to ESPN than what the current deal is. Otherwise, ESPN could have let the original TV contract expire and then offer a new contract at a lesser amount.

The BYU football home games for 2019 include: Utah, USC, Washington, and Boise St. That's a good home schedule, but I believe that the next media contract will be at least the same as the current deal, but likely better. Our upcoming home schedules include:

2020 - Michigan St., Missouri, Houston, Utah St., SDSU

2021 - Utah, Arizona St., Virginia, Boise St., South Florida and Arizona (from new Vegas NFL stadium)

2022 - Arkansas, Baylor, Utah St., Wyoming

2023 - Tennessee, Stanford, Boise St. (and Utah?)

Those are better games on the schedule for the first four years of BYU football home inventory than what we saw back when the original ESPN-indy media was signed.

I also note that all of the above-listed schools had multiple games broadcast on one of the ESPN channels or over-the-air broadcast this year. Michigan St. (a 7-6 team) was on over-the-air broadcast 5 times in 2018, including late-season games against Nebraska (4-8) and Rutgers (1-11). Tennessee (5-7) and Houston (8-5) were each on over-the-air broadcast 4 times this year. South Florida was on over-the-air broadcast twice.