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We need reconsider our "Big 12 aspirations". The market right now is saturated and they have diluted a lot of what makes college football unique and great with conference realignment. And TV executives aren't all in like they were in the first round of super-conference creation. It looks like the only way a Big 12 expansion would be approved by their TV partners would be stealing a popular team from one the other P5 conferences. BYU is the only team available that actually has a good foothold in a new market for the Big 12. Take a look at this story featured at the link below. If you were AD besides just winning what would you want UNT to try to do in light of this information? http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2016/08/01/Media/Big-12-TV.aspx

This is from a Cory McCartney article on FOX sports... 24. UNLV remains perfect in bowl games, with QB Caleb Herring (25 TDs) sinking North Texas in the Heart of Dallas. The Rebels haven't been to a bowl since '00 and are in their fourth since 1984, but are 3-0 all-time. The complete article: http://msn.foxsports.com/south/story/35-bold-predictions-for-college-football-s-bowl-season-121913 He's definitely made some bold claims like Duke topping the Aggies (even though Manziel will go off) and Rice getting to 11 wins by beating MSU. I'm not reading too much into into this article, since he seems to be picking upsets for the sake of writing this article. Let's prove his ass wrong. GO MEAN GREEN!!!

The next episode of Beyond the Green premieres today on Fox College Sports Central (5:00 PM CDT) and tomorrow on Fox Sports Southwest (5:30 PM CDT). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYgLzhQ7Bl8 Thursday, September 19 - 5:00 PM CDT (Fox College Sports Central) Friday, September 20 - 5:30 PM CDT (Fox Sports Southwest) Last Week's Episode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNCJcByQHWg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-59trglt7S8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pzyF_a_QlE Fox Sports Southwest air times for September September 20 5:30 p.m. September 27 10:30 a.m. Time Warner Sports air times (every Thursday at 6 p.m.) Fox College Sports Central Verizon FiOS - Ch. 301 Charter - Ch. 282 AT&T U-Verse - Ch. 648 Time Warner - Ch. 181 DirecTV - Unavailable DISH - Unavailable Fox Sports Southwest Verizon FiOS - Ch. 76 / 576 (HD) Charter - Ch. 35 / 774 (HD) AT&T U-Verse - Ch. 753 / 1753 (HD) Time Warner - Ch. 36 / 184 (HD) DirecTV - Ch. 676 (SD/HD) DISH - Ch. 416 (SD) / 366 (HD)

The next episode of Beyond the Green premieres today on Fox College Sports and tomorrow on Fox Sports Southwest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNCJcByQHWg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-59trglt7S8 Thursday, September 12 - 5:00 PM CDT (Fox College Sports Central) Friday, September 13 - 9:30 AM CDT (Fox Sports Southwest) Last Week's Episode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pzyF_a_QlE Fox College Sports Central Verizon FiOS - Ch. 301 Charter - Ch. 282 AT&T U-Verse - Ch. 648 Time Warner - Ch. 181 DirecTV - Unavailable DISH - Unavailable Fox Sports Southwest Verizon FiOS - Ch. 76 / 576 (HD) Charter - Ch. 35 / 774 (HD) AT&T U-Verse - Ch. 753 / 1753 (HD) Time Warner - Ch. 36 / 184 (HD) DirecTV - Ch. 676 (SD/HD) DISH - Ch. 416 (SD) / 366 (HD)

Just a reminder that the first episode of Beyond the Green premieres today on Fox College Sports and tomorrow on Fox Sports Southwest. Thursday, September 5 - 5:00 PM CDT (Fox College Sports Central) Friday, September 6 - 5:00 PM CDT (Fox Sports Southwest) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pzyF_a_QlE Fox College Sports Central Verizon FiOS - Ch. 301 Charter - Ch. 282 AT&T U-Verse - Ch. 648 Time Warner - Ch. 181 DirecTV - Unavailable DISH - Unavailable Fox Sports Southwest Verizon FiOS - Ch. 76 / 576 (HD) Charter - Ch. 35 / 774 (HD) AT&T U-Verse - Ch. 753 / 1753 (HD) Time Warner - Ch. 36 / 184 (HD) DirecTV - Ch. 676 (SD/HD) DISH - Ch. 416 (SD) / 366 (HD) This post has been promoted to an article

So I was able to get in touch with somebody in the programming department of Fox Sports to help out with figuring out our game watching schedules. Luckily, yes, the Ball State game is going to be broadcast on FSNAZ so anyone visiting or any lurkers who live out here, yes we will be having a watch party. Now, as to knowing what games are shown and when, that's a bit tougher. For the first 3 weeks of the season, they "lock in" all of their games so you know for sure who is playing. After that, because of tv ratings and team/conference rankings, they plan games either 6 or 12 days in advance. Also, each Fox Sports regional network has its own website and you can find most programming information on there, or call the programming department of your regional network. So after Week 3, you can check online and/or call 12 days in advance of any FSN game to verify if it will be televised in your region, and if they don't know yet, then you can call/check online 6 days later and should have your answer. A lot of this doesn't help in terms of planning watch parties far in advance and getting the word out through the Alumni Association, this site, etc. But now that we know a little bit more info, even though the timeframe might still be short sometimes, at least we know for sure how to verify in that short timeframe to plan as best as possible. I know this only applies to the Fox family of networks, but I'd bet the others use similar models in their program planning.