Michigan-Ohio State game being preempted by cartoons on the West Coast?

[LisaM]

This is really unbelievable. I emailed our local station (KOMO) about this. It's not as if it's educational programming! It's just a lot of cartoons with a blitz of Christmas advertising.

I THINK we might get the game on ESPN, but I don't feel that I can depend on it.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-fbcrep15.1nov15,1,1261182.story?coll=la-headlines-sports

[Awsi Dooger]

1. That happens frequently in the West

I know all about those cartoons. We'll get some garbage bonus Pac 10 game late in the afternoon on ABC at the expense of a good early game from the east or midwest. Everyone gets the midday game, the 3:30 Eastern starting block. Ohio St/Michigan has been bumped before via the same criteria. Not when both teams are highly rated but in other years like this where both teams have multiple losses.

[LisaM]

2. I've seen other games bumped, but never this one

at least not in Seattle. It was the one game we could count on.

[Awsi Dooger]

3. Yeah, the regions can vary dramatically

I don't have the college football TV link for this week, but just look at the FOX distribution map for Sunday and you can see how wild it is. You get a different game in Seattle than we do in Las Vegas. The east and midwest always vary even more significantly. We've definitely missed out on Ohio St/Michigan here before because I remember having bets on the game and not being able to watch unless I went to a sportsbook.

[LisaM]

4. Unreal! The whole map is crazy

Of course, our local channels are notorious for saying they're going to show one thing and then actually showing another.