<div class="tweet-row" sizset="0" sizcache="5968"><div class="tweet-text js-tweet-text">Nov. 12 RT @mstateFB: Bama at Mississippi State will either kick off at 11 a.m. on CBS, 2:30 p.m. on CBS, 5 p.m. on ESPN2 or 6:45 on ESPN.</div></div>
For example last year when they showed Tenn/Ole Miss at 11 and then Auburn/Georgia in the 2:30 slot. They also have the rights to hold games 6 days before kickoff a couple of times a year, to decide which match up they would rather broadcast. They also have the right to do a 2:30 game then a 7:00 game once a year, which they used for Aub/SC and Florida/Bama earlier this year.
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<div class="tweet-row"><div class="tweet-text tweet-text-large">Mississippi State-Alabama game one of 4 held by CBS. Can kick at 11am, 2:30, 5 or 6:45. We'll find out Sunday.</div></div>
CBS has elected to use a six-day selection for games of November 12. The
following games are being held: Alabama at Miss. State, Tennessee at
Arkansas, Auburn at Georgia and Florida at South Carolina. The
television windows for these four games are: CBS at Noon ET, CBS at 3:30
ET, ESPN2 at 6:00 ET and ESPN at 7:45 ET. These four games will be
televised in one of these four windows.
Saturday, November 12:
<table border="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>CBS</td><td>12:00 ET</td><td>*One of four held games</td></tr><tr><td>SEC Network</td><td>12:21 ET</td><td>Kentucky at Vanderbilt</td></tr><tr><td>CBS</td><td>3:30 ET</td><td>*One of four held games</td></tr><tr><td>ESPN2</td><td>6:00 ET</td><td>*One of four held games</td></tr><tr><td>ESPNU</td><td>7:00 ET</td><td>Western Kentucky at LSU</td></tr><tr><td>CSS</td><td>7:30 ET</td><td>La. Tech at Ole Miss</td></tr><tr><td>ESPN</td><td>7:45 ET</td><td>*One of four held games</td></tr></tbody></table>
MSU - Bama at 11 on CBS --> Win or lose to LSU, Bama is a top five team - CBS will bite
Fla - SC at 2:30 on CBS --> Too many TVs in Florida to pass it up; UF has national appeal
AU - UGA at 7:45 on ESPN --> Two top 25 teams; oldest rivalry in the South; Athens for a night game
UT - Ark at 5 on ESPN2 --> Great matchup with a top 10 team at home, but the least appealing of the four
They are also the LF affiliate up here...I'm sure they'll bump UK/Vandy to MyMs and televise the actual CBS game, but I'm afraid they may be contractually obligated to show the LF game.
Each of those four games has an enticing part and a not so enticing part. I will not be surprised by almost any outcome. I guess I would be surprised if Arkansas -UT ends up on CBS. The other three are too close to call in my book.
If Bama beats LSU...our game vs Bama gets 2:30.<div>
</div><div>In the wishful thinking department --- I could also see a situation where if LSU were to somehow dominate Bama (win by a couple of scores) then our game vs Bama gets bumped to ESPN 2 @ 5 pm.</div><div>
</div><div>Anybody have any idea of the picking order? I know CBS has first call for the 2:30 game, but do they also get to pick their 11 am before ESPN gets to select?</div>
I remember there being something about them not picking two, but I think that was before the new deal. If I was paying eleventy billion to televise, I'd want picks 1 and 2.
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A few different scenarios could play out... My completely uneducated guess: I really think CBS takes Bama if they are #1 coming off a win vs LSU.<div>
</div><div>#1 - Bama beats LSU, Ark beats USC</div><div>CBS- Alabama vs MSU</div><div>ESPN - Auburn vs UGA</div><div>ESPN2 - Arkansas vs UT</div><div>CBS - UF vs USC</div><div>
</div><div><div>#2 - Bama beats LSU, USC beats Ark</div><div>CBS- Alabama vs MSU</div><div>ESPN - Auburn vs UGA</div><div>ESPN2 - UF vs USC</div><div>CBS - Tenn vs Ark</div></div><div>
</div><div><div>#3 - LSU beats Bama, Arky beats USC</div><div>CBS- Auburn vs UGA</div><div>ESPN - Alabama vs Miss State</div><div>ESPN2 - Tenn vs Ark</div><div>CBS - UF vs USC</div></div><div>
</div><div><div>#4 - LSU beats Bama, USC beats Bama</div><div>CBS- Auburn vs UGA</div><div>ESPN - USC vs Florida</div><div>ESPN2 - Bama vs Miss State</div><div>CBS - Tenn vs Arky</div></div><div>
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