Two Big Sky Conference football games have been selected to air on ESPN2 in 2023, the conference announced on Wednesday.
In the first matchup, the Montana Grizzlies will travel to face the Idaho Vandals at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho, on Saturday, Oct. 14. The game will be televised by ESPN2 at 10:30pm ET / 7:30pm PT.
The second matchup features the Sacramento State Hornets hosting the Montana State Bobcats at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 21. The game will also kickoff at 10:30pm ET / 7:30pm PT with television coverage on ESPN2.
Both games are part of the Big Sky’s multi-year media rights agreement with ESPN that was announced back in 2021. Under the agreement, ESPN will televise two Big Sky football games per season on a linear network, while the remaining conference football games will be streamed via ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
All four teams selected to appear on ESPN2 in 2023 participated in the FCS playoffs last season. Idaho fell in the first round at Southeastern Louisiana, while Montana exited after a second-round loss at North Dakota State. Sacramento advanced to the quarterfinals before falling at home against UIW, while Montana State lost on the road in the semifinals at eventual champion South Dakota State.
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ESPN has to fill those late windows with SOMETHING. I get why it does this.
Now with Arizona State,Utah,Colorado & Arizona now in Big 12 & Stanford & California in ACC I would like to see ESPN increase Big Sky FCS games to fill late evening time slot especially week 10 11/2/24 Montana State at Eastern Washington would make a fantastic fit overall ESPN have done a excellent job filling Universities/Colleges like Big Sky,Ivy League & HBCU & smaller FBS schools like American & MAC to fit into Saturday schedule.
Here My dream ESPN College Football schedule for week 10 11/2/24 Texas A&M at South Carolina Noon Texas Tech at Iowa State 3:30PM North Carolina at Florida State 7:00PM Montana State at Eastern Washington 10:30PM