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[star2city]

UND Broadcasts go Nationwide, to Fox College Sports

This announcement has already been posted in the hockey and football forums, but can't express how important a deal like this is, especially if it is for multiple years.

Recruiting:  huge
National visibility:  huge
Ease of Scheduling:  huge
Conference affiliation:  huge

Effectively, UND will have better coverage for itself than, for example, the entire Big Sky or Summit league or a number of other conferences.  A school like Western Kentucky in basketball has a great deal with Fox College Sports Atlantic.   UND has a deal in multiple sports.  

Great job by the athletic department!!

[Shawn-O]

I agree, absolutely terrific job!

[star2city]

Fox College Sports announced this about a month ago:

FCS Announcement

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Throughout what is shaping up to be a historic season, FCS will be exclusively featuring up to eight live games from the Big 12 conference.

It all starts on September 5, the first Saturday of the season, when the Northern Colorado Bears head to Lawrence, KS to take on Todd Reesing and the Kansas Jayhawks (7 p.m. ET). Two weeks later on September 19 FCS heads to Boulder as running back Darrell Scott and quarterback Cody Hawkins lead a resurgent Colorado offense against the Wyoming Cowboys (3:30 p.m. ET). On October 3, Iowa St. and Kansas St. square off at the famous Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO (3 p.m. ET). More match-ups are to be determined.

FCS will also air 18 simulcasts of live Big 12 contests throughout the season, starting with the Rocky Mountain Showdown between Colorado and Colorado St. on September 6 (7 p.m. ET).

In addition to this Big 12 package, FCS will feature live exclusive games from the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), the Northeast Conference (NEC), as well as Lehigh Mountain Hawks football and North Dakota Fighting Sioux.

FCS will also exclusively feature 11 delayed games from the Southland conference. These games will air on FCS Central the day following the game.

UND saved the announcement for Homecoming Week.

Fox College Sports:  FCS is a set of 3 national college sports Networks, FCS Atlantic, FCS Central and FCS Pacific, providing 72-hours of college sports programming each day. FCS features over 900 NCAA live events each year including programming from premiere conferences such as the Pac-10, Big 12, ACC & SEC, including a variety of football, men’s and women’s basketball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, ice hockey, wrestling and more.  FCS is home to the Paradise Jam Men’s Basketball Tournament, exclusive Big 12 Football & Western Kentucky Basketball, and the National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship. FCS also offers unique original programming such as FCS Final Score and the FCS Tailgate Tour.  FCS is available to approximately 54 million homes and is seen by viewers in the nation’s 25 largest cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Minneapolis and Tampa. Key MSO partners include Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Cablevision Systems, Mediacom Communications, Insight Communications and CableOne and the National Cable Television Cooperative. www.foxcollegesports.com <http://www.foxcollegesports.com/> .
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[jimdahl]

star2city, on Sep 28 2009, 08:49 PM, said:

UND Broadcasts go Nationwide, to Fox College Sports

This announcement has already been posted in the hockey and football forums, but can't express how important a deal like this is, especially if it is for multiple years.

Recruiting:  huge
National visibility:  huge
Ease of Scheduling:  huge
Conference affiliation:  huge

Effectively, UND will have better coverage for itself than, for example, the entire Big Sky or Summit league or a number of other conferences.  A school like Western Kentucky in basketball has a great deal with Fox College Sports Atlantic.   UND has a deal in multiple sports.  

Great job by the athletic department!!

No doubt.  It's been huge for years that Sioux fans across the country could catch half a dozen hockey games per year on tv; to now be able to see this many has the potential to really engage potential fans across the country.  No offense to web sites like this, but a lot of people just don't follow a team if they can't see the games.

Not to mention the incidental exposure from the people who flip sports channels, the number of games that will be on a corner tv at sports bars, etc...  this is why UND went D-I.

Congratulations UND.

[Riverman]

WOW! This just isn't knocking at the door this is kicking it in!!

FCS is available to approximately 54 million homes and is seen by viewers in the nation’s 25 largest cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Minneapolis and Tampa.

This is HUGE for conference affiliation!  

[star2city]

Riverman, on Sep 28 2009, 09:01 PM, said:

WOW! This just isn't knocking at the door this is kicking it in!!

FCS is available to approximately 54 million homes and is seen by viewers in the nation’s 25 largest cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Minneapolis and Tampa.

This is HUGE for conference affiliation!  

It will be interesting if this has a consequence for the Sioux name and how progressive leaders on the reservation perceive as an opportunity.  Did Spirit Lake know?  To have 54 million households exposed to the Fighting Sioux name if a thirty second clip on the Sioux name is included on the broadcasts like before UND football and hockey games.

[Shawn-O]

star2city, on Sep 28 2009, 09:29 PM, said:

It will be interesting if this has a consequence for the Sioux name and how progressive leaders on the reservation perceive as an opportunity.  Did Spirit Lake know?  To have 54 million households exposed to the Fighting Sioux name if a thirty second clip on the Sioux name is included on the broadcasts like before UND football and hockey games.

I was just wondering the same thing, if this was a game changer for the name.

[Siouxhockey78]

what channel is it and will there be hockey played.......

[Dagger]

This is HUGE news.  As we go through the transition the future for Sioux sports is really exciting.  Can' wait.

[star2city]

Siouxhockey78, on Sep 28 2009, 11:22 PM, said:

what channel is it and will there be hockey played.......

What channel depends on where you live, and if you have cable, Dish or DirectTV.

Yes, hockey will be played in front of a national audience for every home game.

Might end up developing into quite a cult of Sioux hockey fans nationwide that previously never had college hockey exposure.

Clothing and Sioux gear sales go up.

Using hockey as a springboard for this deal, UND basketball and football should both will see a huge benefit.

Recruits want to be on TV, so their friends and relatives can follow their careers.

Recruiting isn't as limited geographically.

With better recruits, the product on the floor or field goes up.

Western Kentucky basketball is at a higher level because of FCS.

More winning, more interest, positive feedback circuit.

Conference interest beyond the Summit increases.

[Shawn-O]

And it certainly won't hurt in getting teams up to the Al, Ralph, and Betty for non-conference games and scheduling.

[Siouxperman8]

Shawn-O, on Sep 28 2009, 10:00 PM, said:

And it certainly won't hurt in getting teams up to the Al, Ralph, and Betty for non-conference games and scheduling.

I just signed up with Comcast in the Twin Cities.  $7.99/month for the Sports Entertainment Package.

[bincitysioux]

Man, this just kicks some serious butt!  I'm an FTA satellite guy, so I've always gotten everthing that UND has televised, but in the big picture this is huge!!!!!!!  What a huge deal for recruiting especially.............

And like someone said in one of these related threads, this could be paramount potential leverage when it comes to finding a conference home in DI.

[SiouxMeNow]

Riverman, on Sep 28 2009, 09:01 PM, said:

WOW! This just isn't knocking at the door this is kicking it in!!

FCS is available to approximately 54 million homes and is seen by viewers in the nation’s 25 largest cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Minneapolis and Tampa.

This is HUGE for conference affiliation!  

and just general DI exposure - sweet!

[johnsowe]

Will it be on Directv?

[Redneksioux]

no fcs on dish or direct bu with the multisport pack we should pick most of the games up.

[GeauxSioux]

I follow UND athletics, but don't have time to watch a lot of other sports and really don't know much about Fox College Sports.  I "binged" it this morning and pulled up the front page and in the upper right corner see the Sioux vs USD game.  Pretty cool.

[I Ranger]

I know this question was asked previously but I get the multi-sport package with dish every winter and was wondering if I will be getting the games or if it will be just a select few.  Thanks in advance to anyone who answers.

[The Sicatoka]

GeauxSioux, on Sep 29 2009, 07:42 AM, said:

I follow UND athletics, but don't have time to watch a lot of other sports and really don't know much about Fox College Sports.  I "binged" it this morning and pulled up the front page and in the upper right corner see the Sioux vs USD game.  Pretty cool.

There's that, but on mine there's also a UND v. Cal Poly promo to the bottom right of Urban "Why'd I leave Tebow in?" Meyer.

[GeauxSioux]

The Sicatoka, on Sep 29 2009, 08:07 AM, said:

There's that, but on mine there's also a UND v. Cal Poly promo to the bottom right of Urban "Why'd I leave Tebow in?" Meyer.

Didn't see that one.