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Montana, Montana State each on ROOT Sports four times

Post by DaCats21 » Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:13 pm

Montana, Montana State each to play in four ROOT Sports games for 2018 football season

ROOT Sports will be televising 10 Big Sky Conference football games during the 2018 season and Montana and Montana State will be a part of eight of those games.

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Post by DaCats21 » Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:28 pm

2018 ROOT Sports Schedule

Sept. 22 — Sacramento State at Montana
Sept. 29 — Eastern Washington at Montana State
Oct. 6 — Southern Utah at Eastern Washington
Oct. 13 — Idaho at Montana State
Oct. 20 — Montana State at Weber State
Oct. 27 — Idaho at Eastern Washington
Nov. 3 — Montana at Southern Utah
Nov. 10 — Montana at Idaho
TBD — Eastern Washington at Portland State
Nov. 17 — Montana State at Montana



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Post by PapaG » Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:22 pm

Is Pluto still a thing for next year? It obviously wasn't ideal but I was able to see much of the games that weren't on Root.


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Post by TomCat88 » Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:36 pm

It was nice of Root to give UM equal time to MSU.


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Post by Montanabob » Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:51 pm

DaCats21 wrote:2018 ROOT Sports Schedule

Sept. 22 — Sacramento State at Montana
Sept. 29 — Eastern Washington at Montana State
Oct. 6 — Southern Utah at Eastern Washington
Oct. 13 — Idaho at Montana State
Oct. 20 — Montana State at Weber State
Oct. 27 — Idaho at Eastern Washington
Nov. 3 — Montana at Southern Utah
Nov. 10 — Montana at Idaho
TBD — Eastern Washington at Portland State
Nov. 17 — Montana State at Montana
And I wonder what Idaho state thinks?


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Re: Montana, Montana State each on ROOT Sports four times

Post by RickRund » Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:18 pm

DaCats21 wrote:2018 ROOT Sports Schedule

Sept. 22 — Sacramento State at Montana
Sept. 29 — Eastern Washington at Montana State
Oct. 6 — Southern Utah at Eastern Washington
Oct. 13 — Idaho at Montana State
Oct. 20 — Montana State at Weber State
Oct. 27 — Idaho at Eastern Washington
Nov. 3 — Montana at Southern Utah
Nov. 10 — Montana at Idaho
TBD — Eastern Washington at Portland State
Nov. 17 — Montana State at Montana
And this would mean Audience will be carrying the Root games, correct?


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Post by imacat » Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:45 pm

Eastern Washington is also on 4 times. Idaho 3.


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Post by Darth Yoda » Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:38 pm

What I see is that either MSU, UM or EWU play every week. Idaho gets 3 games because they play those 3 teams. I don't mean to smack our new conference brothers this early, but damn. Logically one would think Root would be salivating at the opportunity to cover and FBS drop down school. Nope. The viewership and money continues to reside firmly on Interstate 90.



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Post by DaCats21 » Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:21 pm

RickRund wrote:
DaCats21 wrote:2018 ROOT Sports Schedule

Sept. 22 — Sacramento State at Montana
Sept. 29 — Eastern Washington at Montana State
Oct. 6 — Southern Utah at Eastern Washington
Oct. 13 — Idaho at Montana State
Oct. 20 — Montana State at Weber State
Oct. 27 — Idaho at Eastern Washington
Nov. 3 — Montana at Southern Utah
Nov. 10 — Montana at Idaho
TBD — Eastern Washington at Portland State
Nov. 17 — Montana State at Montana
And this would mean Audience will be carrying the Root games, correct?
That was the case last year. Really hoping they do the same this year! ROOT is missing from all streaming services. Also, Audience is available nationwide.
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Post by DaCats21 » Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:28 pm

PapaG wrote:Is Pluto still a thing for next year? It obviously wasn't ideal but I was able to see much of the games that weren't on Root.
Not sure how many years the Pluto deal was. Hope they pick up all the non Root games though. Very handy, especially if you have a connected device on your tv



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Post by WSUWILDCAT » Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:10 pm

3 straight years of Montana State vs Weber State on Root Sports....is root trying to build a rivalry?


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Post by allcat » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:35 pm

WSUWILDCAT wrote:3 straight years of Montana State vs Weber State on Root Sports....is root trying to build a rivalry?
The problem with the rivalry is the years that you guys don't get to play in the "upper division". :mrgreen:


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Post by WSUWILDCAT » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:39 pm

allcat wrote:
WSUWILDCAT wrote:3 straight years of Montana State vs Weber State on Root Sports....is root trying to build a rivalry?
The problem with the rivalry is the years that you guys don't get to play in the "upper division". :mrgreen:

We could if the Big Sky would replace our "protected rivalry" with Idaho State with Montana State :D


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Post by John K » Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:40 am

DaCats21 wrote:
PapaG wrote:Is Pluto still a thing for next year? It obviously wasn't ideal but I was able to see much of the games that weren't on Root.
Not sure how many years the Pluto deal was. Hope they pick up all the non Root games though. Very handy, especially if you have a connected device on your tv
And how does Eleven Sports fit into the mix going forward? There was one game last year (NAU) that wasn't televised by either Root or SWX. The only way you could watch it, here in Montana at least, was either on Pluto, or Eleven Sports, which is listed in my Spectrum channel guide, but apparently not yet available in Montana, or at least it wasn't last fall. I also checked with several sports bars here in GF, because I thought it might be available from one of the satellite providers, but none of them had even heard of Eleven Sports. I presume that SWX will again pick up all or at least most of the games that aren't being carried by Root this fall?



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Post by DaCats21 » Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:51 am

John K wrote:
DaCats21 wrote:
PapaG wrote:Is Pluto still a thing for next year? It obviously wasn't ideal but I was able to see much of the games that weren't on Root.
Not sure how many years the Pluto deal was. Hope they pick up all the non Root games though. Very handy, especially if you have a connected device on your tv
And how does Eleven Sports fit into the mix going forward? There was one game last year (NAU) that wasn't televised by either Root or SWX. The only way you could watch it, here in Montana at least, was either on Pluto, or Eleven Sports, which is listed in my Spectrum channel guide, but apparently not yet available in Montana, or at least it wasn't last fall. I also checked with several sports bars here in GF, because I thought it might be available from one of the satellite providers, but none of them had even heard of Eleven Sports. I presume that SWX will again pick up all or at least most of the games that aren't being carried by Root this fall?
Again, Im not sure how many years the Pluto and Eleven deals were, but last year Eleven got second tier games. Which means, after ROOT picks their schedule, Eleven has its pick of the remaining games. Eleven did a conf game of the week like ROOT does. All games airing on Eleven were also simulcast on Pluto.

Eleven used to be One World Sports and debuted as Eleven Sports Network last spring. It was initially on Spectrum cable, but is no longer apart of their package. It is on Directv channel 623 and is also on PlayStation Vue.



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John K wrote:
DaCats21 wrote:
PapaG wrote:Is Pluto still a thing for next year? It obviously wasn't ideal but I was able to see much of the games that weren't on Root.
Not sure how many years the Pluto deal was. Hope they pick up all the non Root games though. Very handy, especially if you have a connected device on your tv
And how does Eleven Sports fit into the mix going forward? There was one game last year (NAU) that wasn't televised by either Root or SWX. The only way you could watch it, here in Montana at least, was either on Pluto, or Eleven Sports, which is listed in my Spectrum channel guide, but apparently not yet available in Montana, or at least it wasn't last fall. I also checked with several sports bars here in GF, because I thought it might be available from one of the satellite providers, but none of them had even heard of Eleven Sports. I presume that SWX will again pick up all or at least most of the games that aren't being carried by Root this fall?
Eleven Sports is available on Direct Tv. Not sure about other cable providers.


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Post by WalkOn79 » Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:18 pm

WSUWILDCAT wrote:3 straight years of Montana State vs Weber State on Root Sports....is root trying to build a rivalry?
We need to play every year, just like the deal we set up with Eastern.


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Post by WSUWILDCAT » Wed Apr 18, 2018 3:18 pm

WalkOn79 wrote:
WSUWILDCAT wrote:3 straight years of Montana State vs Weber State on Root Sports....is root trying to build a rivalry?
We need to play every year, just like the deal we set up with Eastern.

I would love it if Weber and MSU played every year.


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