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If we finish in the top 4 of the big 12 this year... guarantee Big Monday home game next season!
 
cyclones500 said:
Much of the schedule is set up in preseason, at least for ESPN & ESPN2. Perhaps there's variance for ESPN3/U --- I didn't notice changes to that during the season.

I know two things are set in stone:
* Big Monday/Super Tuesday
* College GameDay (I watched the day they mapped that out in first week back in December(?))

It might be nice to have a little flex in the final month as far as Big Monday — although that could create headaches in scheduling for both schools. But there could be exceptions — which was a higher impact game this week, in regard to prominence of current season — Missouri @ OU or UT @ A&M?

For programs like Iowa State, that's a bit annoying, because of inconsistency. A season or two when we're better than expected, but little TV time; then we get more games for a couple of years, and those teams are average. :sad:

I can understand GameDay being established in advance. Those are going to be planned so they involve (1) traditional rivalries between perennial powerhouses; (2) anticipated conference-title races (3) both 1 & 2.
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I don't understand this. College football gameday is decided the Sunday before. That way it is always (or usually) at a really good, important game. Having said that, you can usually pick the games ahead of time. But do you think they really wanted to go to Louisville at Pitt? That game looked much better pre-season then it was at the time.
 
CycloneJames said:
I don't understand this. College football gameday is decided the Sunday before. That way it is always (or usually) at a really good, important game. Having said that, you can usually pick the games ahead of time. But do you think they really wanted to go to Louisville at Pitt? That game looked much better pre-season then it was at the time.
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college game day for football is a big deal and people actually watch it.
 
Whatever the reason for the games on ESPN, I'm enjoying it (and the success we're having this year). It's a lot of fun for my family back east to watch the games and get to see the Cyclones and the Big 12 play when we are usually just inundated with ACC games.

Now, we just gotta keep it up :yes:
 
CycloneJames said:
I don't understand this. College football gameday is decided the Sunday before. That way it is always (or usually) at a really good, important game. Having said that, you can usually pick the games ahead of time. But do you think they really wanted to go to Louisville at Pitt? That game looked much better pre-season then it was at the time.
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When I said I could understand it being set in advance, I also thought about football Gameday, and wondered why it can change but MBB doesn't. Not so much "why" CFB requires more adaptability as far as premiere weekly matchup, but logistic reasons.
 
cyclones500 said:
When I said I could understand it being set in advance, I also thought about football Gameday, and wondered why it can change but MBB doesn't. Not so much "why" CFB requires more adaptability as far as premiere weekly matchup, but logistic reasons.
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Football Gameday is easier to change because most college football games are on a Saturday. For basketball, there are only so many games scheduled on Saturday (when they do the Basketball Gameday) so they pick what they think will be the best Saturday games beforehand. Unfortunately they can't change Gameday to the big mid-week matchups.

They could change Gameday to a different Saturday game site, but a lot of times the other matchups aren't that much better.

NOTE: I just checked and they do have a "flex pick" option for the last gameday on March 3rd. They will either be at UNC vs Duke or Texas at KU. I have some credits to bet on which place they will be at.
 
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