grizcountry420
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I don't have local channels. I stream everything i watch.
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Big Sky Conference ESPN 2 Night games Fri/Sat??
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If streaming was my only option, I would never see anything. It is beyond my tired old mind to figure out how to manipulate two or three remotes.
GlacierGrizX
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Does anyone know what kind of viewership numbers it would require to make ESPN to constantly have Big Sky games? Was 190k from the Sac St game, even good for other previous televised Griz games?
190k was very good for a televised regular-season Griz road game. When Montana plays at home, it's typically been around 175k for a regular season game. For comparison, Montana State's regular season ESPN2 game against Idaho last year only drew 75k. Not sure what happened there. I don't believe the Idaho @ Northern Arizona game has been released yet.
These were the only numbers I was able to pull at the moment:
| Rank | Game | Season | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FCS Championship: NDSU vs Montana State | 2025 | ESPN / ABC | ~2,400,000 |
| 2 | FCS Championship: SDSU vs Montana | 2023 | ESPN / ABC | ~1,040,000 |
| 3 | North Dakota State at Montana (Semifinal) | 2023 | ESPN2 | 790,000 |
| 4 | Idaho at Montana State (Quarterfinal) | 2024 | ESPN | 738,000 |
| 5 | Furman at Montana (Quarterfinal) | 2023 | ESPN2 | 679,000 |
| 6 | Montana State vs William & Mary (Quarterfinal) | 2022 | ESPN2 | 491,000 |
| 7 | Tennessee State at Montana (1st Round) | 2024 | ESPN2 | 263,000 |
| 8 | SEMO at Montana (1st Round) | 2022 | ESPN2 | 258,000 |
| 9 | Montana at Sacramento State (Regular Season) | 2025 | ESPN2 | 190,000+ |
| 10 | Idaho at Montana (Regular Season) | 2025 | ESPN2 | 174,000 |
11 | Southern Illinois at Idaho (2nd Round) | 2023 | ESPN2 | 132,000 |
12 | Idaho at Montana State (Regular Season) | 2023 | ESPN2 | 75,000 |
Based on these numbers, Montana outperforms Montana State slightly in viewership numbers when it comes to apples to apples comparison (for the most part). For a quarterfinal game, Montana State technically outdrew Montana by about 60k, but that was primarily due to their game against Idaho airing on ESPN which draws more viewers than ESPN2 does. Had that game been on ESPN2, I'm betting their numbers would have been lower than Montana's for a quarterfinal game.
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