(09-07-2017 02:57 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(09-07-2017 02:44 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(09-07-2017 02:29 PM)YNot Wrote:  One thing overlooked here is that the 2.046M viewers for the Maryland-Texas game was FS1's third highest viewership for college football ever. And, I wouldn't have called this a marquee game.

Only 2015 opening Thursday night Michigan-Utah game (2.86M viewers-Harbaugh's first game at UM) and 2016 Texas-Oklahoma rivalry game (2.7M viewers) saw higher viewership.

I think the B1G inventory will help FS1 increase its viewership nicely over the next 5 years.

the question though is how many Big Ten marquee games will actually wind up on FS1. I mean next 2 weeks- will Ohio @ Purdue or Northern Illinois @ Nebraska really move the needle for FS1? I sure don't think so. Big Ten I'm sure put in safeguards to ensure it's top games are on Big Fox and not on FS1.

Like Maryland @ Texas? Oh wait. Im sure Fox had safe guards in place to make sure it's sports channel had more than just scrub games.

Except for the fact that you have to ask the question who had the leverage in the negotiations. The Big Ten sure as hell had the leverage over Fox.

and look at what we know so far...

On FS1-
Washington @ Rutgers
Ohio @ Purdue
Northern Illinois @ Nebraska
Nebraska @ Illinois
Iowa @ Nebraska
1 even so-so game.
on Fox-
Louisville vs Purdue
Army @ Ohio St
Notre Dame @ Michigan St
Penn St @ Ohio St
Ohio St @ Michigan

pretty huge difference there. Fox may have wanted to have the games for FS1, but the Big Ten had all the leverage.