The TV selection process is complicated, and it’s not designed to belittle the Beavers.
Oregon State is 3-0 for the first time since 2014, halfway to bowl eligibility and preparing for two of its biggest games of the season.
Instead, both games will be shown on the Pac-12 Networks, which have a low profile and limited reach.“I’m disappointed for our student athletes and coaches,” athletic director Scott Barnes told the Hotline on Tuesday. “They have earned the opportunity to play on a Tier 1 national platform.That could very well be the case. But the decision to pass on OSU’s consecutive Saturday showdowns had little to do with the Beavers themselves and everything to do with their opponents.
Meanwhile, ESPN and Fox want to select the best possible matchups — a process that’s not as simple as it seems. If ESPN and Fox select a USC game now, they reduce access to the Trojans later because of the Pac-12 Networks’ minimum game requirement. Oh, and one more important point: The networks schedule their weekly broadcast windows months before the season and base those decisions on both the conference schedule and their own projections for each team.
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