BuckeyeGrove.com - More TV Time Set For 2003 Football

June 16, 2003

BSB Staff Reports

The Big Ten announced a number of start time and TV assignments for the 2003 football season.

Two of OSU's games had previously been announced: The Aug. 30 season opener against Washington (8 p.m., ABC) and the Nov. 22 season finale against Michigan (12:15 p.m., ABC).

The network has picked up two more OSU games, both scheduled for Ohio Stadium. The Sept. 13 showdown with N.C. State will kick off an ABC tripleheader at noon. The Oct. 18 game with Iowa will be on ABC with a 3:30 p.m. start.

Also, OSU's Sept. 20 game against Bowling Green has been slated as a 12:10 p.m. start on ESPN-Plus local television (just the Ohio markets). Announcements for the rest of the September games should be forthcoming soon. The remainder of the schedule may be determined on a six- or 12-day basis.

Here is the release from the Big Ten on these announcements.

Defending national champion Ohio State takes on Pacific-10 conference power Washington on Saturday night, Aug. 30, in an ABC Sports nationally-televised prime time game, one of no fewer than 34 inter- and intraconference football games that will be televised in 2003, according to early selections announced Monday by the Conference office.

ABC Sports, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Regional Television, and NBC Sports will televise the games.

Nonconference opponents from the Pac-10 (Washington, Arizona State, UCLA and Oregon), Atlantic Coast Conference (North Carolina State and Wake Forest), Big 12 (Missouri and Nebraska), and Big East (Boston College, Rutgers and West Virginia), are confirmed on the early season television schedule.?? Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue will once again play Notre Dame, with all three games televised nationally.

Eleven intraconference games, including 10 homecoming games, were also tabbed during the early television selection process, including the Nov. 22 Ohio State at Michigan game (ABC Sports), which will be the 100th meeting between the two long-standing rivals.

Selections of games in the first three weeks of the season and homecoming games, and games rescheduled for prime time exposure, are generally confirmed in early summer each year.

An all-time record 74 regular-season and postseason football games were televised during the 2002 season.?? Additional television games for the 2003 season may be added in the coming weeks.?

Check the Big Ten website (www.bigten.org) for additional football television information, including station clearances for ESPN Plus (local and regional) games.

The balance of the Big Ten football television schedule will be determined on a 12-day or a six-day advance selection process.

2003 BIG TEN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE
(Games Announced as of June 16, 2003; Others TBA)

August 30
Missouri vs. ILLINOIS, 11 a.m. CDT, ABC Sports (St. Louis)
Miami, O @ IOWA, 11 a.m. CDT, ESPN2
WISCONSIN @ West Virginia, 11 a.m. CDT, ESPN
Central Michigan @ MICHIGAN, 12:10 p.m. EDT, ESPN Plus (local)
Western Michigan @ MICHIGAN STATE, 3:40 p.m. EDT, ESPN Plus (local)
Temple @ PENN STATE, 3:40 p.m. EDT, ESPN Plus (local)
Washington @ OHIO STATE, 8 p.m. EDT, ABC Sports

September 6
Illinois State @ ILLINOIS, 11:10 a.m. CDT, ESPN Plus (local)
Buffalo @ IOWA, 11:10 a.m. CDT, ESPN Plus (local)
Houston @ MICHIGAN, Noon EDT, ESPN
Boston College @ PENN STATE, Noon EDT, ABC Sports
Rutgers @ MICHIGAN STATE, 3:40 p.m. EDT, ESPN Plus (local)

September 13
Louisiana Tech @ MICHIGAN STATE, 12:10 p.m. EDT, ESPN Plus (local)
PURDUE @ Wake Forest, 11 a.m. EST/CDT, ESPN
UNLV @ Wisconsin, 11 a.m. CDT, ESPN2
North Carolina State @ OHIO STATE, Noon EDT, ABC Sports
Notre Dame @ MICHIGAN, 3:30 p.m., ABC Sports
ILLINOIS @ UCLA, 7 p.m. CDT, ABC Sports
PENN STATE @ Nebraska, 8 p.m. EDT, ABC Sports

September 20
Bowling Green @ OHIO STATE, 12:10 p.m. EDT, ESPN Plus (local)
MICHIGAN STATE @ Notre Dame, Time TBD, NBC Sports
MICHIGAN @ Oregon, ABC Sports, 3:30 p.m. EDT
Arizona State @ IOWA, ESPN or ESPN2, 5:30 or 6:45 p.m. CDT (12-day advance pick)

September 27
WISCONSIN @ ILLINOIS, 5 p.m. CDT, ESPN2

October 4
ILLINOIS @ PURDUE, 11 a.m. EST/CDT, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN Plus (regional)
INDIANA @ MICHIGAN STATE, Noon EDT, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN Plus (regional)
WISCONSIN @ PENN STATE, Noon EDT, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN Plus (regional)
MICHIGAN @ IOWA, 2: 30 p.m. CDT, ABC Sports

October 18
ILLINOIS @ MICHIGAN, Noon EDT, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN Plus (regional)
IOWA @ OHIO STATE, 3: 30 p.m. EDT, ABC Sports
PURDUE @ WISCONSIN, 11 a.m. CDT, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN Plus (regional)

October 25
MINNESOTA @ ILLINOIS, 11 a.m. CDT, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN Plus (regional)
WISCONSIN @ NORTHWESTERN, 11 a.m. CDT, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN Plus (regional)

November 22
OHIO STATE @ MICHIGAN, Noon EST, ABC Sports

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