Friday, May 13, 2011

ABC & ESPN Announce Big 10 Conference football prime time telecasts

While Blogger was down the majority of yesterday afternoon and this morning, ABC & ESPN announced yesterday afternoon that seven Big 10 Conference football games will air in primetime this fall.

According to a press release from ESPN, some of the highlights are:

*An ESPN network will televise newest Big Ten member No. 13 Nebraska’s first two games against conference foes in consecutive weeks: at No. 14 Wisconsin Saturday, Oct. 1 and against No. 10 Ohio State Saturday, Oct. 8.

*ESPN will televise the first-ever night game at Michigan Stadium when the Wolverines host No. 17 Notre Dame on Saturday, Sept. 10.

Here's the full schedule with all times Central:

Thursday, September 1: UNLV @ Wisconsin 7pm on ESPN
Saturday, September 10: Notre Dame @ Michigan 7pm on ESPN
Saturday, October 1: Notre Dame @ Purdue and Nebraska @ Wiscosin 7pm on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2
Saturday, October 8: Ohio St. @ Nebraska 7pm on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2
Saturday, October 22: Wisconsin @ Michigan St. 7pm on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2
Saturday, October 29: Wisconsin @ Ohio St. 7pm on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2

Later this Spring or early in the Summer, The Big 10 will reveal a full schedule of televised games for the first three weeks of the season.

For more information, please visit this website: http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/05/12/espn-selects-seven-big-ten-college-football-games-for-prime-time/

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