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Sep 16, 2019
12:16:53pm

cougarnw Starter

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

without much of a national following.

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cougarnw

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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

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

<< Deleted >>

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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