Big East - ESPN release

[sbsmith]

Remember though Bleeding R+B, this deal is not for this coming season, but for the 2014-2020 seasons. So we may not be on TV each week this year.

Will this deal even see the light of day?

[BigT3x]

One of my major complaints with the old conferences is that we were relegated not only to crappy TV channels (when they were on), but also crappy radio. MANY weekend in the fall I spend on Lake Texoma and try to catch the games on the radio or listen to the pre-game broadcast as I haul [deleted] back to the Hilltop.

It really irked me that I could always hear TCU loud and clear on ESPN radio whereas I couldn't pick-up the Mustang Radio Network reliably until I got to Richardson (and by that time, I'm practically to the stadium).

This is just another example of how we're slowly climbing out of the bush league.

It's called a smartphone...

[CalallenStang]

One of my major complaints with the old conferences is that we were relegated not only to crappy TV channels (when they were on), but also crappy radio. MANY weekend in the fall I spend on Lake Texoma and try to catch the games on the radio or listen to the pre-game broadcast as I haul [deleted] back to the Hilltop.

It really irked me that I could always hear TCU loud and clear on ESPN radio whereas I couldn't pick-up the Mustang Radio Network reliably until I got to Richardson (and by that time, I'm practically to the stadium).

This is just another example of how we're slowly climbing out of the bush league.

This deal in no way affects our radio coverage. In fact, radio broadcasts are not related to the conference at all.

[ponyscott]

If the games are on ESPN the radio stations can be covered by ESPN radio....Garland's KAAM would be pre- empted and thankfully.

[MustangStealth]

If the games are on ESPN the radio stations can be covered by ESPN radio....Garland's KAAM would be pre- empted and thankfully.

That's not correct. The TV and radio sides are completely independent.