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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.
Unforgettable 5ive: 2022 Football Week 5
By
Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
September 27, 2022
Here's a look at our Week 5 "Unforgettable 5ive" from MHSAA.tv and MHSAA media partner broadcasts:
► Macomb Dakota's Ethan Hamby scores the go-ahead TD in a 28-17 win over Clinton Township Chippewa Valley.
► Billy Roberson takes it 80 yards on the game's first play as Lake Orion defeats Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 21-14.
► Brighton's Nick Thalacker blocks a game-tying field goal attempt with 26 seconds left as Brighton downs Northville 17-14.
► Beal City defeats Evart 26-21 behind Jamison Latham, whose interception set up his own three-yard score.
► Dylan Bloink runs it in from three yards out as Port Huron Northern edges Port Huron 14-7.