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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 5
September 22, 2022
This week on STATE CHAMPS! Extra Point: Lorne Plant, Sydney Cariel and Devin Gardner recap the notable games from Week 4, and they'll preview the marquee games going into Week 5.
2:08 - Detroit King at Detroit Cass Tech Recap
5:13 - DeWitt at East Lansing Recap
7:04 - Brother Rice at De La Salle Recap
9:24 - Top 20 Rankings Presented by ALTA Equipment Company
10:21 - Belleville #2 in Rankings
11:21 - Grandville #19 in Rankings
12:01 - River Rouge #9 in Rankings
12:48 - Saline #12 in Rankings
14:02 - Mr. Football Update presented by Hungry Howies
19:11 - DMC Gamechangers
20:55 - Anvil Award Updated presented by Hungry Howies
28:41 - Preview of Week 5 Games
33:24 - Detroit Catholic Central at Brother Rice Preview