WVSPORTS.COM Six-Day Window Exercised For Nov. 3 Texas Game

[Vernon]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – (October 22, 2018) –The Big 12 Conference has announced that game time and network television coverage for WVU’s Saturday, Nov. 3, football game againstTexas at Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, will be determined this weekend as the networks have exercised the first of their four six-day window opportunities.


The network television broadcast options for West Virginia’s game against Texas on Nov. 3 are FOX or ABC/ESPN. Times that are options for the game are either 3:30 p.m. ET, 7:15 p.m. or 8 p.m. The game time and network designation will be announced late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.


The game on Nov. 3 will be Mountaineer Nation Day – fans are encouraged to register their watch party at mountaineernationday.wvu.edu.


No. 13/12 West Virginia plays host to Baylor on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. ET, at Milan Puskar Stadium. The game will be televised on FS1. This week’s game, presented by Dan Ryan Builders, is a Family Day.Fans can purchase four tickets and a $25 concession voucher for $200 by visitingWVUGAME.comor calling 1-800 WVU GAME.

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

Makes sense. If WVU handles Baylor and looks like the team from the first quarter of the TTU game, then they can sell this as a prime time show down. If WVU limps past Baylor or loses, then the game loses a lot of luster. Like I said before, the outcome of the Baylor game is not reflective of whether or not this team is different than past iterations. Even if it is a blowout, how WVU plays at Texas will determine if this is another late season swoon or a legitimate contender.

 

[TownesVanZandt_rivals]

Makes sense. If WVU handles Baylor and looks like the team from the first quarter of the TTU game, then they can sell this as a prime time show down. If WVU limps past Baylor or loses, then the game loses a lot of luster. Like I said before, the outcome of the Baylor game is not reflective of whether or not this team is different than past iterations. Even if it is a blowout, how WVU plays at Texas will determine if this is another late season swoon or a legitimate contender.

FOX has first choice because it holds first tier media rights from each conference
The three choices are
Penn St Michigan
Stanford Washington
Texas WV

How WV plays against Baylor is not what the people making the picks will make their decision on.

 

[3xWVUenginEER]

I believe they will opt for Meat Chicken vs Sandusky State.

Its a better tv draw.

 

[spartansstink]

I believe they will opt for Meat Chicken vs Sandusky State.

Its a better tv draw.

It all depends on who wins and loses this weekend. The scores won't matter.

They will take the 8:00 game with the highest ranked teams. Everybody else will get the other two slots.

 

[TownesVanZandt_rivals]

Actually the 7:30/ 6:30 central game has first pick because of first tier rights.
FOX has first tier rights for all three conferences.

The 8:00/7:00 central in on ABC and will get the second choice most likely.

But ESPN has second and third choice.

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

FOX has first choice because it holds first tier media rights from each conference
The three choices are
Penn St Michigan
Stanford Washington
Texas WV

How WV plays against Baylor is not what the people making the picks will make their decision on.

I'm sure when deciding which game will be in a primetime slot, rankings and profile have nothing to do with it. So they are just as likely to choose WVU vs Texas whether WVU is a top 10 or fringe top 10 team as opposed to a lucky to still be top 25 team on a 2 game losing streak after the Baylor game.

 

[TownesVanZandt_rivals]

I'm sure when deciding which game will be in a primetime slot, rankings and profile have nothing to do with it. So they are just as likely to choose WVU vs Texas whether WVU is a top 10 or fringe top 10 team as opposed to a lucky to still be top 25 team on a 2 game losing streak after the Baylor game.

There are a lot of other factors at play not just with WV.
Most likely it will be a primetime game on FOX or ABC.
I am hoping ABC because Gus Johnson is a little too much at times.

But FOX has the first choice and will choose what game has more of an impact on the CFP.

People like to watch the top ranked schools lose.

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

There are a lot of other factors at play not just with WV.
Most likely it will be a primetime game on FOX or ABC.
I am hoping ABC because Gus Johnson is a little too much at times.

But FOX has the first choice and will choose what game has more of an impact on the CFP.

People like to watch the top ranked schools lose.

Exactly my point, which is why the Baylor game outcome will be accounted for in the decision. Not the only factor or the biggest, but a factor none the less. If WVU gets handled by Baylor, I think the game will be valued less than if WVU handles Baylor with all other things being equal.

 

[TownesVanZandt_rivals]

Exactly my point, which is why the Baylor game outcome will be accounted for in the decision. Not the only factor or the biggest, but a factor none the less. If WVU gets handled by Baylor, I think the game will be valued less than if WVU handles Baylor with all other things being equal.

A lot has to do with the CFP.
If both Texas and WV win than there should be hype about WV knocking off Texas.
Even if WV loses there will still be hype about WV beating Texas and making the game interesting.

People want to see the teams in CFP discussion get knocked off so these media companies give them hope of it happening.

Purdue was a 3-3 team who played undefeated Ohio St.
The game had more to do with the chance of Ohio St losing than anything Purdue had done.

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

A lot has to do with the CFP.
If both Texas and WV win than there should be hype about WV knocking off Texas.
Even if WV loses there will still be hype about WV beating Texas and making the game interesting.

People want to see the teams in CFP discussion get knocked off so these media companies give them hope of it happening.

Purdue was a 3-3 team who played undefeated Ohio St.
The game had more to do with the chance of Ohio St losing than anything Purdue had done.

And again your reasoning still backs up my claim. If they really care about seeing who could possibly knock off a CFP contender, then the only hope of competing with the Penn St/UM game and to a much lesser extent the Stanford/UW game would be if WVU looks like a team capable of possibly pulling the upset. If WVU handles Baylor easily, then there is more to sell in that game of it being a good upset alert. However if WVU plays at home like it has the last 2 games, then its a much tougher sell that this Mountaineer team has any hope of going into Texas and knocking off the Longhorns.

 

[TownesVanZandt_rivals]

And again your reasoning still backs up my claim. If they really care about seeing who could possibly knock off a CFP contender, then the only hope of competing with the Penn St/UM game and to a much lesser extent the Stanford/UW game would be if WVU looks like a team capable of possibly pulling the upset. If WVU handles Baylor easily, then there is more to sell in that game of it being a good upset alert. However if WVU plays at home like it has the last 2 games, then its a much tougher sell that this Mountaineer team has any hope of going into Texas and knocking off the Longhorns.

Not truthfully because the story of Texas has already been written.
They are seen as vulnerable by the masses with a chance to lose any of their next 4 games.

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

So the records and performance of the teams in question up until the time to make the decision is irrelevant? Why isn't Wisconsin vs NW, Oregon vs UCLA, Washington State vs Cal, OSU vs Nebraska, or OU vs TTU on the short list? Texas and OU have the same chance of making the play off at this point, maybe more so for OU since it's lone loss is not as damaging as Texas'. You know as well as I do that the reason OU vs TTU game is not in the discussion is because TTU is unranked. Had TTU completed the comeback and beat WVU, and the results of the KU and ISU game were the same then WVU would be fringe top 25 and maybe not even in this discussion. I'm not saying you have to agree that how WVU plays against Baylor is as important to the decision as I do, but to say it has absolutely NO bearing on the situation is ignoring the facts about why they even have these options to pick and choose games in the first place.

 

[TownesVanZandt_rivals]

So the records and performance of the teams in question up until the time to make the decision is irrelevant? Why isn't Wisconsin vs NW, Oregon vs UCLA, Washington State vs Cal, OSU vs Nebraska, or OU vs TTU on the short list? Texas and OU have the same chance of making the play off at this point, maybe more so for OU since it's lone loss is not as damaging as Texas'. You know as well as I do that the reason OU vs TTU game is not in the discussion is because TTU is unranked. Had TTU completed the comeback and beat WVU, and the results of the KU and ISU game were the same then WVU would be fringe top 25 and maybe not even in this discussion. I'm not saying you have to agree that how WVU plays against Baylor is as important to the decision as I do, but to say it has absolutely NO bearing on the situation is ignoring the facts about why they even have these options to pick and choose games in the first place.

Don't know about the other conferences but the Big XII has chose to go with Texas over Oklahoma in terms of TV spots.
Very much why the Big XII went with Texas vs Oklahoma State over Kansas St vs Oklahoma.

So when I say that the game's time will be determined by Texas vs Oklahoma St it is not anything against WV.
If Texas wins they are a Top 6 at least team with a chance at the CFP.
Losses do not matter. You can lose to whoever just as long as you win the important games.
Like Oklahoma losing to a bad Texas team in 2015.

It is because a lot of the country wants Texas to lose.
More people will watch Texas to see them lose than people who want to see them win.
Texas fans usually don't watch OU games.
As of right now OU fans have to watch Texas.
So Texas at #6 or higher brings numerous fanbases not including their own to the table.

So WV at #11 or WV at #23 won't change that
Win or lose WV is a ranked team next week