MW Announces Additional ESPN Telecasts
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West released the additional 15 football games set for coverage on ESPN Networks today. While additional details on some early-season games may be announced in the coming weeks, kick times and specific networks for most of the remaining contests will be determined during the course of the season (generally a 12-day window).
Today's announcement is another under a new agreement with ESPN as the second Mountain West national television rights holder for Conference-controlled football games. In total, 22 MW football games will air on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3 this coming season.
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Beginning in the fall of 2013, MW football membership will include Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah State and Wyoming in the Mountain Division and Fresno State, Hawai'i, Nevada, San Diego State, San Jose State and UNLV in the West Division.
As for Boise State their 2013 football schedule will include four more games broadcast by the ESPN networks according to today's announcement.
The Broncos' home games against Tennessee-Martin (Sept. 7), Southern Miss (Sept. 28), Wyoming (Nov. 16) and New Mexico (Nov. 30) will each be televised by ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3.
As previously announced, ESPN will also televise the Broncos' home game against Air Force (Sept. 13; 6 p.m.), and road games against Fresno State (Sept. 20; 7 p.m.) and BYU (Oct. 25; 6 p.m.).
Boise State is coming off of an 11-2 season in 2012, which included a tie for the MW Championship and a 28-26 victory over Washington in the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas. Boise State concluded the season ranked No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll, No. 18 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 19 in the final BCS Standings.
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