BTN.com staff, BTN.com staff, August 29, 2014

BTN/BTN2Go airs six Week 1 Big Ten games, including a quartet Saturday: Youngstown State at Illinois (Watch on BTN2Go); Northern Iowa at Iowa (Watch on BTN2Go); James Madison at Maryland (Watch on BTN2Go); Florida Atlantic at Nebraska (Watch on BTN2Go). Use our GameFinder tool in this post to find your game.

WEEK 1 GAMES DIRECTV DISH VERIZON BTN2GO
Minnesota vs. E. Illinois
Thursday, 7 p.m. ET
610
SD & HD
410
Hopper: 405-1
85 SD
585 HD
REPLAY
Michigan St. vs. Jacksonville
Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET
610
SD & HD
410
Hopper: 405-1
85 SD
585 HD
WATCH
Iowa vs. Northern Iowa
Saturday, Noon ET
610
SD & HD
410
Hopper: 405-1
85 SD
585 HD
WATCH
Illinois vs. Youngstown State
Saturday, Noon ET
610-1
SD & HD
588 SD
5441 HD
Hopper: 405-2
330 HD WATCH
Nebraska vs. FAU
Saturday, 3:30 P.M. ET
610 or 610-2
SD & HD
410 or 5443 HD
Hopper: 405-1 or 405-3
85 SD
585 HD
331 HD
WATCH
Maryland vs. James Madison
Saturday, 3:30 P.M. ET
610-1
SD & HD
590 SD
5445 HD
Hopper: 405-4
330 HD WATCH

The ?Extra Football Game Channels? are only available to BTN during the football Saturdays because of capacity issues with our cable and satellite providers. The non-conference basketball season overlaps with dozens of other sporting events, including NHL, NBA and other regional football and basketball games. Therefore, our cable and satellite partners are unable to offer this space to us, even though our Extra Football Game Channels may still continue to appear on your channel guide. During the conference portion of the basketball season, the Big Ten schedules games in such a way where there is no need for ?Extra Football Game Channels.?

Additional resources
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Q: I want to know more about these "extra football game channels." What are they?
A: These "extra" channels are part-time channels that the Big Ten Network provides to cable, satellite and telco systems which allow the network to offer multiple football games simultaneously to viewers. You probably never even notice them except on game days. Get more info on extra football game channels right here.

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