ESPN selects seven 2011 Big Ten football games for primetime

By Kevin Kelley -

ESPN has announced that they have selected seven 2011 Big Ten college football games for prime time television coverage on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. Coverage for each game will begin at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Listed below are the Big Ten matchups that have been selected. Additional games will be announced during the season.

Thursday, Sept. 1
UNLV at Wisconsin
8:00pm ET, ESPN

Saturday, Sept. 10
Notre Dame at Michigan
8:00pm ET, ESPN

Saturday, Oct. 1
Notre Dame at Purdue
8:00pm ET, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

Saturday, Oct. 1
Nebraska at Wisconsin
8:00pm ET, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

Saturday, Oct. 8
Ohio State at Nebraska
8:00pm ET, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

Saturday, Oct. 22
Wisconsin at Michigan State
8:00pm ET, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

Saturday, Oct. 29
Wisconsin at Ohio State
8:00pm ET, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

Comments (3)

thats cr@p! no iowa hawkeyes games? 2 notre dame games? notre dame sucks. 2 nebraska games? they just got to the big ten, ohio state? they have issues, 4… 4 wisconsin games, to hell with this sh!t, i dont like it… im mad

Keep in mind that these are just EARLY TV schedule announcements. Lots of games will be picked up for TV a week or two before kickoff.