yet because of this. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Well hopefully we will be atteactive enough to recruits that they will still want to visit a different weekend if we end up playing a Friday home game. Sky isn't falling yet because of this. I have no idea why people are flipping out over the recruiting aspects of this decision. Yes, home game visits are an important aspect to recruiting, but it's one home game over a 3 year period. It's not the end of the world. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Well hopefully we will be atteactive enough to recruits that they will still want to visit a different weekend if we end up playing a Friday home game. Sky isn't falling yet because of this. I have no idea why people are flipping out over the recruiting aspects of this decision. Yes, home game visits are an important aspect to recruiting, but it's one home game over a 3 year period. It's not the end of the world. Because it IS a big deal. Quote Link to comment
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