Alabama game time

[ronpolk]

Trying to project some game times, which I know is impossible. What are the chances that game ends up the CBS game? Auburn and Georgia play that day too but I’ve heard cbs is obligated to have each school on once. Only other game of ours that could be on cbs is Arkansas.

I don’t know if cbs is obligated to have us on or not, it’s just what I’ve heard.

 

[HD6]

They are not obligated to do that.

 

[8dog]

They are not obligated. Will be a night game

 

[ronpolk]

They are not obligated. Will be a night game

Good. That is what I was hoping for. A day of drinking will make that game easier to watch.

 

[EngDawg]

They'd aren't obligated to show each school once, but they are obligated to show every game Bama plays**

 

[MSUDC11]

100% chance they go with Georgia and Auburn. We’ll be a night game.

 

[klong-dog]

Though once a year, CBS will have a night game. They usually try an make it the top SEC game of year. Before last weekend, it was looking like AU/UGA.

 

[patdog]

Surprisingly, the team CBS has shown the most is Florida, not Alabama. 97 times in 21 years, vs 88 for Bama. I suspect the numbers over the last 10 years would be very different though.

 

[vhdawg]

CBS has a morning/afternoon doubleheader that day. 100% chance the afternoon game is Auburn/Georgia. Other games of interest are LSU/Arkansas and MSU/Alabama. If ESPN gets second pick, I would assume we'll be that night game on one of the ESPNs.

 

[vhdawg]

Though once a year, CBS will have a night game. They usually try an make it the top SEC game of year. Before last weekend, it was looking like AU/UGA.

CBS's afternoon/evening doubleheader is on 11/5, the week of the Alabama/LSU game. They have morning/afternoon doubleheaders on 11/12 and 11/19.

 

[tatedog]

Though once a year, CBS will have a night game. They usually try an make it the top SEC game of year. Before last weekend, it was looking like AU/UGA.

Bama/LSU will 100% be the night time game if LSU wins against Ole Miss. Even if they lose, I still think it's 50/50 or better. The UGA/Auburn game could become the night time game with State/Bama being the day time game that day if LSU does lose to Ole Miss.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Surprisingly, the team CBS has shown the most is Florida, not Alabama. 97 times in 21 years, vs 88 for Bama. I suspect the numbers over the last 10 years would be very different though.

If I remember correctly there is a limit on how many times they can show a team and they have maxed out on Bama every year for the past several. If they didn't have limits they would probably be better off having them every week.

 

[AusTexDawg]

If I remember correctly there is a limit on how many times they can show a team and they have maxed out on Bama every year for the past several. If they didn't have limits they would probably be better off having them every week.

I think it's <strike>4</strike> times a season [edit - 5 times, per 8dog, so who knows what they'll pick] . This article from 2014 suggests that's the limit. With that in mind, CBS can't show our game vs. Bama if they want to keep the option available to broadcast the Iron Bowl (unless I miscounted how many times Bama's been on so far this season).

 

[8dog]

Its 5

 

[FlotownDawg]

I believe the deal with CBS calls for CBS to only be able to show one team a maximum of five times in a season. That's why the Egg Bowl was on CBS in 2014 instead of the Iron Bowl because CBS had maxed out showing Alabama already. Also, there's not an obligation to show each SEC team each season, but I think there is an obligation to show every team at least once over a certain number of seasons. That's probably why the Alabama-Vandy game was on CBS earlier this season. Vandy was required to be on CBS at least once over a certain number of years.