Big (11) Ten TV Announcements

The Big Ten Conference announced new media agreements this week, which included a new contract with ABC/ESPN and an agreement with Fox Cable Networks to create the Big Ten Channel. Both will begin in August 2007. There are lots of little tidbits in the press release, but I'll point out the big one: "All regional afternoon football games aired on ABC will be aired by ESPN/ESPN2 in outer-markets, making these games nationally available." Between that and the up to 41 total games that could be on the networks, that's a lot of Big Ten football. It's also very good news for a Spartan in Minneapolis, I might be able to watch most of State's football season. Now the question remains: Will I want to?