Week 1 ACC TV Schedule (and if the ACC Network started this year)

[Sean Miller Fan]

You know it, you love it, its my weekly ACC TV listing post with a hypothetical ACCN schedule. College football actually kicks off tonight for those that may not be aware with the 10PM Cal vs Hawaii game from the college football hotbed of Sydney, Australia (where it will be noon on Saturday).

Here's Week 1's ACC TV schedule:

Thursday
7:00: Charlotte @ Louisville - Fox Sports South (televised locally on Root Sports)

Saturday
7:30AM: Boston College vs Georgia Tech in Dublin - ESPN2
12:30: Liberty @ Virginia Tech - Raycom (televised locally on thisTV)
5:30: North Carolina vs Georgia in Atlanta - ESPN
9:00: Clemson @ Auburn - ESPN

Monday
8:00: Florida State vs Mississippi in Orlando - ESPN


Not televised but on ACC Network Extra (available on espn3.com, ESPN app, and watchESPN app)
Thursday
7:00 - Tulane @ Wake Forest
7:30 - William & Mary @ North Carolina State

Friday
7:00 - Colgate @ Syracuse

Saturday
1:30 - Villanova @ Pitt
3:30 - Richmond @ Virginia
6:00 - Florida A&M @ Miami
6:00 - North Carolina Central at Duke

____________________________________________
If the ACC Network started this year and taking into account ESPN is losing 50% of its Big Ten inventory to FOX

Thursday
5:30 - Charlotte @ Louisville
8:45 - Tulane @ Wake Forest

Friday
7:00 - Colgate @ Syracuse

Saturday
11AM: ACC Gameday live from Blacksburg
12:30: Villanova @ Pitt
4:15: William & Mary @ NCSU
8:00: Liberty @ Virginia Tech

Sunday
6:00: FAMU @ Miami

ESPNU
noon - NC Central @ Duke
3:30 - Richmond @ Virginia


- I am operating under the assumption that ESPN will put the best ACC games of the week that they can't fit onto ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2 onto ACCN. Inotherwords, ACCN>ESPNU when this starts. I think that's what they do for SECN.

- I figured ESPN would lose 3 games to FOX which would clear air time on ESPNU for NC Central/Duke and UVa/Richmond. Not ideal games to televise but they have to show something. Also, I feel that the combination of ACCN plus the loss of Big Ten inventory will mean that every single ESPN-controlled ACC game will wind up on either ACCN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, or ABC. Inotherwords, the days of internet-only streams for some of the games will be long gone.

- Some game thoughts now. Its ACC/SEC Week as we get 3 matchups to start off. Call me crazy but I think the ACC goes 3-0. I really think UNC beats Georgia though this is the game that UNC always loses.

- Its interesting that every single ACC vs 1AA game is an intrastate game. Syracuse loves that Friday night opener, not sure why they are doing that as attendance would probably be better on Saturday. The Virginia schools better come ready to play because I think both Richmond and Liberty are good enough to take advantage of the new coaching staffs. First games can be difficult for new staffs. We saw that with Chryst. Even Pitt and NCSU face pretty good CAA teams and though I think both will win, Nova and WM are capable. I would not be surprised in the least if an ACC team goes down to a 1AA team in the first weekend but it wont be us.

- I love the 7:30 AM opener between BC and GT. I can have it on while I get ready to head down to Heinz. I really cant believe in this day and age, ESPN hasnt struck a deal with the Sun Belt or MAC to televise Saturday games, live, say at 9AM. Honestly, I would have it on and from a live sports perspective, its only competition would be the EPL and also College Gameday. I dont believe Akron would turn down a fairly highly rated game just because of the crazy early start time. SEC, ACC, B12, and P12 schools routinely kick at 11AM, what's 2 more hours for the left-behinds in some bad G5 conferences? Heck, ESPNU could do a 9, 12:30, 4, 7:30, and 11 5-game Saturday schedule if it wanted some weeks.

- WTAE chose Oklahoma vs Houston over VT/Liberty but that was probably smart.

 

[QuitCallingMeWanny]

this thread is a fail without who would the announcers be for the games? Executive producers for each game? Who would the hosts be for ACC gameday? Studio halftime hosts?

You are slippin my man

 

[QuitCallingMeWanny]

and seriously SMF...games at 9am in the morning?!?!?

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

this thread is a fail without who would the announcers be for the games? Executive producers for each game? Who would the hosts be for ACC gameday? Studio halftime hosts?

You are slippin my man

Hahaha.

In all seriousness, I think ACCN needs to pull Dave Wannstedt from FOX. Maybe he could be the Lee Corso or Digger Phelps role. Man, is Wanny good behind the mic. The dude can talk for hours, story after story. I think they'll try to have each school represented in some way and Wanny seems like a good fit at ACCN. I suspect though, that the Corso role will go to Tommy Bowden who does Raycom's ACC Kickoff pregame show.

 

[QuitCallingMeWanny]

Hahaha.

In all seriousness, I think ACCN needs to pull Dave Wannstedt from FOX. Maybe he could be the Lee Corso or Digger Phelps role. Man, is Wanny good behind the mic. The dude can talk for hours, story after story. I think they'll try to have each school represented in some way and Wanny seems like a good fit at ACCN. I suspect though, that the Corso role will go to Tommy Bowden who does Raycom's ACC Kickoff pregame show.

That seat is for a personality of which Tommy Bowden has none

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

and seriously SMF...games at 9am in the morning?!?!?

Yea I remember Rutgers had a Thanksgiving morning 10AM kick for a game vs UConn (same day we beat WVU with the Greg Lee thank God there was no instant replay yet catch). Also, I remember ESPN not picking up the Pitt @ BC record breaker game, going for a MW game with a 10AM local kick that had message boarders perplexed.

Plus, ESPN does that 24 hours of comlege hoops thing with 6AM tips.

I think eventually you will see lower G5 games (MAC, Sun Belt) at 9AM.

I mean when I put out numbers that show EPL beats regular season NHL in NBCSN TV ratings, everybody says the ratings are better because they have no competition in the morning. I mean its partly true about the competition. So, yea, eventually you may have a Saturday 9AM MAC Game of the Week on the ESPN family.

 

[pitt-girl]

You know it, you love it, its my weekly ACC TV listing post with a hypothetical ACCN schedule. College football actually kicks off tonight for those that may not be aware with the 10PM Cal vs Hawaii game from the college football hotbed of Sydney, Australia (where it will be noon on Saturday).

Here's Week 1's ACC TV schedule:

Thursday
7:00: Charlotte @ Louisville - Fox Sports South (televised locally on Root Sports)

Saturday
7:30AM: Boston College vs Georgia Tech in Dublin - ESPN2
12:30: Liberty @ Virginia Tech - Raycom (televised locally on thisTV)
5:30: North Carolina vs Georgia in Atlanta - ESPN
9:00: Clemson @ Auburn - ESPN

Monday
8:00: Florida State vs Mississippi in Orlando - ESPN


Not televised but on ACC Network Extra (available on espn3.com, ESPN app, and watchESPN app)
Thursday
7:00 - Tulane @ Wake Forest
7:30 - William & Mary @ North Carolina State

Friday
7:00 - Colgate @ Syracuse

Saturday
1:30 - Villanova @ Pitt
3:30 - Richmond @ Virginia
6:00 - Florida A&M @ Miami
6:00 - North Carolina Central at Duke

____________________________________________
If the ACC Network started this year and taking into account ESPN is losing 50% of its Big Ten inventory to FOX

Thursday
5:30 - Charlotte @ Louisville
8:45 - Tulane @ Wake Forest

Friday
7:00 - Colgate @ Syracuse

Saturday
11AM: ACC Gameday live from Blacksburg
12:30: Villanova @ Pitt
4:15: William & Mary @ NCSU
8:00: Liberty @ Virginia Tech

Sunday
6:00: FAMU @ Miami

ESPNU
noon - NC Central @ Duke
3:30 - Richmond @ Virginia


- I am operating under the assumption that ESPN will put the best ACC games of the week that they can't fit onto ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2 onto ACCN. Inotherwords, ACCN>ESPNU when this starts. I think that's what they do for SECN.

- I figured ESPN would lose 3 games to FOX which would clear air time on ESPNU for NC Central/Duke and UVa/Richmond. Not ideal games to televise but they have to show something. Also, I feel that the combination of ACCN plus the loss of Big Ten inventory will mean that every single ESPN-controlled ACC game will wind up on either ACCN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, or ABC. Inotherwords, the days of internet-only streams for some of the games will be long gone.

- Some game thoughts now. Its ACC/SEC Week as we get 3 matchups to start off. Call me crazy but I think the ACC goes 3-0. I really think UNC beats Georgia though this is the game that UNC always loses.

- Its interesting that every single ACC vs 1AA game is an intrastate game. Syracuse loves that Friday night opener, not sure why they are doing that as attendance would probably be better on Saturday. The Virginia schools better come ready to play because I think both Richmond and Liberty are good enough to take advantage of the new coaching staffs. First games can be difficult for new staffs. We saw that with Chryst. Even Pitt and NCSU face pretty good CAA teams and though I think both will win, Nova and WM are capable. I would not be surprised in the least if an ACC team goes down to a 1AA team in the first weekend but it wont be us.

- I love the 7:30 AM opener between BC and GT. I can have it on while I get ready to head down to Heinz. I really cant believe in this day and age, ESPN hasnt struck a deal with the Sun Belt or MAC to televise Saturday games, live, say at 9AM. Honestly, I would have it on and from a live sports perspective, its only competition would be the EPL and also College Gameday. I dont believe Akron would turn down a fairly highly rated game just because of the crazy early start time. SEC, ACC, B12, and P12 schools routinely kick at 11AM, what's 2 more hours for the left-behinds in some bad G5 conferences? Heck, ESPNU could do a 9, 12:30, 4, 7:30, and 11 5-game Saturday schedule if it wanted some weeks.

- WTAE chose Oklahoma vs Houston over VT/Liberty but that was probably smart.

I say it every year - thanks for this work SMF. I really appreciate it.

 

[ThePanthers]

Yea I remember Rutgers had a Thanksgiving morning 10AM kick for a game vs UConn (same day we beat WVU with the Greg Lee thank God there was no instant replay yet catch). Also, I remember ESPN not picking up the Pitt @ BC record breaker game, going for a MW game with a 10AM local kick that had message boarders perplexed.

Plus, ESPN does that 24 hours of comlege hoops thing with 6AM tips.

I think eventually you will see lower G5 games (MAC, Sun Belt) at 9AM.

I mean when I put out numbers that show EPL beats regular season NHL in NBCSN TV ratings, everybody says the ratings are better because they have no competition in the morning. I mean its partly true about the competition. So, yea, eventually you may have a Saturday 9AM MAC Game of the Week on the ESPN family.

Again, you are comparing EPL which has it's stands full because it is a "normal" time over there vs timing here, and a Thanksgiving day game for a one time event and comparing it to every Saturday. Same with the one day of 24 hour basketball. There is a reason they only have one "special" day. No one would watch it every week.

I know TV runs a lot, but they are not going to start having games occur at times no one is going to attend. There has to be a balance.

My kid got to wear PJs to school one day, so now lets have every school in the world wear them everyday! (SMF logic).

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Again, you are comparing EPL which has it's stands full because it is a "normal" time over there vs timing here, and a Thanksgiving day game for a one time event and comparing it to every Saturday. Same with the one day of 24 hour basketball. There is a reason they only have one "special" day. No one would watch it every week.

I know TV runs a lot, but they are not going to start having games occur at times no one is going to attend. There has to be a balance.

My kid got to wear PJs to school one day, so now lets have every school in the world wear them everyday! (SMF logic).

No, I am saying that some people say that the EPL gets higher ratings on NBCSN than the NHL because of the lack of competition in the American morning. Im only talking about USA TV ratings, not EPL attendance. My point is that if the EPL's good USA ratings are a factor of the time of day they are in, wouldn't a random sports fan watch Akron @ Western Michigan at 9AM going opposite Chelsea vs Burnley and College Gameday? Methinks the live MAC game to kick off your college football Saturday would do quite well.

Attendance for these low G5 games is a non-starter. If you asked the AD of Kent State if he would rather draw 10,000 fans for a 3:30 ESPN3 game streamed live by 750 people or a 9AM kick in frony of 5000 fans watched by 850,000 people on ESPN2, you know what your answer will be.

10 years ago if I said Tuesday or Wednesday games for these leagues would be possible, many of you would be saying the same things. These G5 leagues need to get on TV but its crowded.

 

[ThePanthers]

EPL is one of the top leagues in the world. Putting it up against a MAC game at 9am wouldn't hurt the ratings one bit. You make the strangest comparisons. I hope to god you are not an analyst of some sort.

 

[fitzburgh]

No, I am saying that some people say that the EPL gets higher ratings on NBCSN than the NHL because of the lack of competition in the American morning. Im only talking about USA TV ratings, not EPL attendance. My point is that if the EPL's good USA ratings are a factor of the time of day they are in, wouldn't a random sports fan watch Akron @ Western Michigan at 9AM going opposite Chelsea vs Burnley and College Gameday? Methinks the live MAC game to kick off your college football Saturday would do quite well.

Attendance for these low G5 games is a non-starter. If you asked the AD of Kent State if he would rather draw 10,000 fans for a 3:30 ESPN3 game streamed live by 750 people or a 9AM kick in frony of 5000 fans watched by 850,000 people on ESPN2, you know what your answer will be.

10 years ago if I said Tuesday or Wednesday games for these leagues would be possible, many of you would be saying the same things. These G5 leagues need to get on TV but its crowded.

We don't just watch the PL (no E or B anymore) because it's on against nothing, I've skipped many American sports to watch Sunderland v Newcastle or Arsenal v Tottenham...more entertaining in my opinion.

 

[topdecktiger]

No, I am saying that some people say that the EPL gets higher ratings on NBCSN than the NHL because of the lack of competition in the American morning. Im only talking about USA TV ratings, not EPL attendance. My point is that if the EPL's good USA ratings are a factor of the time of day they are in, wouldn't a random sports fan watch Akron @ Western Michigan at 9AM going opposite Chelsea vs Burnley and College Gameday? Methinks the live MAC game to kick off your college football Saturday would do quite well.

Attendance for these low G5 games is a non-starter. If you asked the AD of Kent State if he would rather draw 10,000 fans for a 3:30 ESPN3 game streamed live by 750 people or a 9AM kick in frony of 5000 fans watched by 850,000 people on ESPN2, you know what your answer will be.

10 years ago if I said Tuesday or Wednesday games for these leagues would be possible, many of you would be saying the same things. These G5 leagues need to get on TV but its crowded.

You are missing one key factor. Actually a couple. The Premier League doesn't rely on American television for its core business. College football does. The Premier League doesn't cater at all to the American audience. They set up their games and coverage strictly based on English/European concerns, in other words, no 9AM games.

What kind of ratings does ESPN get for the pre-game shows? Realistically, Akron vs. Kent State probably doesn't draw better than the pre-game shows.

If you asked the AD of Kent St that question, you might be surprised. They get paid either way, whether the game is on ESPN2 or ESPN3. However, they don't get paid the same if they have 5,000 fans vs. 10,000. When it comes budget time, it's not a given what his answer will be.

You are also making an apples to oranges comparison. Hockey and soccer are two different products. You're making the assumption that EPL wouldn't get the same ratings if they were on in primetime as the get at 9AM. In just a quick search, the highest rated games from the EPL have been the later games, not the 9AM games. Most of the highest rated EPL games are the Noon/3pm games, which would be about analogous to college football anyway.

 

[wbrpanther]

You know it, you love it, its my weekly ACC TV listing post with a hypothetical ACCN schedule. College football actually kicks off tonight for those that may not be aware with the 10PM Cal vs Hawaii game from the college football hotbed of Sydney, Australia (where it will be noon on Saturday).

Here's Week 1's ACC TV schedule:

Thursday
7:00: Charlotte @ Louisville - Fox Sports South (televised locally on Root Sports)

Saturday
7:30AM: Boston College vs Georgia Tech in Dublin - ESPN2
12:30: Liberty @ Virginia Tech - Raycom (televised locally on thisTV)
5:30: North Carolina vs Georgia in Atlanta - ESPN
9:00: Clemson @ Auburn - ESPN

Monday
8:00: Florida State vs Mississippi in Orlando - ESPN


Not televised but on ACC Network Extra (available on espn3.com, ESPN app, and watchESPN app)
Thursday
7:00 - Tulane @ Wake Forest
7:30 - William & Mary @ North Carolina State

Friday
7:00 - Colgate @ Syracuse

Saturday
1:30 - Villanova @ Pitt
3:30 - Richmond @ Virginia
6:00 - Florida A&M @ Miami
6:00 - North Carolina Central at Duke

____________________________________________
If the ACC Network started this year and taking into account ESPN is losing 50% of its Big Ten inventory to FOX

Thursday
5:30 - Charlotte @ Louisville
8:45 - Tulane @ Wake Forest

Friday
7:00 - Colgate @ Syracuse

Saturday
11AM: ACC Gameday live from Blacksburg
12:30: Villanova @ Pitt
4:15: William & Mary @ NCSU
8:00: Liberty @ Virginia Tech

Sunday
6:00: FAMU @ Miami

ESPNU
noon - NC Central @ Duke
3:30 - Richmond @ Virginia


- I am operating under the assumption that ESPN will put the best ACC games of the week that they can't fit onto ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2 onto ACCN. Inotherwords, ACCN>ESPNU when this starts. I think that's what they do for SECN.

- I figured ESPN would lose 3 games to FOX which would clear air time on ESPNU for NC Central/Duke and UVa/Richmond. Not ideal games to televise but they have to show something. Also, I feel that the combination of ACCN plus the loss of Big Ten inventory will mean that every single ESPN-controlled ACC game will wind up on either ACCN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, or ABC. Inotherwords, the days of internet-only streams for some of the games will be long gone.

- Some game thoughts now. Its ACC/SEC Week as we get 3 matchups to start off. Call me crazy but I think the ACC goes 3-0. I really think UNC beats Georgia though this is the game that UNC always loses.

- Its interesting that every single ACC vs 1AA game is an intrastate game. Syracuse loves that Friday night opener, not sure why they are doing that as attendance would probably be better on Saturday. The Virginia schools better come ready to play because I think both Richmond and Liberty are good enough to take advantage of the new coaching staffs. First games can be difficult for new staffs. We saw that with Chryst. Even Pitt and NCSU face pretty good CAA teams and though I think both will win, Nova and WM are capable. I would not be surprised in the least if an ACC team goes down to a 1AA team in the first weekend but it wont be us.

- I love the 7:30 AM opener between BC and GT. I can have it on while I get ready to head down to Heinz. I really cant believe in this day and age, ESPN hasnt struck a deal with the Sun Belt or MAC to televise Saturday games, live, say at 9AM. Honestly, I would have it on and from a live sports perspective, its only competition would be the EPL and also College Gameday. I dont believe Akron would turn down a fairly highly rated game just because of the crazy early start time. SEC, ACC, B12, and P12 schools routinely kick at 11AM, what's 2 more hours for the left-behinds in some bad G5 conferences? Heck, ESPNU could do a 9, 12:30, 4, 7:30, and 11 5-game Saturday schedule if it wanted some weeks.

- WTAE chose Oklahoma vs Houston over VT/Liberty but that was probably smart.

Should be able to catch the 2nd half of NC vs Georgia then the Clemson- Auburn contest after getting home from the Pitt game. Pretty good first week viewing. Plus a friend of mine's son may be starting for Kent State against the Peds so I will have that on tape.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

If you asked the AD of Kent State if he would rather draw 10,000 fans for a 3:30 ESPN3 game streamed live by 750 people or a 9AM kick in frony of 5000 fans watched by 850,000 people on ESPN2, you know what your answer will be.

The notion that 850,000 people will be watching Akron versus Western Michigan at 9 AM (6 AM for those of you on the west coast!) is ridiculous.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

You are missing one key factor. Actually a couple. The Premier League doesn't rely on American television for its core business. College football does. The Premier League doesn't cater at all to the American audience. They set up their games and coverage strictly based on English/European concerns, in other words, no 9AM games.

What kind of ratings does ESPN get for the pre-game shows? Realistically, Akron vs. Kent State probably doesn't draw better than the pre-game shows.

If you asked the AD of Kent St that question, you might be surprised. They get paid either way, whether the game is on ESPN2 or ESPN3. However, they don't get paid the same if they have 5,000 fans vs. 10,000. When it comes budget time, it's not a given what his answer will be.

You are also making an apples to oranges comparison. Hockey and soccer are two different products. You're making the assumption that EPL wouldn't get the same ratings if they were on in primetime as the get at 9AM. In just a quick search, the highest rated games from the EPL have been the later games, not the 9AM games. Most of the highest rated EPL games are the Noon/3pm games, which would be about analogous to college football anyway.

I am merely citing the EPL as evidence that early morning live sports with no other live sports competition does well. I am assuming that SOME college football starved fans would have the 9AM MAC game on, even if its just background noise while they eat breakfast and start their day as an alternative to College Gameday. It wouldn't outdo College Gameday of course but just gives ESPN something else to put on live.