NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA ET AL.

This court case changed it all. This case changed college football from just a nice little niche sport, with a solid regional following, into a nationwide obsession for people of all ages. Before this court case, football fans were treated to only a few dozen games a SEASON, now fans are treated to a few dozen a day. Imagine if you will, what life today would be like, if the NCAA was able to still have their hold on television broadcasting rights.

This Saturday, here are the games anyone with standard basic cable will get to enjoy. The first games beginning at 11am, the last ones getting over at 11pm:

Indiana at Iowa-ESPN (HD)
Purdue at Wisconsin-ESPN2 (HD)
Missouri at Colorado-FSN (HD)
California at Arizona State-ABC
Florida vs. Georgia-CBS (HD)
Kansas at Texas Tech-ABC
Miami at Wake Forest-ESPN2
Penn State at Northwestern-ESPN (HD)
Kansas State at Oklahoma-FSN (HD)
Notre Dame vs. Washington State (San Antonio)-NBC (HD)
South Carolina at Tennessee-ESPN (HD)
Texas at Oklahoma State-ABC
USC at Oregon-ESPN2

This doesn't even include the higher tier channels that cost extra(VS., CBS College Sports, Gameplan, etc). However, before the NCAA lost their control, you'd get maybe 3 of these games. More than likely the Notre Dame match up, probably the Cocktail Party, and since USC is the team everyone wants to emulate, you'd watch them once again. All the other games on TV this weekend, forget about it.

Essentially, what the NCAA was doing back in the 60's and 70's was setting themselves up like what the NFL does now. You'll get 2 or 3 games, and if those games suck, you'll just have to deal with it.

It's almost unbelievable what college football fans get to choose from every Saturday. I can remember Saturday's in college when I flip between 4 different games, taking place on 4 different channels, and be able to keep track of score, time, position on the field, and have a great time doing so. You can't do that with the NFL, NBA, or MLB, the leagues have become to bloated with money, that they can't have games competing against one another.

So this Saturday, or what ever Saturday you get free to watch a number of college football games, appreciate what you've got. Because it wasn't that long ago, when what you got wasn't much to get excited about.

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