Another reason to idolize Boise State
I'm not talking about their offense.
I don't want this to be another "look at this reason to move up" post. It's more of a "look at this example of creative marketing." The WAC currently has a great deal with ESPN; under the 6-year $6 million contract signed in 2004, the conference gets 46 nationally televised games over the six year span. ESPN has the option of televising five Boise State games per year. ESPN is jumping all over that.
It's not just that Boise State has games on ESPN, it's the time as well. Over the last few weeks I've managed to catch a few Boise State games on Sunday night on ESPN. Maybe it's just me but I can't stand watching just one game at once. On Saturday afternoon I was switching between Cowboys/Pats and Professional Bull Riding out of habit. The Broncos get these Sunday night games and football fans can't help but come across them. It does help when they're four overtime games with 136 total points.
My proposal: let's get some lights in here and get our own night. Friday maybe? We'd be competing with high school football but how fun are night games? Maybe it's not such a huge scale. Say we start playing on Saturday night with games televised on Altitude. Or maybe we do this as a whole FCS thing. An FCS game of the week televised Friday or Saturday night on the deuce. Come on, we need some creativity.
Lights to the stadiums have been my Christmas wish for the past 5 years!!! I wish it could be done.