Opening game moved to August 29

[CTOkie]

vs Missouri State.

 

[frou]

When everyone in the world wonders if college football will be played at all,,,,,Oklahoma moves it up a week earlier!!
Hell yeah.

 

[coeSooner81]

so they can ge two weeks of practice in for Tenn.

 

[kcstorm06]

Hurry up and get here August 29 !! We need to come of Gates like our hair is on fire. Whether it is Rattler or Mordecai...they have a seasoned OL and great young receivers.

 

[CTOkie]

OU will have a good offense this year, but its success rests with the defense with many question marks.

 

[Medic007]

Hurry up and get here August 29 !! We need to come of Gates like our hair is on fire. Whether it is Rattler or Mordecai...they have a seasoned OL and great young receivers.

Medic doesn't like August games...

 

[iasooner1]

Hopefully a night game

 

[kcstorm06]

Medic doesn't like August games...

Yes I remember ...now with masks that problem is compounded even with the attendance cut backs.

 

[owenfieldreams]

Hopefully the move puts the game on free tv.

 

[iasooner1]

Not necessary but yes to Tennessee (if they play)

 

[Soonerborn59]

I wouldn’t bet on the game being televised on free TV as OU always has that one game on PPV. It would be nice but I doubt it.

Honestly I doubt the game gets played at all as I figure the Conference will follow the B10 and PAC leads before its said and done. If they play any OOC game my bet it will be the Tenn game

 

[Medic007]

Hopefully the move puts the game on free tv.

That's doubtful. With the anticipated reduction in stadium capacity, it'll likely bring in very good buy numbers. Sooner Sports uses the PPV income from those games to subsidize most of their other broadcasting.

 

[pssooner]

That's doubtful. With the anticipated reduction in stadium capacity, it'll likely bring in very good buy numbers. Sooner Sports uses the PPV income from those games to subsidize most of their other broadcasting.

Medic, why you gotta be so negative man????

 

[owenfieldreams]

My thoughts are that on 8/29 the networks won't have many options. I'll buy it if it's PPV.

 

[Soonerborn59]

My thoughts are that on 8/29 the networks won't have many options. I'll buy it if it's PPV.

So will I just to see how the team looks with either Rattler or Mordecai behind center. Plus see how the defense does. In the end though I really doubt this game gets played.

 

[Plainosooner]

My thoughts are that on 8/29 the networks won't have many options. I'll buy it if it's PPV.

If they do it, as they have in the past, you can buy a year subscription to a premium membership on Soonersports.com, and it will include coverage of the game for no additional charge. It's curious if that will have any value in the upcoming year, with a limited number of games across the board, but who knows.

If it's $100 for a year subscription, and fifty bucks for the game on PPV, that's a decent bargain. Probably.

 

[Medic007]

Medic, why you gotta be so negative man????

I'm a sadist. You guys should know this by now.

 

[Medic007]

My thoughts are that on 8/29 the networks won't have many options. I'll buy it if it's PPV.

Under the Big 12 TV contract, each Big 12 school retains the TV rights to one home game. OU has granted rights to their home game to Fox Sports which is the partner in Sooner Sports. Fox could elect to air the game for free on Fox Sports Oklahoma, but the revenue of a PPV would dwarf any revenue from it being aired on Fox Sports Oklahoma. Since Fox is a partner in Sooner Sports, they have a vested interest in maximizing Sooner Sports revenue.

My money is on a PPV, although nothing would surprise me under the current circumstances. I don't think it can be nationally televised or on a regional network though since under the current contract it is under Tier III rights, but again, nothing would surprise me.