scarletngray;1747081; said:
Any chance this game will be shown on ESPN as well as BTN????
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At the Big Ten Media Luncheon on August 3rd, host Rece Davis talked about the start of the college football season, and mentioned the start of the season on Sept 2nd, between Southern Miss and South Carolina on ESPN, without mentioning any Big Ten games on the same date.
I couldn't see Jim Delany at the time, but I assume he was pissed, since that game has the same scheduled kickoff on ESPN as the Marshall-tOSU game on the BTN, and the Towson-Indiana game on the BTN (overflow channel for most of us), and the Minnesota-Middle Tennessee St. game on ESPNU.
I'm normally OK with Rece Davis, but that statement was poorly conceived, typical self-promoting BS, and a slap in the face of the Big Ten Conference, whose meeting he was attending. Talking about the start of football, and not mentioning the teams whose coaches and most of their captains are in the room, but instead just pimping ESPN's game. He could have at least mentioned the Minnesota game on ESPNU.
So to answer your question, no, this game won't be on ESPN, or Rece would have hyped it.