Silver Charm Wrote:
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> NBC’s contractual commitment to Notre
> Dame leaves only two Saturdays between late
> August and early December when the network is not
> broadcasting Fighting Irish football: Sept. 5 and
> Oct. 24. Because the latter date falls only two
> weeks before the Breeders’ Cup is scheduled to
> be conducted at Keeneland, a tough turnaround for
> top 3-year-olds, the Sept. 5 date was always more
> logical and more likely.


NBC only broadcasts Notre Dame home games. Why would that block out every Saturday in that span of time? They have six home games in the coming season.