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Big 12/Big Monday Schedule
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I hope not. I hate Big Monday games, especially on the road. I am hoping for just three.Whats your opinion two coach? Ku a lock for four big Monday games?confused:
I want the KU-ISU games to be on a weekend so I can go to them. I am going to try to get hold of some tickets to the game @Hilton this year if possible. Monday nights are no good for road trips.
I'm guessing these are good possibilities (locations not specified):
Kansas-Texas
Kansas-Iowa State
Kansas-Kansas State
Texas-OU
Oklahoma State & Baylor are bound to get at least one (they'd both be expected to be down, but are both returning tournament qualifiers).
Kansas-Texas
Kansas-Iowa State
Kansas-Kansas State
Texas-OU
Oklahoma State & Baylor are bound to get at least one (they'd both be expected to be down, but are both returning tournament qualifiers).
I think we're about due for Gameday in Ames, but the problem is that KU is almost never a Saturday game when it's in Ames.
Here's your downer question for the day: Is getting a game on Big Monday really that big of a deal any more? We get lots of games on ESPN and it seems like ESPNU is even getting to be pretty commonplace on cable/satellite packages. Once you get below a certain age-range, is it really perceived as this big prestigious showcase anymore? I know coming from just an ISU/Big 12 fan standpoint it doesn't really have much bearing on how excited I am for specific match-ups.
I think KU @ ISU will be a yearly thing on Big Monday unless it's on Gameday, which should happen soon.
I can recall multiple Saturday games for KU in Hilton. Last win for ISU was a Saturday, Craig Brackins big game was a Saturday.
I agree. The game would be scheduled anyway. Now-a-days it's going to be televised, too. What does it matter?
I think there are still some things that would be a big deal. Gameday would get me excited. Getting one of the national CBS games would get me excited. But I think the luster has kind of worn off those weeknight ESPN games.
When will espn announce its full schedule. All the Big 12 games are on ESPN channels this year. Kind of thinking that the majority of ISU's games will make ESPN and ESPN2.
Yea, but it's still better than it was even 2-3 years ago. I know it's standard on DirecTV and I'm pretty sure it is on Dish as well. ESPN is still better, but it's not like people are still wondering WTF ESPNU is.
I think ISU@KU or UT@KU is XII Gameday this year. KU@ISU next year when we have more talent/hype than this year.
Here are the figures for this past season's Big Monday games in terms of number of viewers.
Kansas @ Iowa State: 1.5 mil
Baylor @ Kansas: 1.1 mil
Oklahoma State @ Oklahoma: 1.3 mil
Iowa State @ Oklahoma State: 1.4 mil
Kansas @ Kansas State: 1.4 mil
Oklahoma State @ Baylor: 1.0 mil
Oklahoma @ Kansas: 1.7 mil
Kansas State @ Oklahoma State: 1.3 mil
For some context, here's a couple more games:
Iowa State vs. Kansas (Big 12 semifinal on ESPNU): 400k
Iowa State vs. Baylor (Big 12 championship on ESPN): 1.7 mil
Looking at all ESPNU games for all conferences, I didn't find a single game with over 700k viewers, and only one with more than 600k (Clemson @ Syracuse on a Sunday night). In fact, it looks like the second-most viewed game on ESPNU all season last year was Iowa State @ Kansas, with 450k.
Considering all this, I do think ESPN is a huge cut above ESPNU.
Here's the website I viewed: http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/201...mbers-for-every-game-of-the-2013-14-season/3/
