Eyes of nation won’t be on Sooners
The OU-Washington game will be televised on ESPN, which is a rare treat for the Big 12. The league’s television contract is not good from an exposure standpoint, and while the addition of ESPN last year for a handful of games that can be purchased from Fox Sports will help, it’s not the kind of ESPN platform available to the SEC or Big Ten.
Even worse for OU on Saturday, only Oklahomans and hard-core Washingtonians will be watching. OU-UW goes head to head with Southern Cal-Ohio State, one of the best September matchups in years.
Oh well, if a USC blowout ensues — and I think it will — maybe fans will flip over to ESPN, although the Sooners certainly hope a blowout is coming in Seattle, too.
It’s Friday morning, and I got to Seattle around midnight Wednesday night. Pike Place Market, the hub of downtown Seattle and a place for tourists and locals alike to congregate and shop, was full of crimson on Thursday. I don’t mean every other shirt was OU. But you’d see a group of Sooner fans every two or three minutes, which for a metropolis like Seattle is huge. I think this will be a huge OU turnout. Which means fewer people back in Oklahoma to watch on ESPN.
-------------Berry Tramel can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including AM-640 and FM-98.1. You can e-mail him here and follow him on Twitter @BerryTramel. Visit Berry's website here.
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