Agreed. I was in Long Beach turning in a rental car at the airport.

Sep 16, 2019
7:19:51am

rockhound All-American

I happened to have BYU great on at the time. An African American guy was working the counter at Hertz. He saw my gear and proceeded to tell me how much he loves BYU football. Said he grew up in the South, and they watched all the time.

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It's crazy to me the difference in TV respect between BYU and Utah.

Left Shark Coug

9/16/19 5:21am

Utah USC is the Friday night game.

yaxcoug

9/16/19 5:27am

No, it is FS1's friday night game. There is an ESPN friday game

fulano

9/16/19 7:28am

And I've always thought of Friday night as the least watched time, given the competition with high school football. It's

BlueBlood94

9/16/19 8:52am

ABC get first choice espn 2nd fox sports 3rd I think

travelcoug

9/16/19 9:35am

This alternates years between Fox and ABC/ESPN

Solomon Levi

9/16/19 10:01am

For the 2nd tier

travelcoug

9/16/19 7:28pm

Friday games often have large audiences. Not a bad time/channel for Utah, IMO.

CosmoK

9/16/19 11:45am

How many of these were decided before the season started?

fleaman

9/16/19 5:32am

All of these.

BigT801

9/16/19 7:24am

Dates and broadcast rights are predetermined. Channel and kickoff time are not.

StalwartBraveTrue

9/16/19 8:40am

Sure. Doesn't change the output.

DraperCoug22

9/16/19 9:25am

They are decided based of a priority

travelcoug

9/16/19 9:37am

I think that's probably a little less to do with just BYU and more to do with

Resurgens

9/16/19 6:14am

Despite the other points in this thread, which are correct, the fact is that BYU

chilango

9/16/19 6:26am

Agreed. I was in Long Beach turning in a rental car at the airport.

rockhound

9/16/19 7:19am

Yes, most people don't know that BYU has the most Washingtonians of any out-of

Zooropa

9/16/19 7:35am

Anecdotal evidence only, but it seems that BYU-Idaho may surpass BYU soon

Schultz is back

9/16/19 8:38am

Lol impressive you can work race into any conversation. 👍🏻

kotacoug

9/16/19 8:10am

I don’t know what you’re talking about, but do you disagree with what I wrote?

chilango

9/16/19 9:36am

You left out the fact that the Utah@USC game in on Friday night, which everyone

astroman

9/16/19 7:35am

You hit the nail on the head.

StalwartBraveTrue

9/16/19 8:42am

The slots BYU has been getting have been awesome. But, Utah playing on FS1 when

califcougar

9/16/19 7:38am

I agree. Larry Scott screwed them over.

inertiaman

9/16/19 7:47am

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Cougazul

9/16/19 8:33am

That has everything to do with TV partners and contracts. USC has a very large national following

LifelongAP

9/16/19 8:37am

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chilango

9/16/19 8:50am

UofU is just happy it is actually on TV. Other than when they play us, aren't

BYUtka

9/16/19 9:26am

Then ESPN gives us the finger with the Toledo game...ugh...

BYUtka

9/16/19 9:39am

I think it’s fantastic for BYU and even

TFL

9/16/19 11:14am

BYU is a national brand with a national following. Utah is a regional team

cougarnw

9/16/19 12:16pm

Reading waaaay too much into this.

BayUte

9/16/19 12:46pm

Yup. Numbers don’t lie.

DocPimp

9/16/19 2:13pm

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