BTN to air 15 games during first three weeks

June, 7, 2012
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To go along with ESPN/ABC's list of games for the first three weeks of the college football season, the Big Ten Network announced it will be airing 15 games during the same span.

Here are the BTN games and kickoff times:

Sept. 1

Miami (Ohio) at Ohio State, noon ET
Northern Iowa at Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m. ET
Eastern Kentucky at Purdue, 3:30 p.m. ET
Indiana State at Indiana, 8 p.m. ET

Sept. 8

New Hampshire at Minnesota, noon ET
Iowa State at Iowa, 3:30 p.m. ET
Vanderbilt at Northwestern, 8 p.m. ET

Sept. 15

Western Michigan at Minnesota, noon ET
Charleston Southern at Illinois, noon ET
Eastern Michigan at Purdue, noon ET
Massachusetts at Michigan, 3:30 p.m. ET
Northern Iowa at Iowa, 3:30 p.m. ET
Boston College at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m. ET
Utah State at Wisconsin, 8 p.m. ET
Ball State at Indiana, 8 p.m. ET

BTN previously announced three games: Michigan at Purdue (Oct. 6, 4 p.m. ET), Ohio State at Indiana (Oct. 13, 8 p.m. ET) and Penn State at Iowa (Oct. 20, 8 p.m. ET).

Urban Meyer's coaching debut at Ohio State is obviously the highlight of Week 1. I thought this game might get a 3:30 p.m. ET slot, but it will help kick off the day in the Big Ten. There are two pretty good matchups in Week 2, particularly the Cy-Hawk game in Iowa City, as Iowa tries to avenge last year's loss in Ames. The Week 3 slate is so-so overall throughout the Big Ten, but Boston College-Northwestern could be interesting, and we all remember what happened the last time Northern Iowa visited Iowa (hello, blocked kicks).

The Big Ten Network will air more than 40 football games this season.

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