Fresno State Athletics
Two Football Games Selected for ESPN2 Telecasts
4/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
April 15, 2015
By Jason Clay
jaclay@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
FRESNO, Calif. - The Mountain West released Wednesday a portion of its 2015 television package, which selected two Fresno State games for national broadcast on ESPN2.
Fresno State's game against UNLV has been slated for the national telecast and moved to Friday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. The second game picked up by ESPN2 was the Nevada game, which will now be played on Thursday, Nov. 5, also at 7:30 p.m.
| Date | Game | Time | Network |
| Thur., Sept. 3 | Colorado at Hawai`i | 7 p.m. HT | CBSSN |
| Fri., Sept. 4 | Washington at Boise State | 8:15 p.m. MT | ESPN |
| Fri., Sept. 18 | Idaho State at Boise State | 7 p.m. MT | CBSSN |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | Boise State at Utah State | 7 p.m. MT | CBSSN |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | UNLV at Fresno State | 7:30 p.m. PT | ESPN2 |
| Fri., Oct. 23 | Utah State at San Diego State | 7:30 p.m. PT | ESPN2 |
| Fri., Oct. 30 | Wyoming at Utah State | 8:15 p.m. MT | ESPN2 |
| Thur., Nov. 5 | Nevada at Fresno State | 7:30 p.m. PT | ESPN2 |
| Fri., Nov. 6 | BYU at San Jose State | 8:30 p.m. PT | CBSSN |
| Fri., Nov. 20 | Air Force at Boise State | 7:30 p.m. MT | ESPN2 |
| Fri., Nov. 27 | Boise State at San Jose State | 12:30 p.m. PT | CBSSN |
As part of the leagues television agreement, Fresno State will receive $600k in revenue combining these two national broadcasts. The MW TV package pays out $300k for non-Saturday games broadcast on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.
Fresno State has also changed the date for its season-opening game against Abilene Christian, which was moved to Thursday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. That Thursday will mark the end of FresWoW, the week of welcoming to students returning campus for the start of the semester.
"We are hopeful that by moving the season-opening game to the Thursday before Labor Day weekend, that it will allow our fans the opportunity to both watch the Bulldogs open up the 2015 campaign and still enjoy their full holiday weekend," Fresno State Director of Athletics Jim Bartko said. "It is also a part of the Fresno State Week of Welcome so we are happy to work with the University to culminate a great week on campus and have a great football game with our students in attendance."
With the schedule settling in now with the conference's non-Saturday telecast being set, Fresno State has set its Homecoming weekend for the Oct. 10 game against Utah State.
In all, the Mountain West released 11 games Wednesday as part of its slate of non-Saturday telecasts for the 2015 season. These 11 games are set to be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network and ESPN networks.
Between the two television partners, up to 48 football games will be televised this year on their various national platforms. Additional broadcasts by CBS Sports Network, ESPN networks, ROOT SPORTS and the Mountain West Network powered by Campus Insiders will be announced at a later date.
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