On Monday, Big Ten Network gets out of repeat mode and begins to get ready for the upcoming football season. BTN Live returns on Monday with live airings at 6 p.m. ET and simulcasts on Fox Sports Radio.
As usual, Dave Revsine, Mike Hall and Rick Rizzo will rotate as hosts with various analysts joining them.
In addition, BTN Football and Beyond has its season premiere on Monday and moves from a weekly program to a daily show.
Here’s Big Ten Network’s announcement.
BTN Kicks Off its Football Coverage Monday
Annual summer bus tour hits the road; BTN Live debuts
CHICAGO – With BTN’s eighth annual football bus tour hitting the road, the network kicks off its football coverage with the season debut of BTN Live on Monday.
BTN Live, airing at 6 PM ET Monday through Friday and simulcast on FOX Sports Radio, will include analysis and interviews from that day’s practice for the duration of the bus tour. Complete tour details can be found here.
Also a part of BTN’s studio coverage is BTN Football and Beyond, which moves to daily, Monday through Friday, from weekly, beginning Aug. 25. BTN Football and Beyond airs at noon ET, and will replay in primetime later that evening.
Both BTN Live and BTN Football and Beyond will feature a rotation of hosts Dave Revsine, Mike Hall and Rick Pizzo alongside various BTN analysts.
“What happens in the Big Ten impacts the rest of college football, and what happens in other conferences impacts the Big Ten,” said Michael Calderon, BTN VP-programming and digital media, “so it’s important for us to provide that perspective. And BTN Live allows us to more effectively cover the news of the day.”
BTN’s football schedule opens Thursday, Aug. 28 and Friday, Aug. 29, with both Minnesota and Michigan State in action. The network will air four games on Saturday, Aug. 30, featuring Illinois, Iowa, Maryland and Nebraska. BTN’s football Saturday coverage throughout the season kicks off at 11 AM ET with the BTN Football Pregame and includes post-game coverage and The Final Drive, which airs every football Saturday after the day’s last Big Ten game.
BTN’s signature original program, The Journey, returns Wednesday, Oct. 22.
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