Friday Night Lights
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Friday Night Lights
Joe C just announced that the OU football game against Temple has been moved from Saturday Aug 31 to Friday night August 30th
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First Friday Night Game
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First Friday Night Game
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From what I read, this was an ESPN decision. They wanted OU's first game as an SEC team in prime time.SwampSooner wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:55 pm Sounds like a TV broadcast is in the offing. Hope it isn't PPV.
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Amen!! I am getting really tired of the streaming games. All the softball games this year are streaming except for maybe two. A real turnoff.
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This will be HUGE exposure for the program. Friday evening prime time, and since it will be Week 1, just about every college football fan (including HS recruits) will book at least a portion of this particular Friday evening to drop in on the game. Currently, there are only three other games that might be available for viewers during this time slot.
Elon at Duke, TBA, TBA
TCU at Stanford, TBA, TBA
Lehigh at Army, CBSSN, 5pm Central
With the exception of the possibility mentioned below, this game could garner north of 4 million viewers, perhaps more. Temple vs OU played on Saturday during Week 1 would do surprisingly well to bring in 1.4 million viewers, and total viewership would probably be closer to between 1.0 and 1.2 million.
Look for Fox (via FS1) to place a game involving a Big-10 program into same time slot. Fox will probably want to place Penn St vs WVU at its Big Noon slot. so this leaves UTEP vs Nebraska on FS1 as the only viable competitor to Temple vs OU on ESPN. Even in this scenario, I like the chances for Temple vs OU Friday night viewership to be better than 2.5 million.
Of course, I really have no idea what I'm talking about in these regards. On the other hand, Joe C. certainly understands the benefits of moving this game to Friday prime time.
Elon at Duke, TBA, TBA
TCU at Stanford, TBA, TBA
Lehigh at Army, CBSSN, 5pm Central
With the exception of the possibility mentioned below, this game could garner north of 4 million viewers, perhaps more. Temple vs OU played on Saturday during Week 1 would do surprisingly well to bring in 1.4 million viewers, and total viewership would probably be closer to between 1.0 and 1.2 million.
Look for Fox (via FS1) to place a game involving a Big-10 program into same time slot. Fox will probably want to place Penn St vs WVU at its Big Noon slot. so this leaves UTEP vs Nebraska on FS1 as the only viable competitor to Temple vs OU on ESPN. Even in this scenario, I like the chances for Temple vs OU Friday night viewership to be better than 2.5 million.
Of course, I really have no idea what I'm talking about in these regards. On the other hand, Joe C. certainly understands the benefits of moving this game to Friday prime time.
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StatesEye wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:42 am This will be HUGE exposure for the program. Friday evening prime time, and since it will be Week 1, just about every college football fan (including HS recruits) will book at least a portion of this particular Friday evening to drop in on the game. Currently, there are only three other games that might be available for viewers during this time slot.
Elon at Duke, TBA, TBA
TCU at Stanford, TBA, TBA
Lehigh at Army, CBSSN, 5pm Central
With the exception of the possibility mentioned below, this game could garner north of 4 million viewers, perhaps more. Temple vs OU played on Saturday during Week 1 would do surprisingly well to bring in 1.4 million viewers, and total viewership would probably be closer to between 1.0 and 1.2 million.
Look for Fox (via FS1) to place a game involving a Big-10 program into same time slot. Fox will probably want to place Penn St vs WVU at its Big Noon slot. so this leaves UTEP vs Nebraska on FS1 as the only viable competitor to Temple vs OU on ESPN. Even in this scenario, I like the chances for Temple vs OU Friday night viewership to be better than 2.5 million.
Of course, I really have no idea what I'm talking about in these regards. On the other hand, Joe C. certainly understands the benefits of moving this game to Friday prime time.
...It will be great exposure no doubt but...it could also be a wake-up call for college football and the SEC about the quality of the 2024 edition of the OKLAHOMA SOONER football team.
I'm expecting a dominant performance by Venables defense and a breakout game for JA.
Was sort of hoping to see the SOONERS stay under the radar early on, but little chance of that now if the Temple game plays out like I expect.
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