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Big Ten TV
November 11, 2016
The Big Ten Conference likes to say it "appreciates" high school football within its footprint; but the evidence is otherwise.
First, in 2010 the Big Ten adopted a "bye week" to stretch its scheduling that pushed the final game of the Big Ten regular season – with its great rivalries, including Michigan v. Ohio State – to the day on which the high school Football Finals have been scheduled in Michigan for more than three decades. A periodic problem became an every-year plague.
Now the Big Ten has announced it will play and televise games on Friday nights; and in its first year of this new deal, Michigan State will play at Northwestern in a televised game on Friday night, Oct. 27 – the first night of the MHSAA Football Playoffs all across our state.
So, in 2017 we can thank the Big Ten for damaging the first as well as the last weekend of our high school Football Playoffs.
The Big Ten's reaction? "We are only playing six games on Friday nights. It could have been much worse."
I expect it will get worse. The greed of college sports knows no limits.
STATE CHAMPS! Michigan: Extra Point Week 9
October 21, 2022
This week on STATE CHAMPS! Extra Point: Lorne Plant, Sydney Cariel and Devin Gardner recap the notable games from Week 8, and they'll preview the marquee games going into Week 9.
3:10 - West Bloomfield vs. Southfield A&T Recap
7:06 - Dexter vs. Saline Recap
8:53 - Woodhaven vs. Southgate Anderson Recap
9:57 - Cass Tech #17 in Rankings
14:17 - Mona Shores #20 in Rankings
17:17 - Mr. Football Award
19:35 - Detroit Athletic Club Athlete of the Year Promo
20:50 - DMC Gamechangers
22:24 - Anvil Award
26:59 - Davison at Lapeer Preview
28:28 - Rockford at Caledonia Preview
29:50 - Belleville at Brighton - Game of the Week Preview