The second season of the brand new Huge 12 options expanded broadcast partnerships, with TNT becoming a member of ESPN and Fox because the third prong within the convention’s content-delivery equipment.
Besides it’s probably not three prongs.
Mix linear TV (over-the-air and cable) with streaming providers, and Huge 12 video games will likely be out there throughout 9 networks all through the common season.
No different convention comes shut.
The SEC has an unique settlement with ESPN and its household of linear and streaming platforms, together with ABC.
The ACC can also be all-in with ESPN, which sub-licenses video games to The CW.
The Huge Ten? It has three media companions, just like the Huge 12, however fewer streaming choices.
The association permits the Huge 12 to determine proof of efficiency throughout a number of platforms, probably producing enhanced curiosity for its media rights once they change into out there within the early 2030s.
However for the uninitiated, the addition of TNT to the lineup this season might make finding video games a tad difficult on the outset.
As such, the Hotline corralled as many particulars as attainable to supply followers a abstract of the place, and when, to search out Huge 12 video games.
Please observe:
The next info excludes the Week 0 video games (Aug. 23): Iowa State vs. Kansas State in Dublin and Fresno State at Kansas.
Nor have we included the shoulder and supplementary content material out there this season. (TNT will broadcast an inside-access present, XII Uncovered, for instance.) These particulars might be discovered on the networks’ web sites.
The data under is restricted to the video games themselves, beginning with Week 1.
(All occasions Pacific)
— Kickoff occasions and TV assignments for the primary three weeks of the season and all particular date video games (e.g., Friday nights) had been launched months in the past.
Particulars for the remaining video games will likely be revealed every Monday starting Sept. 8.
The beginning occasions are often introduced 12 days earlier than kickoff, however the Huge 12’s community companions have a handful of six-day choice choices (which are sometimes held for late within the season).
— Huge 12 video games will air on linear tv through ESPN/ESPN2/ABC, Fox/FS1 and TNT, plus the streaming platforms for every community: ESPN+, Fox One, which is new, and HBO Max. (In some circumstances, the TNT video games will likely be simulcast on truTV.)
— There will likely be 27 video games on ESPN/ESPN2/ABC. (ESPNU is now not a part of the contract.) Search for the Huge 12 video games on ABC to air within the 9 a.m. window or in primetime (4:30 p.m. on the West Coast).
— There will likely be 35 video games on Fox and FS1, with a minimal of seven required for Fox. Most video games on Fox’s over-the-air community will occupy one in all three home windows: 9 a.m. (i.e., Huge Midday), 12:30 p.m. or 4:30 p.m.
Moreover, there may very well be a handful of Huge 12 video games on Fox at 7:15 p.m.
— TNT will air 13 video games over the 14-week season as a part of its sub-licensing settlement with ESPN. The one Saturday with out a Huge 12 sport on TNT is Sept. 20.
Video games on TNT will usually begin early, at 9 a.m., to be able to keep away from going head-to-head with the marquee SEC sport of the week later within the day.
(Observe: The TNT stock was initially scheduled for ESPN+, earlier than the sub-licensing settlement was struck final yr.)
— Within the first three weeks of the season, the Huge 12 may have 4 video games on broadcast TV (every on Fox): South Dakota at Iowa State, Iowa at Iowa State, Delaware at Colorado and Oregon State at Texas Tech.
Those self same Saturdays will function three video games on ESPN, three on TNT and 12 on ESPN+.
— Eight video games will likely be televised on Friday nights, together with Arizona-Kansas State on Sept. 12, which doesn’t depend within the convention standings.
4 Friday night time video games will air on ESPN, with three on Fox and one every on FS1 and ESPN+.
Moreover, there are two video games on Black Friday: Utah at Kansas (9 a.m. on ABC/ESPN) and Arizona-ASU, which has not been set.
Once more, the in-season choice course of will start Sept. 8, for the video games scheduled on Sept. 20.
Beforehand revealed season preview content material:
— My AP preseason poll— Bowl projections for Pac-12 legacy faculties— Forecasting the Huge 12 race— Huge 12 Sizzling Seat breakdown— Rating the Huge 12 quarterbacks— Why the Huge 12 killed its preseason ballot
