This isn't “official," but it's about as close as you can get concerning TV coverage of Big 12 football and kickoff times.
The Oct. 16 Texas at Nebraska game is on track to be televised on ABC at 2:30 p.m.
“That's the most likely scenario," a person with direct knowledge of the situation said Friday.
That deep into the season, the Big 12 television partners pick either 12 days or six days before a game, and slot them into morning, afternoon or evening windows. Those parameters will apply to Texas-Nebraska.
But here's why ABC at 2:30 p.m. looks like the spot:
• Many fans assumed the game would be played in prime time. But ABC is committed to showing NASCAR's Bank of America 500 in Charlotte, N.C., at 6:30 that night.
• There is no crossover ESPN evening window available to the Big 12 that night.
• ABC has very few 11 a.m. national windows this season, and it has given no notice that it would open such a spot on Oct. 16.
That leaves ABC with its 2:30 p.m. time slot with the first selection, and Texas-Nebraska is clearly the Oct. 16 game of the day.
Again, it's not official. Don't schedule your wedding around it. But 2:30 p.m. looks like the time.
– Lee Barfknecht
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