How is it That ABC.......

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Verne Lundquist is their primetime/big ticket announcer and he's already in bed by 7

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Just because the rabid fan would prefer to stay home and watch college football on a Sat night does not mean the average fan is the same way.

In big media markets like LA and New York do you really think people stay at home to watch college football, they are more willing to catch a game on a Sat afternoon and then do other things on a Sat night.

I know this is a foreign concept down here where there's not much else to do on a Sat night but go to a college football game but its the rest of the country (where the media focuses on) that is different!

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I know this is a foreign concept down here where there's not much else to do on a Sat night but go to a college football game but its the rest of the country (where the media focuses on) that is different!

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Hey, I go out at least twice a year!

I get your point, though. Give me a good college football matchup on Saturday night, and I'm gonna stay home and watch it most of the time. I even cancelled plans earlier this year, so I could stay home and watch Florida vs. Miami. That's how pathetic I am.

CBS has always had an older viewership, which is probably pretty loyal. As for ABC, maybe they just can't come up w/ anything better.

Still, it pisses me off that the Bama game (and probably the UGA game) won't be played on Saturday night.

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In big media markets like LA and New York do you really think people stay at home to watch college football, they are more willing to catch a game on a Sat afternoon and then do other things on a Sat night.

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I can't speak for New York but you are incorrect about L.A. This city rolls up the sidewalks once it gets dark. Yes, there's nightlife and stuff to do but not what you would expect. Bars close at 2:00 with many of them shoving patrons out the door by 1:40.

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LA and New York

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are those markets really concerned about the sec anyway?

From the point of CBS its a matter of matchups. CBS has one conference to pull from where ABC has PAC-10, Big 12, ACC, etc.

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Before giving a definitive answer I'd want to have a look at the contracts the various networks have with the NCAA and the various conferences. ABC, of course, is part of the same company as ESPN, and no doubt coordinate their contractual protections. It may well be that CBS' contract with the SEC limits them in the number of primetime games they can air, perhaps because of provisions in the Disney/ABC/ESPN contract that requires such a limit. Don't know, but I'd bet this is generally right.

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I believe you, sir, are correct. ESPN has rights to one night game a week plus another a couple times a year. If CBS always had a night game that would be 2 and sometimes 3 SEC night games on at the same time. The SEC does not want to do this. The SEC wants for a typical week be were you can watch SEC football all day without too much competition with itself. That is why they have contracts for a 12:30pm, 3:30pm, and 7:45pm (EASTERN TIMES) games weekly. Then there are the occasional weeks where things are different (CBS doubleheader and ESPN & ESPN 2 night games).