{"id":1666,"date":"2018-06-07T14:39:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T19:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2018-06-07T14:39:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T19:39:37","slug":"fb-mean-green-2018-football-schedule-is-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/2018\/06\/07\/fb-mean-green-2018-football-schedule-is-set\/","title":{"rendered":"FB: Mean Green 2018 Football Schedule is Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 577<\/p><p>Kick-off times along with television coverage has been set for almost all of Conference USA member school contests. North Texas will have all but one game &#8220;televised,&#8221; the either through traditional television broadcasts or some sort of streaming service. North Texas will have games broadcast by\u00a0CBS Sports Network,\u00a0SEC Network Alternate, beIN Sports, ESPN+, ESPN3 and Stadium.\u00a0Three games, including the season finale against division rival UTSA in San Antonio, TX, will be streamed through the new ESPN+ service.<\/p>\n<p>A common complaint among North Texas fans is a &#8220;scheduling conflict&#8221; between the Red River Rivalry that is played early October down at the Fairgrounds in Dallas, TX and a home game at Apogee Stadium in Denton, TX on the same weekend. This year North Texas will be playing an away game at 6:30 PM Central time in El Paso, TX. The kick-off for the Texas\/Oklahoma game has not been set at the time this post had been published although this is typically an afternoon kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>This year homecoming is slated for October 27th against the Rice Owls.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Date\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Opponent\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Time (CT)\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Network\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sept. 1<\/td>\n<td>vs. SMU<\/td>\n<td>6:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Stadium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sept. 8<\/td>\n<td>vs. Incarnate Word<\/td>\n<td>6:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>ESPN+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sept. 15<\/td>\n<td>at Arkansas<\/td>\n<td>3:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>SEC Network Alt.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sept. 29<\/td>\n<td>vs. Louisiana Tech<\/td>\n<td>6:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>beIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oct. 6<\/td>\n<td>at UTEP<\/td>\n<td>6:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>beIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oct. 13<\/td>\n<td>vs. Southern Miss<\/td>\n<td>1:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>ESPN3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oct. 20<\/td>\n<td>at UAB<\/td>\n<td>6:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>beIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oct. 27<\/td>\n<td>vs. Rice (HC)<\/td>\n<td>3:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>ESPN+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nov. 10<\/td>\n<td>at Old Dominion<\/td>\n<td>2:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>ESPN3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nov. 15<\/td>\n<td>vs. Florida Atlantic<\/td>\n<td>8:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>CBSSN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nov. 24<\/td>\n<td>at UT San Antonio<\/td>\n<td>6:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>ESPN+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>What is ESPN+?<\/h4>\n<p>ESPN+ is a <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2018\/04\/what-is-espn-plus-is-espn-plus-worth-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new streaming service<\/a> that was introduced earlier this year that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/movies\/what-is-espn-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serves as an additional medium<\/a> to serve sports fans additional content. Costs are $4.99\/month or $49.99\/year. Unfortunately, a subscriber to ESPN+ won&#8217;t have access to the cable service channels without a valid cable subscription and vice-versa.<\/p>\n<p>Chances are ESPN won&#8217;t even bring in their own crews and equipment to produce the game, meaning member schools in Conference USA who choose to not invest in the appropriate infrastructure to produce a decent televised experience will cause other member school fans to suffer. The broadcast crew likely be handled by local talent provided by the home team.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN+ is taking the place of <a href=\"http:\/\/cusa.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CUSA.tv<\/a>. In the complete conference broadcast schedule, no games are shown as being broadcast by the conference&#8217;s digital content service. For someone who only watches games centered around only their individual favorite school, this may not be a worthwhile expense however if you are someone who enjoys watching games for any C-USA school, the cost is the same as the original CUSA.tv service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meangreensports.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/060718aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MeanGreenSports.com Announcement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sports\/c-usa-adds-to-television-package-with-espn-deal\/article_548f263a-de1c-50f0-8308-837d3d68b7f3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denton Record Chronicle Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/conferenceusa.com\/news\/2018\/6\/7\/football-fb-c-usa-announces-broadcast-schedule.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conference USA Announcement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 577Kick-off times along with television coverage has been set for almost all of Conference USA member school contests. 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